evidence: COVID-19 vaccination reduces the risk of death from COVID-19. Social media posts have misused survey data and adverse events reports to falsely claim that COVID-19 vaccines have killed more people than COVID-19. But serious adverse events resulting from vaccination, including deaths, are rare. [...] Furthermore, both Kirsch’s and McCullough’s conclusions are inconsistent with the other available evidence on vaccine safety. "Deaths that are directly caused by a COVID vaccine, they are vanishingly rare," Schaffner said. [...] Before getting to the questions on deaths, readers were asked: "When did you first figure out that vaccines were not safe?" According to survey responses posted by Kirsch, only nine people out of more than 10,000 respondents selected the option: "Still think vaccines are safe."