Nurse manager Sue McGrady receives the Pfizer vaccine at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Vaccination Hub in Sydney, Australia, Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. The Associated Press on Friday, March 17, 2023, reported on social media posts falsely claiming that Australia is seeing its sharpest rise in deaths in 80 years because of the coronavirus vaccine. (Toby Zerna/Pool Photo via AP)
Nurse manager Sue McGrady receives the Pfizer vaccine at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Vaccination Hub in Sydney, Australia, Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. The Associated Press on Friday, March 17, 2023, reported on social media posts falsely claiming that Australia is seeing its sharpest rise in deaths in 80 years because of the coronavirus vaccine. (Toby Zerna/Pool Photo via AP)

CLAIM: Australia is seeing its sharpest rise in deaths in 80 years because of the coronavirus vaccine.

AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. While a recent analysis found that the country saw a higher than expected number of deaths in 2022, it also concluded coronavirus vaccines weren’t the cause. Government officials and experts in Australia concur, saying the rise in deaths is largely the result of COVID-19 infections, not vaccine-related deaths.

THE FACTS: Social media users are blaming the coronavirus vaccine on a sharp rise in deaths in Australia last year. Many are sharing an article from a website known to run stories based on conspiracy theories.

“If vaccines were responsible -- and COVID wasn’t -- in Australia, we should clearly see that 2021 was the biggest year for mortality,” James Trauer, a biostatistics professor at Monash University in Melbourne, wrote in an email. “Because that year we administered the greatest number of vaccines and had relatively little COVID. Clearly that’s not the pattern in Australia.”

Jason Donohoe, a spokesperson for the Australian Department of Health and Aged Care, concurred, adding that the agency’s ongoing review of the vaccine has so far found that the inoculation led to death only in “extremely rare cases.” Most deaths after vaccination, he said, were caused by an underlying disease or condition.

“There’s no credible evidence to suggest that COVID-19 vaccines have contributed to excess deaths,” Donohoe wrote in an email.

Dan said it was safe:



https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-23/covid-vaccinations-victoria-daniel-andrew...

Sun 24 Oct 2021



Mr Andrews on Friday said Mr McLinden should get vaccinated.

"I would ask that person simply, if you don't want to finish up in hospital, please go and get vaccinated," Mr Andrews said.

"With the greatest of respect … you'll be working at home for a while because we haven't set up a vaccinated economy just to dismantle it five minutes after we get the thing going.

"That's not happening here.

"Because we've got health advice and logic and common sense tells you that a vaccinated person is at a fraction of the risk of putting avoidable pressure on our nurses and our hospital system.

"I would respectfully say to that person please go and get vaccinated,
and it is available in record terms."

Bobby. wrote on May 30^th, 2023 at 7:03pm:


Yeah, but at Nuremberg, the accused were given a chance to tell their side of the story.

Sir lastnail wrote on Jun 2^nd, 2023 at 3:55pm:


Yes, very bad.

Quite sad and tragic for Heather and her family and friends.

Now, do you have any proof that Heather's medical issues were caused by the Covid vaccines, Sir Nail?

People unvaccinated for COVID-19 have significant odds of lingering illness if they get the virus, with one in six still suffering symptoms two years later, new research shows.

A study from Switzerland found that 17% of that group did not return to their previously normal health, and 18% reported COVID-19 symptoms such as shortness of breath 24 months after their infection was gone.