evidence: In a separate Jan. 6 post on X, Weinstein attributed the 17 million figure to research led by Denis Rancourt, a Canadian academic with links to anti-vaccine groups. Rancourt’s study has been described as flawed because it counts all excess deaths that occurred during the COVID-19 vaccine rollout and points to the vaccine as the cause of those deaths. It accounts for neither the deaths from the coronavirus itself nor the vaccination status of those who died. [...] AFP, Report falsely claims Covid vaccines killed 17 million worldwide, Oct. 23, 2023 [...] Health Feedback, Analysis claiming to find COVID-19 vaccines killed 17 million people is highly flawed, doesn’t account for COVID-19 mortality surges, Oct. 11, 2023