One of their "References" is a conflict of interest....https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26209836/
"Conflict of interest statement Conflicts of Interest: All VSD authors are funded by the Centers for Disease Control and prevention. Dr. Sukumaran received research support from the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Naleway received research support from GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer."
--- Looks like more are conflicting too -- Patent Holders --- see here
"Dr. Baden reports being funded by the NIH to conduct clinical trials in collaboration with Crucell/Janssen and Moderna; Dr. Rouphael, receiving grant support from Pfizer, Merck, Sanofi–Pasteur, Eli Lilly, and Quidel; Dr. Creech, receiving grant support from Merck, consulting fees from Horizon Pharma and GSK, and fees for serving on a data and safety monitoring board from Astellas; Dr. Neuzil, receiving grant support from Pfizer; Dr. Graham, holding pending patent WO/2018/081318 on prefusion coronavirus spike proteins and their use and pending patent 62/972,886 on 2019-nCoV vaccine; Dr. Bennett, being employed by and owning stock and stock options in Moderna; Dr. Pajon, being employed by and owning stock in Moderna; Dr. Knightly, being employed by and owning stock and stock options in Moderna; Drs. Leav, Deng, and Zhou being employees of Moderna; Dr. Han, being employed by and owning stock and stock options in Moderna; Dr. Ivarsson, being employed by and owning share options in Moderna; Dr. Miller, being employed by and owning stock and stock options in Moderna; and Dr. Zaks, being employed by and owning stock options in Moderna. No other potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported.
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"Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relationships which may be considered as potential competing interests: BHB reports conflicts with vaccine manufacturers Sanofi and Pfizer related with grants. RAF and CB are employed by Genesis HealthCare. S. G. reports conflicts with vaccine manufacturers Sanofi, Seqirus, Pfizer related to grants, consulting, and speaking engagements. S. G. also consults with other pharmaceutical companies including Janssen, and Merck and has grants with Sunovion. KM reports conflicts with vaccine manufacturers Sanofi, Pfizer, and Sequiris related with grants. RG has served as an expert witness to Johnson & Johnson/Janssen in the opioid litigation. EMW, AN, VM, and INS have no conflicts."
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"Conclusions: Functional limitations appear to be important confounders of the association of vaccination and risk of death, while adjustment for diagnosis code covariates did not control for a healthy vaccinee bias. Further research is needed on methods to reduce the influence of bias in observational studies of influenza vaccine effectiveness."
One of their "References" is a conflict of interest....https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26209836/
"Conflict of interest statement Conflicts of Interest: All VSD authors are funded by the Centers for Disease Control and prevention. Dr. Sukumaran received research support from the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Naleway received research support from GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer."
--- Looks like more are conflicting too -- Patent Holders --- see here
"Dr. Baden reports being funded by the NIH to conduct clinical trials in collaboration with Crucell/Janssen and Moderna; Dr. Rouphael, receiving grant support from Pfizer, Merck, Sanofi–Pasteur, Eli Lilly, and Quidel; Dr. Creech, receiving grant support from Merck, consulting fees from Horizon Pharma and GSK, and fees for serving on a data and safety monitoring board from Astellas; Dr. Neuzil, receiving grant support from Pfizer; Dr. Graham, holding pending patent WO/2018/081318 on prefusion coronavirus spike proteins and their use and pending patent 62/972,886 on 2019-nCoV vaccine; Dr. Bennett, being employed by and owning stock and stock options in Moderna; Dr. Pajon, being employed by and owning stock in Moderna; Dr. Knightly, being employed by and owning stock and stock options in Moderna; Drs. Leav, Deng, and Zhou being employees of Moderna; Dr. Han, being employed by and owning stock and stock options in Moderna; Dr. Ivarsson, being employed by and owning share options in Moderna; Dr. Miller, being employed by and owning stock and stock options in Moderna; and Dr. Zaks, being employed by and owning stock options in Moderna. No other potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported.
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