More Young Americans Are Dying, But Not From Vaccines
The increase started well before Covid-19 shots arrived, according to mortality data, and has plateaued since.
The data don’t dispute that Covid vaccines are safe and effective.
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For most people, the on-field cardiac arrest of Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin during the Jan. 2 Monday Night Football game was a frightening potential tragedy followed by what is now looking like a happy ending. A vocal minority, though, seized on it as purported evidence of the terrible toll mRNA Covid-19 vaccines have exacted on otherwise healthy young Americans.
The medical establishment and the mainstream media have generally dismissed such concerns out of hand. But whenever I hear them, I ask myself, “I wonder if there’s any evidence of that in the mortality data?”