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The article’s claims that COVID-19 boosters caused millions of deaths in nursing homes and were linked to higher mortality rates don’t align with the evidence in the study by Girma and Paton. The article exaggerates the study’s findings, as the study actually shows only limited and inconsistent effects of vaccines on mortality. While there was some reduction in COVID-related deaths in care homes during the initial vaccine rollout, this effect weakened over time.
The article also suggests that boosters led to a significant increase in deaths, but the study found that any rise in mortality after boosters could be due to other factors, such as residents’ frailty or new COVID variants, and not the vaccine itself. As for vaccinating staff, the study found no consistent link between staff vaccinations and higher death rates among residents.
Overall, the article uses alarmist language, while the study presents a more careful and balanced view of the data.
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