COVID-19-vaccine-induced eye damage? Reused images, impossible demographics, and an incomplete ethics approval number

A 2025 paper published in Ophthalmic Epidemiology is being promoted online as proof that COVID-19 vaccines damage the eyes. Before accepting that conclusion, it was worth looking at the paper itself.

A closer look at the article revealed a reused figure published by another group of authors, 59 men plus 69 women in a study of 64 participants, no control group, and an ethics approval number that seems generic and incomplete.

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