Covid vaccines could be partly to blame for the rise in excess deaths since the pandemic, scientists have suggested.
After evaluating statistics from 47 Western countries, scientists from The Netherlands found that, even with the introduction of vaccinations and containment measures, there have been over three million additional fatalities since 2020.
They stated that the "unprecedented" numbers "raised serious concerns", and urged governments to look into the fundamental causes, including any potential vaccine risks, according to a report in the UK's The Telegraph newspaper.
Writing in the BMJ Public Health, the authors from Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, said, “Although Covid-19 vaccines were provided to guard civilians from suffering morbidity and mortality by the Covid-19 virus, suspected adverse events have been documented as well.
“Both medical professionals and citizens have reported serious injuries and deaths following vaccination to various official databases in the Western World.”
The study found that across Europe, the US and Australia there had been more than one million excess deaths in 2020, at the height of the pandemic, but also 1.2 million in 2021 and 800,000 and 2022 after measures were implemented.
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