Update to the saga of The Lancet's flawed study on covid vaccine efficacy

Apparently it's OK to lie in FOI responses now

Norman Fenton

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Martin Neil

Apr 23, 2025

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In May 2021 a paper in The Lancet claimed that an observational study based on almost the entire population of Israel confirmed the 95% efficacy of the covid Pfizer vaccine. It was by far the biggest study up to that point at a critical time in the vaccine rollout. As such it received enormous positive media coverage and was used by many to crush what w…

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