This peer reviewed article titled "The Safety of COVID-19 Vaccinations—We Should Rethink the Policy" uses the mishandling of data provided by scientists to spready disinformation claiming that the Covid-19 vaccine is killing people. This is an example of disinformation because this study is peer reviewed, so the people involved in it are well educated and versed in the development and usage of the vaccine.

Bloom, J., & Cobey, S. (2021, December 12). Opinion | A Scientist’s Guide to Understanding Omicron. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/12/opinion/covid-omicron-data.html

Kinderimpfstoff gegen Corona: Stiko-Chef Mertens würde eigene Kinder jetzt nicht impfen lassen. (2021, December 2). FAZ.NET. https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/inland/stiko-chef-mertens-wuerde-eigene-kinder-nicht-gegen-corona-impfen-17662194.html

Summers, J. (2021). Little Difference In Vaccine Hesitancy Among White And Black Americans, Poll Finds. NPR.Org. Retrieved March 17, 2021, from https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/03/12/976172586/little-difference-in-vaccine-hesitancy-among-white-and-black-americans-poll-find

ReconfigBehSci. (2021, October 13). RT @PaulMainwood: Wales is first with their vaccine stock data this week, with a solid 1.6m new doses made available to the UK roll-out pro… [Tweet]. @SciBeh. https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1448311825557118977

CNN, I. K. (n.d.). Vaccine inequity and hesitancy made the Omicron variant more likely, scientists say. CNN. Retrieved December 23, 2021, from https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/28/world/omicron-coronavirus-variant-vaccine-inequity-intl-cmd/index.html

ReconfigBehSci. (2021, December 22). RT @chrischirp: Positivity rising steeply too—There are definitely many more people we aren’t catching https://t.co/4xDPwYQtrx [Tweet]. @SciBeh. https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1473695678610214927

ReconfigBehSci. (2021, November 26). RT @HZiauddeen: 🧵 COVID-19 & B.1.1.529: A chance for govt & others to change their mind and their approach? While we are still gathering d… [Tweet]. @SciBeh. https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1464200877888184324

Perspective | Even the best-case scenario with omicron will still be bad. (n.d.). Washington Post. Retrieved December 23, 2021, from https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/12/21/omicron-mild-cases-numbers/

Prof. Shane Crotty. (2021, October 19). 1/ The regular vaccines give great booster responses against Delta and other variants This was first shown by Moderna, with “original recipe” vaccine booster, compare to Beta booster. Https://nature.com/articles/s41591-021-01527-y https://t.co/g7YDwGIURP [Tweet]. @profshanecrotty. https://twitter.com/profshanecrotty/status/1450489709050744833

Eric Topol. (2021, October 27). 'The benefit of a third [booster] dose in reducing transmission is sizeable and increases with vaccine coverage and contact rates among individuals." https://medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.10.25.21265500v1 by @billygardner and @DiseaseEcology https://t.co/zAZcJgF1nJ [Tweet]. @EricTopol. https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1453153076165021696

Jørgensen, F. J., Nielsen, L. H., & Petersen, M. B. (2021). Willingness to Take the Booster Vaccine in a Nationally Representative Sample of Danes. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/wurz8

ReconfigBehSci. (2021, November 27). RT @_HassanF: 📢 2 key 📑 resources, if you writing about us in Africa right now: Africa-Vaccine Data 2021: Https://mediahack.co.za/datastories/coronavirus/africa-covid19/africa-vaccinations/ @mediah… [Tweet]. @SciBeh. https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1464683668631392257

Jackie Parchem, MD [@jackie_parchem]. (2021, July 29). @MeadowGood @ACOGPregnancy Some of the docs who stepped up and got vaccinated early when we didn’t have the data we do now. What we all knew: Protecting moms protects babies! All have had their babies by now! @IlanaKrumm @anushkachelliah @gumbo_amando @emergjenncy @JuliaNEM33 https://t.co/h9UJo6h3fQ [Tweet]. Twitter. https://twitter.com/jackie_parchem/status/1420785474499645442

Prof Jeffrey S Morris on Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved April 26, 2022, from https://twitter.com/jsm2334/status/1462573249712304128

Carl T. Bergstrom. (2021, August 18). 1. There has been lots of talk about recent data from Israel that seem to suggest a decline in vaccine efficacy against severe disease due to Delta, waning protection, or both. This may have even been a motivation for Biden’s announcement that the US would be adopting boosters. [Tweet]. @CT_Bergstrom. https://twitter.com/CT_Bergstrom/status/1427767356600688646

Dr Ellie Murray, ScD. (2021, July 6). Also, see👇🏼 [Tweet]. @EpiEllie. https://twitter.com/EpiEllie/status/1412249702460968967

Richard. (2021, October 17). @fascinatorfun Letter to parents sent to me by a friend today … https://t.co/Ivn93WLD9t [Tweet]. @dikt54. https://twitter.com/dikt54/status/1449763622020866055

Helen Branswell 🇺🇦 on Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved April 1, 2022, from https://twitter.com/HelenBranswell/status/1478835175580741633

ReconfigBehSci on Twitter: ‘@alexdefig are you really going to claim that responses to the introduction of passports on uptake across 4 other countries are evidentially entirely irrelevant to whether or not passports are justified or not?’ / Twitter. (n.d.). Retrieved 31 March 2022, from https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1444358068280565764

ReconfigBehSci. (2022, January 1). RT @wanderer_jasnah: Quick glance at B.1.640.2 before anyone asks me about it: It’s basically B.1.1.7 w/a large Spike NTD deletion. I see… [Tweet]. @SciBeh. https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1478289563776962563

Trevor Bedford on Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved 29 March 2022, from https://twitter.com/trvrb/status/1466076761427304453

ReconfigBehSci on Twitter: ‘RT @PeterHotez: I’m trying to reconcile Pfizer’s optimistic statements about 3rd dose protection against omicron https://t.co/mIWDowkDW6 v…’ / Twitter. (n.d.). Retrieved 29 March 2022, from https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1468568425308078088

Eran Segal. (2021, August 17). Israel data showing the decay of vaccine efficacy over time. Y-axis is cases per 1000 from July 7 to Aug 10, for unvaccinated, and for people vaccinated at different times Cases are higher in those vaxed earlier Despite world-data caveats, this seems quite compelling https://t.co/5aNz48AC8F [Tweet]. @segal_eran. https://twitter.com/segal_eran/status/1427696623988117505

Natalie E. Dean, PhD. (2021, August 17). Real-world data from Israel show a growing gap between the earliest vaccinated (blue arrow) and the recently vaccinated (green arrow) within age groups. Confounding is always a concern (are these groups fundamentally different?) but the magnitude of the difference is notable. Https://t.co/s8pevRbax8 [Tweet]. @nataliexdean. https://twitter.com/nataliexdean/status/1427703094062706691

Boris Johnson: Do not throw caution to the wind on Covid. (2022, February 20). BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-60446908

Altarawneh, H. N., Chemaitelly, H., Hasan, M. R., Ayoub, H. H., Qassim, S., AlMukdad, S., Coyle, P., Yassine, H. M., Al-Khatib, H. A., Benslimane, F. M., Al-Kanaani, Z., Al-Kuwari, E., Jeremijenko, A., Kaleeckal, A. H., Latif, A. N., Shaik, R. M., Abdul-Rahim, H. F., Nasrallah, G. K., Al-Kuwari, M. G., … Abu-Raddad, L. J. (2022). Protection against the Omicron Variant from Previous SARS-CoV-2 Infection. New England Journal of Medicine, 0(0), null. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMc2200133

Freja Kirsebom. (2022, January 7). Today we publish our latest analysis where we stratify by age to investigate vaccine effectiveness (VE) against Omicron in adults aged 65 years and older in England. Https://t.co/y73uto6kll 1/14 [Tweet]. @freja_kirsebom. https://twitter.com/freja_kirsebom/status/1479528228079509516

Bill Hanage. (2022, January 7). So a brief thread on the state of the pandemic in the Boston area. It is quite plausible that about 10% of the population is currently infected, more in some age groups than others. A lot of omicron. What next? 1/n https://t.co/aXgc5GYk0V [Tweet]. @BillHanage. https://twitter.com/BillHanage/status/1479574053807697920

Dr. Peter Hotez: Omicron is like a fast-moving freight train. (n.d.). MSN. Retrieved February 20, 2022, from https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/dr-peter-hotez-omicron-is-like-a-fast-moving-freight-train/vi-AARPfVG

Eric Feigl-Ding. (2022, January 13). WATCH📺—Despite 97.5% of all adults in England🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 with antibodies to #COVID19 (via vax/infection)–hospitalizations still surging. Why? Because variants like #Omicron are adapting. Need multivalent vax, plus ➡️N95 & ventilation are agnostic to variants—Key! Https://t.co/gDNRJIWojX [Tweet]. @DrEricDing. https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1481732793482813443

Marc Veldhoen. (2022, January 18). US data via @OurWorldInData Let not anyone tell you that vaccines do not work https://t.co/N535pp1kGJ [Tweet]. @Marc_Veld. https://twitter.com/Marc_Veld/status/1483433139208962050

Nerd, G. M.-K. H. (2021, December 29). Ivermectin Didn’t Save Uttar Pradesh From Covid-19. Elemental. https://gidmk.medium.com/ivermectin-didnt-save-uttar-pradesh-from-covid-19-17684f49d8b3

Eric Topol. (2022, January 18). It seems the people who write the vaccines w/ a booster aren’t working against Omicron are completely out of touch with the data I’d consider ~90% effectiveness vs hospitalization pretty, pretty damn good https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1046853/technical-briefing-34-14-january-2022.pdf Especially compared with 44% without a booster https://t.co/y8ixbmG8uH [Tweet]. @EricTopol. https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1483543711623512065

Eric Feigl-Ding. (2022, January 17). Pandemic leadership matters. #COVID19 mortality per capita by state. 📍Public health is policy, policy is politics. 📍Human behavior is often driven by misinformation. 📍Misinformation is often driven by politics. 📍Politics can be changed by voting—Unless voters can’t. Https://t.co/pFkndQZrfr [Tweet]. @DrEricDing. https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1483181226815012867

APPG on Coronavirus. (2022, January 18). 🗣Dr.Claire Steves continued: “Looking in the national core studies, from cohort studies across the UK we’ve looked at 10 different longitudinal studies. Our best estimates are that about 5% of middle aged people are experiencing long term.. 27/ #APPGCoronavirus #LongCovid [Tweet]. @AppgCoronavirus. https://twitter.com/AppgCoronavirus/status/1483453895061999618

F. Perry Wilson, MD MSCE. (2022, February 4). If you, like me, are “skipping ahead” during the ACIP meeting re: Moderna vaccine—This slide really drives home the benefit / risk paradigm among the group at highest risk of myocarditis (men 18-35). 2 million shots = 1903 avoided hospitalizations, and 68 myocarditis cases. Https://t.co/3nzWXGXyD1 [Tweet]. @fperrywilson. https://twitter.com/fperrywilson/status/1489649379979972609

Mahase, E. (2022). Covid-19: What do we know about omicron sublineages? BMJ, 376, o358. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.o358

American Medical Association (AMA). (2021, December 6). Peter Hotez, MD, PhD, on the omicron variant and Delta winter surge | COVID-19 Update for Dec. 6, 20. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnfpC1_N2Mg

COVID-19 vaccine doses donated to COVAX. (n.d.). Our World in Data. Retrieved February 10, 2022, from https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/covax-donations

Charles #GetCovered-ba 🩺. (2022, February 10). Yup. Https://t.co/UyKb4IVxUn [Tweet]. @charles_gaba. https://twitter.com/charles_gaba/status/1491617409261838340

Tulio de Oliveira. (2022, February 9). As expected, Omicron BA.2 takes over in South Africa, close to 100% of the new genomes. What does it mean? Https://t.co/SAb9mGYSjN [Tweet]. @Tuliodna. https://twitter.com/Tuliodna/status/1491483399265075202

Willett, J. D. S. (n.d.). Omicron: Vaccines remain the best defence against this COVID-19 variant and others. The Conversation. Retrieved February 8, 2022, from http://theconversation.com/omicron-vaccines-remain-the-best-defence-against-this-covid-19-variant-and-others-174195

Krutika Kuppalli, MD FIDSA. (2022, January 14). If you had #COVID19 once you can get it again (and again). Risk of reinfection in England with #Omicron was ~5.4 fold higher compared to #Delta The relative risk were 6.36 & 5.02 for unvaxxd & vaxxd cases—Implies protection against reinfection by Omicron may be as low as 19% [Tweet]. @KrutikaKuppalli. https://twitter.com/KrutikaKuppalli/status/1482074117742288898

Campbell, D., & Davis, N. (2022, January 14). Covid booster jabs in England to be thrown away as demand falls. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jan/14/covid-booster-jabs-in-england-to-be-thrown-away-as-demand-falls

PaedsHaemDoc. (2022, January 9). Had the misfortune (via @fatemperor) to come across Dr Paul Alexander -apparently credentialed yet in single blog post demonstrates perfectly either a disconnect from rational thought or deliberate misinformation spreading of the #masspsychosis of the anti-Vax crew let’s examine https://t.co/Ctd49cb1qK [Tweet]. @dr_barrett. https://twitter.com/dr_barrett/status/1479986071832248322

Jorge A. Caballero, MD (jorgecaballero.eth). (2022, January 10). 🧵/ I just spoke with two journalists about data that shows how the U.S. healthcare system is collapsing before our eyes. The million dollar question during both interviews was, “What else could we be doing right now?” The answer: Flatten the hospitalization curve. Now. [Tweet]. @DataDrivenMD. https://twitter.com/DataDrivenMD/status/1480607009867132928

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Barnes, O., & Alabi, L. O. (2022, January 27). UK coronavirus cases tick up 10%, symptom tracker app shows. Financial Times. https://www.ft.com/content/f9833324-7986-48c4-a96c-153049ed9b5a

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Mahan Ghafari, ماهان غفاری. (2022, February 1). After the daily covid-19 cases in Iran dropped to record-low numbers last month, it is now back in full swing due to omicron! Map on the left (mostly coloured in blue) shows the situation in late december and the one on the right is from 2 days ago (many in amber or red). 1/ https://t.co/vgpwuiymbl [Tweet]. @Mahan_Ghafari. https://twitter.com/Mahan_Ghafari/status/1488481042847698946

Viki Male on Twitter: “@jtmayes3 @kevinault Let’s begin by taking the 172,000 number at face value. About 190,000 ppl have been vaccinated during pregnancy in the US. So if that were true it’s a miscarriage rate of 90%… 1/ https://t.co/cXYXDv1UgB” / Twitter. (n.d.). Retrieved February 2, 2022, from https://twitter.com/VikiLovesFACS/status/1487313040785686528

Eric Topol. (2022, January 28). New and noteworthy data for vaccine effectiveness vs hospitalization, posted @CDCgov https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#covidnet-hospitalizations-vaccination For age 65+, last week December, per 100,000 people Unvaccinated 239.7 2-dose vaccinated 26.8 3-dose (booster vaccinated) 4.8 That’s 98% reduction, 3-dose vs unvaccinated https://t.co/sSh8LPhAdm [Tweet]. @EricTopol. https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1486920474797826051

Adam, D. (2022). Will Omicron end the pandemic? Here’s what experts say. Nature, 602(7895), 20–21. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-00210-7

Mackay, A. I. M. & PhD. (2022, January 29). Thank goodness we did all the work. Virology Down Under. https://virologydownunder.com/thank-goodness-we-did-all-the-work/

Just An Ordinary Bloke. (2022, January 30). PORTUGAL 90% of the Country is double dosed. This is what a good job looks like https://t.co/WctxHqsO8z [Tweet]. @Unusual_Times. https://twitter.com/Unusual_Times/status/1487756024450887687 i

Early data indicate vaccines still protect against Omicron’s sister variant, BA.2. (2022, January 28). STAT. https://www.statnews.com/2022/01/28/early-data-indicate-vaccines-still-protect-against-omicrons-sister-variant-ba-2/

Evershed, N. (n.d.). The simple numbers every government should use to fight anti-vaccine misinformation. The Guardian. Retrieved January 30, 2022, from https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/ng-interactive/2022/jan/28/the-simple-numbers-every-government-should-use-to-fight-anti-vaccine-misinformation

Taylor, L. (2022). Covid-19: CoronaVac immunity is strongest after boosting with a different vaccine. BMJ, 376, o210. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.o210

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WHO/Europe. (2022, January 24). 732 days of #COVID19 in the WHO European Region – in 15 figures 👉 https://bit.ly/3rHKfAB Find out more in the thread 👇 https://t.co/3QGLeQ4jsO [Tweet]. @WHO_Europe. https://twitter.com/WHO_Europe/status/1485650319489052674

Dr. Melvin Sanicas, #GetVaccinated. (2022, January 24). Smart people change their minds. They reconsider things they thought they’d already figure out when offered compelling data contradicting their previous understanding. Last week we saw the Swiss data. This is from #USA. #scicomm #dataviz #VaccinesSaveLives (h/t @OurWorldInData) https://t.co/Z5ONLNXr2u [Tweet]. @Vaccinologist. https://twitter.com/Vaccinologist/status/1485704680550412303

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Devlin, H., & correspondent, H. D. S. (2022, January 21). Mixed messages? How end of Covid plan B could change behaviour in England. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/21/mixed-messages-how-end-of-covid-plan-b-rules-could-change-behaviour

Tom Peacock. (2022, January 19). As its been getting increasing attention recently, I’m going to write a short thread on what we currently know about BA.2. -What is BA.2? -What is BA.2 doing currently? -Should we be concerned about it? [Tweet]. @PeacockFlu. https://twitter.com/PeacockFlu/status/1483768659420094464

Nicholas, J., & Evershed, N. (2022, January 21). Australia has had its deadliest day yet of the pandemic – here’s what we know about who is dying. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/datablog/2022/jan/21/australia-has-had-its-deadliest-day-yet-covid-omicron-heres-what-we-know-about-who-is-dying

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