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Maternal Death Rates Skyrocket with COVID-19 Mass Vaccination

Peak Vaccine Uptake and Maternal Death Occurred in 2021

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By Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH

As we approach Mother’s day this weekend, I was struck by a paper from Chen et al in JAMA reporting a pre-pandemic maternal death rate in the US skyrocketing from 25.3 in 2018 to 44.1 per 100,000 live births in 2021 (74.3% increase). What made 2021 such a bad year?

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