Covid-19 ‘vaccinations’ have not protected against death from Covid-19 or other causes
Our analysis of the Semenzato study has been published
On 4 December 2025, a sigh of relief swept through the press: a large French study had allegedly shown that people who had been vaccinated against Covid-19 were less likely to die from Covid-19, as well as from other illnesses [1]. The data came from the French national health service and covered more than 22 million vaccinated people and almost 6 million unvaccinated people. According to the authors, the vaccinated had a 74 percent reduced risk of dying from Covid-19 and a 25 percent reduced risk of dying from all possible causes (‘all-cause mortality’). The authors had statistically controlled for all possible confounding factors. Everything seemed to be going swimmingly. The mainstream press cheered. Politicians breathed a sigh of relief. Lauterbach, former German Minister for Health, triumphed.
I was skeptical, took a closer look at the publication, and saw what I had suspected: several groups had been excluded from the analysis – those who were vaccinated early on, people in poorer health, and so on. This is permissible, provided it is defined in advance in an analysis protocol. I wrote to the senior author, Prof. Mahmoud Zureik, and asked for the analysis protocol, which, strangely enough, was not mentioned or linked to anywhere. I also asked the obvious question: whether this selection had been defined in advance. I received no reply.