COVID-19 Vaccine Benefit Claims Are ‘Without Basis or Merit’: Research Group

New data about vaccine harms suggest the shots are ‘substantially more dangerous than originally claimed,’ it said.

Empty COVID-19 vaccine vials at a vaccination center in Rosenheim, Germany, on April 20, 2021. Christof Stache/AFP via Getty Images

Health officials and mainstream media spread meritless claims about the safety and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines, while clinical trials of the vaccines were “fraudulent” and several studies after their rollout were “significantly” biased, according to research group PANDA.

In October 2022, PANDA called the COVID-19 vaccination campaign “a failed experiment.” The organization said in a recent update that it still stands by this assessment and outlined its concerns regarding the vaccines.