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New paper published in @bmj_latest : “Association between covid-19 vaccination, SARS-CoV-2 infection, and risk of immune mediated neurological events: population based cohort and self-controlled case series analysis”. A 🧵 bmj.com/content/376/bm…
1) previous reports and research have suggested an association between some #CovidVaccines and immune neurological conditions including facial paralysis and Guillain-Barré syndrome. We had access to unique data to study this, and to research if #COVID19 itself can cause these
2) we studied data from Catalonia and the UK, including over 8 million vaccinated, 0.5m #covid19, & >14 million unvaccinated uninfected (historical data). We estimated rates of neuroimmune events post-vaccine and post-infection, and compared these to background (expected) rates
