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Peter Doshi, Senior Editor
November 2, 2021
BMJ (British Medical Journal)
US Congressional roundtable – Discussion on COVID-19 vaccines

6-minute video

“Clinical trials have shown that the vaccines authorized for use in the US are highly effective against COVID-19 infection, severe illness, and death.” - Walensky, Walke, Fauci, February 2021

Doshi: “When that statement by prominent public health officials was penned, there had been just one death – one death – across the 70,000 Pfizer and Moderna trial participants. Today, we have more data and you can see that there were similar numbers of deaths in the vaccine and placebo groups [15 and 14 deaths, respectively]. The trials did not show a reduction in death. Even for COVID deaths, the evidence is flimsy, with just 2 deaths in the placebo group and one in the vaccine group…

My point is that those who claimed the trials showed the vaccines were highly effective in saving lives were wrong. The trials did not demonstrate this.”

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