In the largest study of COVID vaccine effects conducted to date, researchers looked at more than 99 million vaccine recipients across eight countries — Canada, Australia, France, New Zealand, Argentina, Denmark, Finland, and Scotland.
Carried out by the Global Vaccine Data Network, the research included recipients of COVID vaccines made by Pfizer, Moderna, and AstraZeneca and looked for an increase in cases of 13 conditions including myocarditis, pericarditis, Guillain-Barre syndrome, and Bell's palsy.
Published in the medical journal "Vaccine," researchers' findings included a link to "small increases in neurological, blood, and heart-related conditions," as Bloomberg first reported on the research:
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.
The viral-vector jabs were also tied to an increased risk of Guillain-Barre syndrome, a neurological disorder in which the immune system mistakenly attacks the peripheral nervous system.
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Myocarditis, or inflammation of the heart muscle, was consistently identified following a first, second and third dose of mRNA vaccines, the study found. The highest increase in the observed-to-expected ratio was seen after a second jab with the Moderna shot. A first and fourth dose of the same vaccine was also tied to an increase in pericarditis, or inflammation of the thin sac covering the heart.
Researchers found a statistically significant increase in cases of Guillain-Barre syndrome within 42 days of an initial Oxford-developed ChAdOx1 or “Vaxzevria” shot that wasn’t observed with mRNA vaccines. Based on the background incidence of the condition, 66 cases were expected — but 190 events were observed.
ChAdOx1 was linked to a threefold increase in cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, a type of blood clot in the brain, identified in 69 events, compared with an expected 21. The small risk led to the vaccine’s withdrawal or restriction in Denmark and multiple other countries. Myocarditis was also linked to a third dose of ChAdOx1 in some, but not all, populations studied.
Possible safety signals for transverse myelitis — spinal cord inflammation — after viral-vector vaccines was identified in the study. So was acute disseminated encephalomyelitis — inflammation and swelling in the brain and spinal cord — after both viral-vector and mRNA vaccines.
Seven cases of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis after vaccination with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine were observed, versus an expectation of two.
While acknowledging the new findings that confirm a link — however small — between COVID vaccines and adverse health events, the researchers also said that having a COVID infection is still more likely to cause such conditions compared to the vaccine. And that's why, contrary to power-tripping government leaders, its better for each person to be able to make a cost-benefit analysis to determine what's best for themselves and their families — not to be forced to take a jab because it's what the "experts" dictate.
Never mind, of course, the "experts" and their allies in big tech who colluded with government leaders to punish people for merely asking whether the adverse events documented in this study were a risk for vaccine recipients. People lost their jobs for choosing not to take the vaccine that was promised to be safe without studies such as this, publishers like Townhall were punished by big tech for daring to report on what people said was happening and contradicting what the government said about vaccine efficacy (remember when they said getting vaccinated meant you could no longer spread the virus?).
More data like this should be a reminder of why choosing to "follow the science" means actually doing scientific research before telling and mandating something without it. With data like this, people can — and must be allowed to — make decisions for themselves.
