Sunday, January 23, 2022 | 07:44 WIB
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Explanation:
Circulating a screenshot of an article’s main page that states that Pfizer research data for six months shows that vaccines cause more disease than benefits.
Reported from politifact.com, actual data from Pfizer does not support these claims. More Dr. Matthew Laurens of the Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health at the University of Maryland School of Medicine stated that the article misinterpreted Pfizer’s data.
The research data has actually been reported in a New England Journal of Medicine study. The study involved about 46,000 people from the United States, Argentina, Brazil, South Africa, Germany and Turkey.
Half received the Pfizer vaccine and half received a placebo. The participants were examined after six months. The results include, the vaccine is proven to be safe and has an acceptable side effect profile. Although some participants had side effects that led to their withdrawal from the trial.
However the efficacy of the vaccine against Covid-19 was 91.3% through six months of follow-up. That is, only 77 cases were detected in vaccine recipients after the second dose, compared with 850 cases in placebo recipients. Lastly, there were no reports of deaths in the study.
CATEGORY: DISINFORMATION
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