Does a Pfizer document show thousands died from its vaccine in the first month it was offered?
By Ed Payne
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The "Alex Jones Show" online claimed that thousands of people were killed by the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in the first month it was available, which was "proved" by a document Pfizer released.
However, the analysis of adverse event reports prepared by the pharmaceutical company doesn't determine cause and effect. More than a thousand vaccine recipients did die in the first three months following the vaccine's emergency use authorization, but nothing suggests the vaccine is what caused their death.
Additionally, some 40% of the reports in the document are "non-medically confirmed," and the meaning of the reports is unclear because not all the numbers are verified.
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Public Health and Medical Professionals for Transparency Cumulative Analysis of Post-authorization Adverse Event Reports
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