Reuters helping to downplay a connection!
28 Aug: Japan Times: Reuters: Two die in Japan after shots from suspended Moderna doses; cause of deaths under investigation
The men in their 30s died this month within days of receiving their second Moderna doses, the ministry said in a release. Each had a shot from one of three manufacturing lots suspended on Thursday. The causes of death are being investigated...
“At this time, we do not have any evidence that these deaths are caused by the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine,” Moderna and Takeda said in a statement on Saturday. “It is important to conduct a formal investigation to determine whether there is any connection.”...
The contaminants found in some vials in Japan are believed to be metallic particles, NHK reported, citing health ministry sources...
In the fatalities reported on Saturday, each man had a fever the day after his second dose and died two days after getting the fever. There has been no evidence that their shots contained contaminants, a health ministry official told reporters...
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/08/28/national/japan-moderna-vaccine-deaths/
this Reuters’ bit is missing in the Japan Times article:
28 Aug: Reuters: Two die in Japan after shots from suspended Moderna vaccines - Japan govt
As of Aug. 8, 991 people had died in Japan after receiving shots of Pfizer Inc’s vaccine and 11 after receiving Moderna’s, but no causality between the injections and the deaths has been established, according to the health ministry. Adverse reactions have been reported at a frequency of 0.01% for the Moderna shot...
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/two-die-japan-after-shots-suspended-moderna-vaccines-japan-govt-2021-08-28/