Please stop linking to this garbage report as "CDC confirms #COVID19 #vaccines have killed at least 150,000 Americans."

downloads.regulations.gov/CDC-2021-0089-…
Yes, it's posted on a .gov website. Anyone is allowed to submit comments on articles printed in the Federal Register, which are then posted to regulations.gov alongside the original document.

regulations.gov/document/CDC-2…
This is like calling every article indexed on PubMed an "NIH study" but much, much worse.
You can comment using any name you'd like, or even anonymously, so it's no surprise that we end up with a lot of colourful commentary.
This latest piece of misinformation being passed around is from an outfit calling itself the "COVID-19 Early Treatment Fund".

regulations.gov/comment/CDC-20…
Unsurprisingly, this group aims to promote every drug under the sun as a miracle cure for #COVID19—as long as it isn't a vaccine! Hydroxychloroquine, ivermectin...it's all here.

treatearly.org/promising-drugs
The even link to the hcqmeta.com, ivmmeta.com & friends misinformation network—hi, @GidMK!

In conclusion, the report linked in the first tweet is not the US government admitting that the #COVID19 #vaccines have caused thousands of deaths. It's just your garden-variety abuse of the VAERS data to draw conclusions it was never capable of supporting.
More on VAERS "dumpster diving" from @gorskon, although this thread concerns an article from a team that is less obviously badly motivated than the hardcore anti-vaxxers of the "COVID-19 Early Treatment Fund".

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29 Jul
A few new ones.

T̶h̶e̶ ̶P̶o̶w̶e̶r̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶N̶a̶t̶u̶r̶a̶l̶ ̶I̶m̶m̶u̶n̶i̶t̶y̶
T̶h̶e̶ ̶U̶S̶ ̶i̶s̶ ̶a̶p̶p̶r̶o̶a̶c̶h̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶h̶e̶r̶d̶ ̶i̶m̶m̶u̶n̶i̶t̶y̶,̶ ̶e̶x̶p̶e̶r̶t̶s̶ ̶s̶a̶y̶
T̶h̶e̶ ̶R̶e̶a̶s̶s̶u̶r̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶D̶a̶t̶a̶ ̶o̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶D̶e̶l̶t̶a̶ ̶V̶a̶r̶i̶a̶n̶t̶
Again, all US headlines.
The Power of Natural Immunity (June 8, 2021)

wsj.com/articles/the-p…
Read 5 tweets
13 Apr
I am sorry, but we are going to see a completely avoidable tragedy play out in Ontario over the next few months.
We simply cannot continue to expand critical care. Additional capacity will exist only on paper. "Hospital beds" are a metaphor. You cannot squeeze blood from a stone.

Read 9 tweets
11 Apr
̶T̶h̶e̶r̶e̶ ̶I̶s̶n̶'̶t̶ ̶a̶ ̶C̶o̶r̶o̶n̶a̶v̶i̶r̶u̶s̶ ̶'̶S̶e̶c̶o̶n̶d̶ ̶W̶a̶v̶e̶'̶
W̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶i̶f̶ ̶‘̶H̶e̶r̶d̶ ̶I̶m̶m̶u̶n̶i̶t̶y̶’̶ ̶I̶s̶ ̶C̶l̶o̶s̶e̶r̶ ̶T̶h̶a̶n̶ ̶S̶c̶i̶e̶n̶t̶i̶s̶t̶s̶ ̶T̶h̶o̶u̶g̶h̶t̶?̶
W̶e̶’̶l̶l̶ ̶H̶a̶v̶e̶ ̶H̶e̶r̶d̶ ̶I̶m̶m̶u̶n̶i̶t̶y̶ ̶b̶y̶ ̶A̶p̶r̶i̶l̶
These are all US headlines. See below...
There Isn’t a Coronavirus ‘Second Wave’ (June 16, 2020)

wsj.com/articles/there…
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25 Dec 20
All I want for Christmas is for people to understand that the #vaccines don't change how we have to manage #COVID19 this winter. 🎅

New blog post: COVID-19 Vaccination in Canada: What We Know so Far

Brief summary below. ⬇️🧵 (1/4)

jeanpaulsoucy.com/post/covid-vac…
The COVID-19 Open Data Working Group has been tracking the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines since V-Day (December 14). Data are available on our dashboard and from our GitHub repository. (2/4)

art-bd.shinyapps.io/covid19canada/
github.com/ishaberry/Covi…
At the moment, we can provide regular updates on vaccine doses administered at the provincial level. Data should be considered preliminary. We expect provincial vaccine data to improve in the near future. (3/4)
Read 5 tweets
18 Nov 20
❗WHAT MAKES PERCENT POSITIVITY SUCH A CRITICAL METRIC IN A PANDEMIC?❓

Plus: thoughts on #Ontario #COVID19 thresholds and what #Europe tells us about what's in store for #Canada this winter.

New blog post! 👇👇
jeanpaulsoucy.com/post/percent-p…

(TL;DR below) ⬇️🧵 (1/5)
(2/5) Percent positivity (positive tests / total tests * 100%) is so important because it summarizes two signals in one number: outbreak size and the adequacy of testing. A growing outbreak or insufficient testing (or both) will cause percent positivity to rise.
(3/5) Trying to compare percent positivity over time is more difficult when the underlying population being tested changes over time. Examples in Ontario, Canada include the switch to appointment-based testing, suspension of contact tracing and changing criteria for testing.
Read 6 tweets
17 Nov 20
❗WHAT MAKES PERCENT POSITIVITY SUCH A CRITICAL METRIC IN A PANDEMIC?❓

(1/36) Plus: thoughts on #COVID19 response thresholds in #Ontario and why #Europe is a crystal ball for #Canada... Mega-thread below. 👇🧵🚨
(2/36) While it may be the daily case numbers that grab the headlines, it’s far from the most important metric to watch when determining the trajectory of COVID-19, as I’ve written before.

(3/36) Instead, we should be focusing on other metrics, like the 7-day rolling average, the number of outbreaks in long-term care facilities and percent positivity.
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