Nature Communications (Mar 2023)

Risk of death following COVID-19 vaccination or positive SARS-CoV-2 test in young people in England

  • Vahé Nafilyan,
  • Charlotte R. Bermingham,
  • Isobel L. Ward,
  • Jasper Morgan,
  • Francesco Zaccardi,
  • Kamlesh Khunti,
  • Julie Stanborough,
  • Amitava Banerjee,
  • James C. Doidge

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36494-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Rare but serious cardiac disease side effects have been linked to COVID-19 vaccinations, especially in young people. Here, the authors find very little evidence of an association between vaccination and mortality, except for in females after a non mRNA vaccine, but show an increased risk of death following COVID-19 infection