"Abstract
Our World Data reports that in 2021, 6.08 million more people died than in 2020. Several articles claim that COVID-19 vaccination in 2021 saved 14 million lives. Their proposition that COVID-19 vaccination saved lives was not proved by statistical data. These articles' calculations evaluate how many people would die without the vaccination. But it was never proved that vaccination saved lives...
Results and Discussion
The main data needed for the evaluation of COVID-19 vaccination are the mortality rate of the vaccinated part of the population and the mortality rate of the unvaccinated part of the population. If vaccination was successful, the mortality rate of the vaccinated population should be lower than the mortality rate of the unvaccinated population. To exclude the statistical Simpson paradox, the population should be divided into five age groups. We have done this calculation based on England data, and we got the result that the mortality of the vaccinated part of the population is higher by 14.5% than the unvaccinated part of the population...
Conclusion
Statistical data are the indisputable scientific facts on which the science of public health is based. Theoretical models of how many lives were saved with COVID-19 vaccination without statistical support have no scientific validity and represent a methodological fiasco of public health science. A rigorous and transparent approach to public health science is necessary to ensure that policies and medical interventions are guided by objective data rather than theoretical assumptions."
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