COVID-19 Vaccine Linked to Health Disorders in Largest Study Yet
Summary from the AllSides News Team
A study of 99 million people who received the COVID-19 vaccine found that inoculated individuals were at higher risk for blood, heart, and brain-related medical issues.
The Details: The study, conducted by the Global COVID Vaccine Safety Project and published in the journal Vaccine last week, "confirmed pre-established safety signals for myocarditis, pericarditis, Guillain-Barré syndrome, and cerebral venous sinus thrombosis" in some people who received vaccines from Moderna, Pfizer, and AstraZeneca. For example, the study found a "significant increase" in the likelihood that people who received the AstraZeneca vaccine would develop Guillain-Barre syndrome, a neurological disorder, within 42 days of their first shot. Read the study for the full explanation of the data.
Key Quotes: "While our study confirmed previously identified rare safety signals following COVID-19 vaccination and contributed evidence on several other important outcomes, further investigation is warranted to confirm associations and assess clinical significance," the study's conclusion stated.
How the Media Covered It: Center- and right-rated sources covered the study prominently. Other than Bloomberg (Lean Left bias), AllSides didn't find any left-rated sources that covered the story.
Why the Difference? Since the COVID-19 pandemic, people on the left have generally been less skeptical than others of the COVID-19 vaccine and its potential side effects.
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From the Right
COVID vaccines linked to slight increases in heart, brain, blood disorders
COVID vaccines from companies like Pfizer, Moderna, and AstraZeneca have been linked to rare occurrences of heart, brain, and blood disorders, according to the largest vaccine study to date.
Researchers from the Global Vaccine Data Network analyzed 99 million people who received jabs in eight countries and monitored for increases in 13 medical conditions, Bloomberg News reported.
The study, which was published in the journal Vaccine last week, found that the vaccines were linked to a slight spike in neurological, blood, and heart-related medical conditions.
From the Left
Largest Covid Vaccine Study Yet Finds Links to Health Conditions
Vaccines that protect against severe illness, death and lingering long Covid symptoms from a coronavirus infection were linked to small increases in neurological, blood, and heart-related conditions in the largest global vaccine safety study to date.
The rare events — identified early in the pandemic — included a higher risk of heart-related inflammation from mRNA shots made by Pfizer Inc., BioNTech SE, and Moderna Inc., and an increased risk of a type of blood clot in the brain after immunization with viral-vector vaccines such as the one developed by the University of Oxford and made by AstraZeneca Plc.
From the Center
Largest multicountry COVID study links vaccines to potential adverse effects
A new study on COVID-19 vaccines that looked at nearly 100 million vaccinated individuals affirmed the vaccines’ previously observed links to increased risks for certain adverse effects including myocarditis and Guillain-Barré syndrome.
The study was conducted by the Global COVID Vaccine Safety project and took into account 99,068,901 vaccinated individuals across eight countries: Argentina, Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, New Zealand and Scotland.
The report specifically looked at adverse events following administration of the Pfizer, Moderna and AstraZeneca vaccines.
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