People vaccinated against COVID-19 had lower non-COVID-19 death rates than people who were not vaccinated.

 

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/932463

 News Release 22-Oct-2021
Mortality study reinforces safety of COVID-19 vaccinations
Kaiser Permanente study shows people vaccinated against COVID-19 had lower non-COVID-19 death rates than people who were not vaccinated.
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Kaiser Permanente

OVID-19 vaccine recipients had lower non-COVID-19 death rates than people who weren’t vaccinated, according to Kaiser Permanente research published October 22 in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

“Despite numerous studies showing the safety of COVID-19 vaccines, some people have remained hesitant to get vaccinated,” said lead author Stanley Xu, PhD, of the Kaiser Permanente Southern California Department of Research & Evaluation. “This study provides reassurance that the vaccines are very safe, and, in fact, people who received COVID-19 vaccines in the United States had a lower death rate than those who didn’t, even if you don’t count COVID deaths.”

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All analyses were adjusted for age, sex, race, ethnicity, and Vaccine Safety Datalink site.

• Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine recipients had a mortality rate of 4.2 deaths per 1,000 vaccinated people per year after first dose, and 3.5 deaths after second dose.
  • The unvaccinated comparison group had a mortality rate of 11.1 deaths per 1,000 people per year.
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• Moderna COVID-19 vaccine recipients had 3.7 deaths per 1,000 people per year after the first dose, and 3.4 deaths after the second dose.
  • The unvaccinated comparison group had a mortality rate of 11.1 deaths per 1,000 people per year.

• Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine recipients had 8.4 deaths per 1,000 people per year.
  • The unvaccinated comparison group had a mortality rate of 14.7 deaths per 1,000 people per year.
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