CNN runs story claiming vaccinated people are less likely to die 'from any cause’ — gets rolled online: ‘This doesn’t make sense’



Critics panned CNN after the network published a story last week appearing to claim that people vaccinated against COVID-19 are somehow superhumanly protected from deadly ailments of all kinds.

What are the details?

"People who got Covid-19 vaccines were not only less likely to die from the virus, but they were less likely to die from any cause over the following months, researchers have reported," CNN tweeted on Friday.

In its article, the network shared conclusions reached by scientists that were documented in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's weekly report.

People who got Covid-19 vaccines were not only less likely to die from the virus, but they were less likely to die… https://t.co/3yhbjX65S5

— CNN International (@cnni) 1634948665.0

The research team, CNN reported, set out to prove the efficacy and safety of the vaccines against COVID-19 when they discovered the interesting correlation between vaccination and lower non-COVID death rates.

Of course, correlation does not equal causation. Common sense dictates that the COVID-19 vaccines do not actually reduce people's risks of death from other ailments. It should be noted that the data is only a few months old and could, in fact, change.

CNN briefly mentioned the scientists' awareness of this fact but dedicated the majority of its report to highlighting the lower mortality risk that vaccinated individuals displayed.

What was the reaction?

Critics on social media immediately took notice of the report and slammed CNN — known for its support of vaccine mandates — for insinuating that the vaccines provide extraordinary non-COVID-related health benefits.

Below are just few examples:

  • "Ahhhhh eternal life..finally!" joked one commenter while another quipped, "[CNN] openly declared the vaccine will make you immortal."
  • "So, the new cure for cancer, diabetes, hearth condition? wowwwwww!!!! ... Got cancer? Get the COVID vaccine!!!" mocked another.
  • Another user said: "I'm vaxxed-this doesn't make sense. Are they looking at every death in every country & asking if person was vaxxed, then taking the # of vaxxed people, which keeps changing, who are still alive minus the number of unvaxxed who died. What's the point of this?"
  • "BREAKING NEWS ... COVID vaccines now make you invincible," one commenter tweeted.
  • Another asked, "Need any more evidence that this is a cult?" after writing, "CNN is now claiming the COVID vaccine reduces all causes [of] mortality."
  • "This is one of the dumbest headlines and articles I've read through this whole pandemic," said one user.
  • "Holy cow... that vaccine will keep you alive forever....It will stop you from dying in a car crash, from being shot, your immune to being stabbed to death...." wrote another commenter, mocking CNN's headline.

Several on social media expressed support for the COVID-19 vaccines, but resentment toward CNN for allegedly trying to persuade the unvaccinated to get the shot in such a misleading way.

"Get vaccinated! Just don't lie," commented one concerned user.

CNN invited Brett Favre on to discuss kids playing tackle football, then proceeded to grill, berate him about vaccines



NFL legend Brett Favre appeared on CNN to discuss the risks associated with kids playing tackle football, but the network couldn't bear to let the former quarterback leave before grilling him over his stance on vaccines.

What happened?

Favre was making the rounds on the media circuit Tuesday, warning parents about the dangers of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a disease associated with repeated traumatic brain injuries, when he stopped by CNN.

During the appearance, the Hall of Famer, joined by the Concussion Legacy Foundation founder Chris Nowinski, encouraged parents not to let children younger than 14 play tackle football in order to reduce their risk of being diagnosed with the disease.

But CNN anchor Kate Bolduan, it would seem, had ulterior motives for inviting Favre on her show. After engaging in a discussion about CTE for roughly four minutes, Bolduan transitioned into discussing vaccine hesitancy among NFL players.

"Why do you think there is such a struggle among some athletes — especially when people look to them as role models — when it comes to the COVID vaccine?" the anchor asked Favre.

Favre answered by arguing that there is still a "great deal of uncertainty" around the vaccines, noting that "you hear one thing one day and you hear something totally different the next."

He added that the emergency use authorization granted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is not exactly the lengthy human trial usually required by the agency that many would prefer to review before getting jabbed.

"We're sort of the human trial, if you will, and I think some people are frightened by that," he said.

.@BrettFavre told a CNN anchor that he thinks vaccines should be a personal choice—she loses it https://t.co/Y9F11CoGkt

— Post-Globalized🌲🎈 (@PostGlobo) 1629218694.0

What happened next?

That answer was obviously not good enough for Bolduan, who proceeded to claim that there isn't conflicting information and that the vaccine is "safe, effective, and needed" and is a matter of public health.

"Would you urge your current players to get the vaccine? Have you been vaccinated?" she then asked point-blank.

When Favre responded that he'd "rather not say one way or the other" and that it's not his place to say whether others should get vaccinated, Bolduan's eyes lit up in shock. The quarterback went on to note that concerned individuals ought to consult a trusted expert and then make the decision for themselves.

"[So] you don't trust the vaccines?" Bolduan interpreted Favre's remarks to mean.

At that point, Nowinski jumped in to try and steer the conversation back to CTE, but his effort was fruitless.

Bolduan closed the segment by stating that "every health official from the top down, from local doctors to the government, to the best scientists in America and beyond, have said that coronavirus vaccines are safe and the only way to make it out of this pandemic."

She then thanked both guests for coming on to talk about CTE, which she called an important issue, "just as is the coronavirus pandemic and the vaccines."