Majority of Americans Believe COVID Shots Cause ‘Unexplained Deaths’

About a quarter of American adults said they ‘personally know someone’ who they believe was killed by COVID-19 vaccine-related side effects, a survey shows.

A woman receives a COVID-19 vaccine at Sydney Road Family Medical Practice in Balgowlah, in Sydney, on Jan. 10, 2022. Jenny Evans/Getty Images

A poll carried out this month found that a majority of Americans believe that COVID-19 vaccines have led to many unexplained deaths—with about a quarter of adults reporting that they believe they know someone who could be among the deaths.

Rasmussen Reports, in a survey released in mid-January, found that 53 percent of U.S. adults think it’s likely that vaccine side effects have “caused a significant number of unexplained deaths,” which is up about 4 percentage points from a year ago. Thirty percent who were surveyed believe it’s “very likely.”