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How were the survey samples selected? Perhaps the BMJ looked for a survey result that would be as expected by the U.K. government. Pfizer allegedly discharged from their trials anyone who had a potentially adverse effect, or shifted them sideways into the control group. In the U.K. the Met Office is currently ‘re-working’ historic temperature data so today’s results, comparatively, fit with the current ‘boiling’ agenda.

So I think it must be something to do with the methodology or misleading questions. “Are you now or have you ever been vaccinated?” for example would get a different result to asking about covid.

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Yes. It is very inappropriate to even be comparing two completely different studies like this. The only time a question ("where did the 45 million go?") should be asked is when comparing a baseline measurement to a post-measurement from the same study, because there could be a myriad of reasons for the discrepancy. Makes for a good substack headline, I guess.

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I guess I did hear that the data was being reworked here too, in the US. Maybe early last year.

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