Science FeedbackSimply because an event occurred after vaccination does not mean that vaccination caused the event. In order to establish whether a vaccine caused an adverse event, one has to look beyond anecdotes and compare the incidence rate of the adverse event between a group that received the vaccine and a group that didn’t receive the vaccine.
Unvaccinated vs vaccinated studies, properly designed, can help help tell us if a particular vaccine can cause adverse events for example, heart attacks or strokes, but they don’t tell us if a vaccine caused a heart attack or stroke in a specific patient.
Moreover, RFK, Jr. points out: “Hank Aaron was 86 years old. The Moderna vaccine trials included no individuals over 80 years old and only 20 individuals over 70. A study of this anemic statistical power could detect no special vulnerabilities in people over 80 and could detect risks only from lethal injuries like heart attacks if they killed more than 1 in 20 vaccine recipients over 70.”
Science FeedbackWith regards to Aaron’s passing, the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia, issued the following statement: “His passing was not related to the vaccine, nor did he experience any side effects from the immunization. He passed away peacefully in his sleep.” And following an autopsy, the Fulton County Medical Examiner concluded that Aaron died of “natural causes”, as reported by WSB-TV on 26 January 2021.
RFK, Jr. asserts there was never an autopsy, according to a conversation he had with one of the County’s medical examiner investigator for the coroner’s office, which is consistent with the evidence reviewed. It appears a Fulton County Senior Investigator visited Aaron’s home, asked the family questions, physically examined Aaron’s body, and then departed without Aaron. Moreover, USA TODAY reported that Aaron suffered “a massive stroke” (210122).