A viral claim from a Japanese anti-mRNA vaccine group says: “The more shots you get, the sooner you die.” It’s based on a fundamental error in interpreting data. Here’s why this conclusion doesn’t hold up: 🔗 science.feedback.org/review/inade... 1/7

One of their graphs compared mortality rates in vaccinated vs. unvaccinated people. It looked like vaccinated people had higher mortality. But that conclusion ignores a crucial question. 👇 2/7

Why this matters: - Mortality rates rise with age. - People with serious illnesses tend to have higher mortality. → If vaccinated people are, on average, older or sicker, their mortality rate will be higher regardless of vaccination. 4/7

If you want to know whether vaccination affects mortality, you must rule out other explanations –like differences in age or health status– before blaming the vaccine. 5/7

That means comparing groups that are similar in every key way except vaccination status If you skip this, you can create the illusion of a link between vaccination & death As @jsm2334.bsky.social said: “The claim is based on misinterpretation and failure to adjust for obvious age confounding” 6/7