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News about vaccine-related deaths caused more people to report side-effects
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Local media reporting on vaccine-related deaths may have convinced many New Zealanders that they were experiencing side-effects from the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. Researchers from the University of Auckland used Medsafe data to track how often people reported side effects from the vaccine, and found that reports of chest pain, breathlessness, and increased heart rate increased by up to 190% following media coverage of myocarditis deaths linked to the vaccine in August 2021, December 2021 and April 2022. The study author says this could be due to the “nocebo effect” - where patients are more likely to experience an adverse effect if they expect or are worried about the adverse effect.
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