Mortality involving and not involving COVID-19 among vaccinated vs. unvaccinated in England between Apr 21 and May 23 - PubMed
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- #COVID-19 Vaccination
- #Mortality Analysis
- The study compares COVID-19 vaccinated and unvaccinated groups in England from April 2021 to May 2023, focusing on all-cause and non-COVID-19 mortality.
- All-cause mortality was higher among unvaccinated individuals, but similar patterns in non-COVID-19 mortality suggest this may be due to poorer baseline health in the unvaccinated group.
- Vaccination showed significant protective effects against mortality between July 2021 and January 2022, based on contrasting all-cause and non-COVID-19 mortality.
- Non-COVID-19 mortality decreased among unvaccinated over time but remained high among vaccinated, indicating a relative increase possibly linked to vaccination.
- The interpretation suggests vaccination may have temporarily protected but potentially increased overall mortality, supported by counterintuitively high non-COVID-19 mortality in vaccinated groups during excess mortality periods.
- Future research should extend to longer periods, different age groups, vaccination types, and doses to further investigate these findings.