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Measles elimination at risk—and what a Florida study shows about Pfizer's COVID vaccine

A Florida study comparing deaths after the Pfizer and Moderna COVID vaccines is getting a lot of attention, and one statistic from it is filling the echo chambers: a 40% higher rate of death with Pfizer. This edition closes with a closer look at that number and why it doesn't show that the vaccine caused deaths.

Measles elimination at risk—and what a Florida study shows about Pfizer's COVID vaccine

We haven't written up this one. Medical Xpress has the full story — the link below goes straight to it.

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