ONS acknowledges that individuals who died after being vaccinated were classified as unvaccinated
Dr. Clare Craig uncovered an internal email where a government employee admitted that vaccine records were not received in all cases before datasets of deceased individuals were compiled.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) acknowledged in internal emails that some vaccinated individuals who had died were misclassified as unvaccinated in datasets used by the government to promote the COVID-19 vaccines’ safety and effectiveness in 2021.
Dr. Clare Craig, co-chair of the Health Advisory and Recovery Team (HART), submitted a subject access request to the ONS to ascertain what information the regulator had on her, leading to the release of communications discussing the skewed statistics.
In April 2021, the ONS, the government’s statistics regulator, began publishing monthly reports on mortality by vaccination status, more than three months after the COVID-19 vaccination rollout began in January.
Early reports indicated significant increases in non-COVID related deaths among unvaccinated individuals across various age groups.
Dr. Craig raised concerns immediately, questioning why unvaccinated individuals were experiencing sudden deaths when vaccination efforts were ongoing.
She and a group of statisticians and scientists, including Professors Norman Fenton and Martin Neil from Queen Mary University London, have consistently challenged the data’s validity, pointing out issues with record-keeping and classification.
The regulator attributed the apparent increase in deaths among the unvaccinated to individuals close to death choosing not to get vaccinated, known as the “healthy vaccinee” effect. However, this contradicted NHS guidelines, which prioritized vaccinating critically ill individuals.
Subject Access Request Reveals Admission
Dr. Craig’s subject access request exposed that the database of vaccinated individuals relied on by the ONS omitted those who had died before their vaccine records were submitted to the central system.
Using the social media platform X, she shared an internal email from an ONS employee, whose name was redacted, acknowledging the incomplete data in the National Immunisation Management System (NIMS).
Dr. Craig stated that she and her colleagues have been highlighting this issue for years.
“We published papers indicating that this was primarily a problem with record-keeping. The ONS persisted in their claims that individuals near death were declining vaccines because they believed there was no point in getting vaccinated if they were likely to die soon,” she explained.
She emphasized, “We conducted extensive analysis to prove that this explanation was insufficient, even if true in some cases.”
In addition to citing a “healthy vaccinee” effect, the ONS also previously mentioned an “unhealthy vaccinee” effect, suggesting that individuals with severe underlying health conditions were more inclined to receive vaccines to account for the death rates in the officially vaccinated.
‘Cheap Trick’
Mr. Fenton highlighted in his blog, Where Are the Numbers?, that the revelations from Dr. Craig’s subject access request were crucial as the ONS data, more than any other source globally, had been utilized to bolster the assertion of the vaccines’ high efficacy and safety.
He contended, “They therefore lied and intentionally created and spread misinformation. We were accused of conspiracy thinking and our reputations were tarnished as a result.”
Earlier this year, the ONS recalculated the excess death rate, resulting in a 65 percent drop in the 2023 figure.
The ONS stated to The Epoch Times via email that they are unable to comment during a pre-general election period but can respond with factual information.
A spokesperson for the ONS confirmed the authenticity of the internal email shared by Dr. Craig and explained, “We extracted a custom dataset that included individuals who passed away shortly after vaccination and did not have a record in NIMS so that all our publications on vaccine safety and effectiveness included this data.”
The statement added that this extract was previously published along with their data on deaths by vaccination status: “In rare cases, a vaccination may not be recorded if the person has died soon after vaccination and before the record is entered into the system.
“We therefore include in our dataset an extract of people who died soon after vaccination and do not have a record in NIMS up to 28 June 2023. There were 1,484 new vaccination entries for people linked to our 2021 Census-linked dataset who were vaccinated but not included in the NIMS data as their vaccine record was entered after they had died.”
‘A Convenient Big Mess’
Dr. Craig believes the ONS was pressured to produce data quickly, and the actual number of misclassified deceased individuals is likely much higher than the regulator’s reported figure of 1,484.
She stated, “I think it’s a predictably big mess … but I think the real problem is that they’ve used the data to make claims around vaccine safety [and] you can’t make those claims based on that data … It’s a convenient big mess.”
“Fundamentally, the data collection system is flawed and centralized data collection isn’t as pristine as it’s portrayed to be … and people shouldn’t rely so heavily on government data,” she emphasized.
She pointed out that during the Delta wave of COVID-19, there was increased mortality, with higher rates in areas with low vaccination rates and lower rates in highly vaccinated regions, a trend that existed before any vaccinations were administered.
She attributed this to socioeconomic factors, as wealthier areas tend to have fewer health issues associated with poverty, such as obesity or smoking-related illnesses, making individuals less prone to respiratory illnesses.
“Then Omicron arrived, and the relationship flipped entirely. Now there’s excess mortality in heavily vaccinated areas, indicating that individuals are dying due to vaccination,” she added.
In May 2021, there was a significant rise in ambulance calls for life-threatening incidents.
“It spiked from 2,000 a day consistently, then dipped during lockdown, and increased to 2,500 per day in May, following the vaccine rollout. It’s been at that level ever since. It can’t be COVID since it didn’t rise in 2020; it spiked in May 2021,” she explained.
“Simultaneously, we saw a significant increase in long-term sickness and disability among the working-age population starting in spring 2021. It doesn’t take a genius to connect these dots and realize that vaccines are causing deaths. I can’t provide a precise number, but I would say, yes, absolutely, the vaccines are causing deaths.”
The government has consistently stated that vaccines are “safe and effective,” that deaths from vaccination are extremely rare, and that the vaccines have saved countless lives worldwide.
