[quote MaxNormal]Does anyone know what to make of this? This is the actual pfizer data released by court order I think?
Sorry it's a twitter source and don't shoot the messenger please.
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What I make of that thread is that the document has been analysed by an aptly named ignorant chimp who doesn't understand it.
He clearly has some reading comprehension issues. He claims that 270 women had miscarriages caused by the vaccine. What it actually says is:
Pregnancy outcomes for the 270 pregnancies were reported as spontaneous abortion (23), outcome pending (5), premature birth with neonatal death, spontaneous abortion with intrauterine death (2 each), spontaneous abortion with neonatal death, and normal outcome (1 each). No outcome was provided for 238 pregnancies (note that 2 different outcomes were reported for each twin, and both were counted).
In other words, out of the 270 pregnant women who reported adverse reactions (mostly things like headache or fever), 23 (out of all the pregnant women who have been vaccinated worldwide) reported a spontaneous abortion post vaccination. There is nothing in the report to suggest that there is any evidence that the vaccine caused the spontaneous abortion. They don't give any further details about the 23 cases so I can't comment further than that. However, they conclude there were no safety signals that emerged from the review of these cases of use in pregnancy and while breast feeding.
The document summarises adverse events after vaccination that have been reported, some over a month after vaccination. It does not mean that there is a link between the adverse events and the vaccine. The whole point of reporting adverse events is to see if there is a pattern that suggests the vaccine might be responsible so needs further investigation. Furthermore you need to bear in mind that anyone can report an adverse reaction, so many of the reports are by members of the public, not HCPs. Furthermore, just because an adverse event is reported, it doesn't mean that other medical details have been provided that could rule out/rule in a link to the vaccine.
It doesn't really tell us anything we don't already know or anything that has been hidden from the public - it says lots of people had minor side effects like swollen lymph nodes or a temperature, there have been cases of myocarditis and anaphylaxis that are probably linked to the vaccine. The only new thing that I can see is that they are looking into whether there is an increased risk of Bell's palsy in people who have been vaccinated (449 cases, 314 of which were medically confirmed). I haven't been through it with a fine tooth comb though.