The Daily Observer London Desk: Reporter- John Furner
Just 75 Brits have been killed by Covid vaccines, official statistics show.
It equates to roughly one death for every 2million jabs dished out in the UK.
For comparison, experts estimate you have up to a one in 250,000 chance of being hit by an asteroid and dying.
They also admitted it could be a slight under-count.
Just 75 Brits have been killed by Covid vaccines, official statistics show. It equates to roughly one death for every 2.1million jabs dished out in the UK
But the figure is nowhere near bogus claims currently circulating on social media, which state that the jabs are behind a surge in excess deaths.
One discredited study last week also claimed the Covid vaccines were behind up to 280,000 deaths in the US alone.
Professor Mark Skidmore, the author of that explosive estimate, also claimed that the actual death toll could be closer to the 330,000 mark.
His calculations — based on scaling up answers from fewer than 3,000 people to the US population — were peddled by anti-vaxxers who called for immunisation drives to be urgently suspended.
Some social media users questioned what the toll would be in Britain, which is five times smaller than the US but used the same vaccines.
He added: ‘All vaccines come with a small risk of a fatal adverse reaction, although they would never be approved if this was not vastly exceeded by their reduction of the risk of dying from the disease.
‘There are uncertainties about death certification and what is causing the current wave of excess deaths. These need proper and rigorous investigation.’
However, he added the ‘contribution from vaccination is likely to be much nearer to 75’.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), which polices the safety of drugs used in Britain, only approved the jabs once it was confident they were safe.
