Check out how Prof. Norman Fenton explains how the claim of "20 million lives saved by vaccines" number was calculated (hint: he has a fan in his garden)
From here:
About those estimates of '20 million lives saved' by the vaccine .... (normanfenton.com)
https://www.normanfenton.com/post/about-those-estimates-of-20-million-lives-saved-by-the-vaccine
It is a short article that debunks the piece published in the Lancet, back in June 2022.
Here is one of the two charts in the Professor’s post that only someone as smart as the venerable Professor could come up with to expose the sleight of hand attempted.
Brought a smile to my face!
There is another chart in the Professor’s article, but I will make you click the link to his website.
Here is a link to the article published in the Lancet.
Global impact of the first year of COVID-19 vaccination: a mathematical modelling study - The Lancet Infectious Diseases
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(22)00320-6/fulltext
These are the authors cited in the Lancet - they all seem highly credentialled!
So, the Lancet findings used alleged C19 mortality figures, which we know were at best grossly exaggerated, from 2020 during which year all cause mortality was nothing out of the ordinary, to conclude that the c19 vax saved 10s of millions of lives in 2021. I can't imagine how it was possible for them to do that but I can't be bothered reading past the intro to find out precisely how they went about it. Does it fit Prof Fenton's garden fan analogy? If so, they must take us all for retards.
Using the same "logic."
I could claim I saved 80 million lives by claiming I informed them of the wisdom of skipping the Kung Flu shot and taking Ivermectin prophylactically on a monthly basis here on SubStack!
OK, would you believe 80 lives?
How about my neighbor's Pomeranian?