UK medicines regulator puts patients at serious risk, MPs say
The All-Party Parliamentary Group (“APPG”) on pandemic response and recovery, an influential group of Members of Parliament (“MPs”), has raised “serious patient safety concerns”. It has claimed that “far from protecting patients” […]
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An international study of around 99 million people confirmed known serious side effects of COVID-19 vaccination. It also identified a possible relationship between the first dose of the Moderna vaccine and a small risk of a neurological condition. Social media posts about the study left out information on the vaccines’ benefits and the rarity of the side effects.




Given the extra scrutiny and large number of doses, reports of possible side effects to a vaccine safety monitoring system increased with the COVID-19 vaccines. The high number of reports does not mean the vaccines are unsafe, contrary to suggestions made by posts sharing a clip of a Food and Drug Administration official acknowledging the surge.