Lack of association between vaccination rates and excess mortality in Cyprus during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It has been claimed that COVID-19 vaccination is associated with excess mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic, a claim that contributes to vaccine hesitancy. We examined whether all-cause mortality has actually increased in Cyprus during the first two pandemic years, and whether any increases are associated with vaccination rates.

Methods

We calculated weekly excess mortality for Cyprus between January 2020 and June 2022, overall and by age group, using both a Distributed Lag Nonlinear Model (DLNM) adjusted for mean daily temperature, and the EuroMOMO algorithm. Excess deaths were regressed on the weekly number of confirmed COVID-19 deaths and on weekly first-dose vaccinations, also using a DLNM to explore the lag-response dimension.

Results

552 excess dea

SUBMITTER: Lytras T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10066729 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature