[yourNEWS.com] A major new study from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), published on April 18, 2025, has delivered a stunning reversal to early COVID-19 vaccine claims. The preprint research found that vaccinated, COVID-naïve individuals are between 5.8 and 7.2 times more likely to be hospitalized compared to unvaccinated individuals who had previously recovered from the virus. The results, with a p-value of 4e-15, are being described as statistically definitive and have fueled sharp criticism of public health strategies surrounding COVID-19.
Researchers examined hospitalization rates among nearly 30,000 participants, contrasting two groups: those vaccinated without prior infection and those unvaccinated but previously infected. The results were clear: vaccinated individuals had a 5.89 relative risk of hospitalization compared to the unvaccinated cohort.
“This didn’t happen by chance,” explained Steve Kirsch, a technology entrepreneur and early critic of vaccine policies, who reviewed the data. “The medical community must explain why such a massive risk signal was not detected in clinical trials.”
Though direct mortality data was not part of the original findings, modeled estimates based on the hospitalization ratios suggested that vaccinated individuals could be three to six times more likely to die compared to their unvaccinated counterparts with prior infection. These mortality concerns build on a growing body of research linking COVID-19 vaccines to cardiovascular and neurological complications.
The UCSF study challenges key aspects of pandemic-era public health messaging, which framed vaccines as the best protection against severe outcomes. The newly published data indicate vaccinated individuals who had not previously contracted COVID-19 experienced a hospitalization rate of 6.24%, compared to just 1.06% among unvaccinated individuals who had recovered from the virus.
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