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Controversial Covid-19 Study Retracted over Links to Vaccine Misinformation

The journal said the paper lacked rigor and included misinformation after it was used by vaccine skeptics to claim vaccines caused millions of deaths.

A controversial study analysing excess deaths during the Covid-19 pandemic has been retracted, after being widely criticised for lending credence to vaccine scepticism.

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Scientific American broke the news on Wednesday, August 12, 2026.
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