# A miscarriage of statistics: The thalidomide sequel *Canonical page:* https://truthscore.com/source/6dfd42ac *Machine twins:* https://truthscore.com/source/6dfd42ac.md · JSON at https://truthscore.com/api/v1 Publisher: Arkmedic's blog · published 2023-03-30 · read 2026-09-11 Original: https://www.arkmedic.info/p/a-miscarriage-of-statistics-the-thalidomide *A source is testimony, not proof. The document itself is never republished here.* ## Who is named (11) - [Hospital Episode Statistics (HES)](https://truthscore.com/entity/12d49721) - [Naert 2021 study](https://truthscore.com/entity/1bb8b6d1) - [COVID-19 vaccine](https://truthscore.com/entity/3ee4edf6) - [V-safe registry](https://truthscore.com/entity/44533f5c) - [Zauche dataset](https://truthscore.com/entity/57e5dac4) - [TGA](https://truthscore.com/entity/7441c27a) - [Viki Male](https://truthscore.com/entity/9226d1aa) - [thalidomide](https://truthscore.com/entity/b1a4d09c) - [Kevin Ault](https://truthscore.com/entity/d4b35a18) - [CDC](https://truthscore.com/entity/df9a0912) - [Lauren Zauche](https://truthscore.com/entity/fb03cd44) ## What it added - [The normal miscarriage rate of a healthy population is somewhere around 5-6%.](https://truthscore.com/claim/131e6289) > The normal miscarriage rate of a healthy population is somewhere around 5-6%. - [For years, studies have been misrepresenting rates of 15-20% so that when new drugs are tested in pregnancy, a doubling of the miscarriage rate will fly under…](https://truthscore.com/claim/5099f319) > For years, studies have been misrepresenting rates of 15-20% so that when new drugs are tested in pregnancy, a doubling of the miscarriage rate will fly under the radar. - [The COVID vaccine was sold as "safe in pregnancy" when it was far from it.](https://truthscore.com/claim/78d0d68c) > This is how the COVID vaccine managed to be sold as "safe in pregnancy" when it was far from it. - [The data was misrepresented by the CDC and others to cover up the scandal.](https://truthscore.com/claim/bdab55cb) > This article shows you how the data was misrepresented by the CDC and others to cover up the scandal. - [The Naert dataset is the biggest publication of miscarriage data to date.](https://truthscore.com/claim/106bf881) > The Naert dataset is the biggest (to date) publication of miscarriage data where the authors were able to follow a whole cohort of pregnancies. - [The Naert study ignored pregnancy losses prior to 6 weeks.](https://truthscore.com/claim/b31715e1) > One criticism levelled against the Naert paper ... is that it ignores pregnancy losses prior to 6 weeks. - [Zauche also removed early pregnancy losses from her analysis.](https://truthscore.com/claim/2ba2bccc) > However, Zauche (who collected the V-safe pregnancy data for the COVID vaccine registry) also removed these patients from her analysis. - [The hazard ratio comparing the Zauche cohort to the Naert cohort is 1.5, indicating a 1.5‑fold increase in miscarriages.](https://truthscore.com/claim/771c1b6c) > The p‑value on this calculation was 0.001 meaning that it was a one‑in‑a‑thousand chance that this was a random event. - [The p‑value for the hazard‑ratio calculation was 0.001.](https://truthscore.com/claim/f8574f39) > The p‑value on this calculation was 0.001 meaning that it was a one‑in‑a‑thousand chance that this was a random event. - [In the later Zauche presentation there were an estimated 775 miscarriages out of 6,352 first‑trimester pregnancies.](https://truthscore.com/claim/3f61863e) > In that presentation there were an estimated 775 miscarriages out of 6,352 first trimester pregnancies. - [The raw miscarriage rate from the later Zauche data is 12.2%.](https://truthscore.com/claim/908fb6cd) > Plugging these numbers into our model we get a “raw” miscarriage rate of 12.2% (775/6352). - [The background miscarriage rate of a normal population in 2023 is 5‑6%.](https://truthscore.com/claim/508189bf) > The background miscarriage rate of a normal population in 2023 is 5‑6%. - [The miscarriage rate in vaccinated women has jumped to 15%.](https://truthscore.com/claim/c78fd604) > Following the rollout of the COVID vaccines all evidence that has been submitted shows that the miscarriage rate in vaccinated women has jumped to 15%. - [The increase in miscarriage rate seen with the mRNA COVID vaccines is bigger than that seen with thalidomide.](https://truthscore.com/claim/0e2de447) > The increase in miscarriages seen with the mRNA COVID vaccines is bigger than that seen with thalidomide. - [According to the latest UK HES statistics there were 103,277 miscarriages in 1,889,974 pregnancies for 2018‑2021, which is 5.5%.](https://truthscore.com/claim/63d70fa4) > According to the latest UK HES statistics 103,277 miscarriages in 1,889,974 pregnancies for 2018-2021, which is 5.5%. - [The UK miscarriage rate has remained relatively constant at under 6% since 2013.](https://truthscore.com/claim/dfd91afc) > This figure has remained relatively constant at under 6% since 2013. - [HES data do not include terminations, which have remained above 200,000 annually since 2018.](https://truthscore.com/claim/44caee15) > The HES data do not include terminations (“induced abortions”), which have remained above 200,000 annually since 2018. - [Adding abortions into the denominator reduces the background miscarriage rate in the UK to 4.1%.](https://truthscore.com/claim/d4a0987e) > Adding abortions into the denominator reduces the background miscarriage rate in the UK to 4.1%. - [The CDC chose not to invite a control group to their V‑safe study.](https://truthscore.com/claim/76dc4555) > The CDC chose not to invite a control group to their study (I wonder why). - [The CDC deliberately chose not to create a control group to hide the increase in miscarriages.](https://truthscore.com/claim/26c12534) > They deliberately chose not to, to hide the increase in miscarriages. - [The CDC has not released the V‑safe data for independent analysis.](https://truthscore.com/claim/a57abf01) > The CDC refuse to release the V‑safe data for independent analysis. - [The TGA had information in preclinical reports that there was an increase in pre‑implantation losses in animal studies.](https://truthscore.com/claim/fc446e27) > The TGA had information in preclinical reports that there was an increase in preimplantation losses in animal studies. - [The CDC, Viki Male, Kevin Ault and others have covered up the increased miscarriage rate.](https://truthscore.com/claim/c5587723) > The CDC, Viki Male, Kevin Ault, and the main proponents of the “it’s safe, honest” dogma, have covered it up. - [A poll asks whether the V‑safe pregnancy registry data should be immediately released for public academic re‑analysis.](https://truthscore.com/claim/f7b0a290) > Should the V‑safe pregnancy registry data be immediately released for public academic re‑analysis? ## Where it collides - [The CDC deliberately chose not to create a control group to hide the increase in miscarriages.](https://truthscore.com/claim/26c12534) — collides with [Months later, Dr. Anthony Fauci, as the Biden White House’s chief medical adviser, said tens of thousands of vaccinated pregnant women show no indication of…](https://truthscore.com/claim/29142ada) ([Fauci privately warned of miscarriage risk linked to COVID vaccine while publicly claiming no issues, newly released texts show](https://truthscore.com/source/72b0ab30)) ## Questions it bears on - [What is the miscarriage rate among pregnant women who receive a COVID-19 vaccine?](https://truthscore.com/question/08e83e3d) ## What it cost Reading this document into the graph cost $0.01.