My nephew is an antivaxxer. He is listening to right wing news sources that state things like: “Four people got Bells Palsy within 3 days of getting the Covid vaccine!” and “966 people died within 3 days of getting vaccinated” “Clinical trials stopped due to a death immediately after the vaccine.”
It turns out there is a grain of truth to the statements but the info is misleading, if not totally false. The vaccine did not cause Bell’s Palsy or deaths. Yes 4 people developed BP after the vaccine but that is the same rate that get it an unvaccinated population. The same number that has been getting it for decades.
Yes, 966 people died but that is the same death rate as those who die in the normal over 75 population.
Yes, clinical trials stopped when someone died but they were restarted when the cause was determined to be something other than the vaccine.

Who benefits by spreading this disinformation and not stating the second half of the message?

Two days ago in my area two women in their 80s died within 30 minutes of getting their Covid vaccination. Tragically, they were killed in a car accident when pulling out of the vaccination center.
Will antivaxxers count those 2 deaths as proof of the vaccine’s danger?

A quick search will show many cases of people getting killed while going to or from church. Can that be used in an argument, too?