Dr. Raphael Lataster is an Associate Lecturer at the University of Sydney and a former pharmacist. (source)
"Abstract
Amidst ongoing concerns about excess mortality, excess death data from March 2023 to January 2024 was compared with COVID-19 vaccination rates and the number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in up to 31 European countries. A positive correlation was found between COVID-19 vaccination rates and excess mortality for every month examined [March 2023-January 2024]; and a slightly stronger correlation between COVID-19 vaccine doses administered and excess mortality. Excess mortality appears to be less of an issue for the least vaccinated countries, such as Bulgaria and Romania. Recent research was also discussed, arguing that the notion that COVID-19 vaccination could be contributing to excess mortality is at least plausible.
Introduction
There have been increasing concerns about excess deaths, 'long after the peaks associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021', as stated by Pearson-Stuttard et al. in an article published by The Lancet Regional Health - Europe. Finding that excess mortality continues to persist in the United Kingdom, the authors are unsure as to the cause. Another study, published in Cureus, reported on excess deaths in Germany, which had the authors wondering if 'these safety signals occur due to the existence of unknown side effects of the COVID-19 vaccines'. Another study explored 'a possible link between 2021 COVID-19 vaccination uptake in Europe and monthly 2022 excess all-cause mortality'. Excess deaths continue to plague Europe, and in this article I compare excess mortality in Europe in 2023 and early 2024 with COVID-19 vaccination uptake, and cite recent research indicating that it is plausible that COVID-19 vaccination could be a contributor to this phenomenon."
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