Forum claims 2 million more infections among vaccinated in Spain

Forum claims 2 million more infections among vaccinated

In a forum thread, several participants assert that an official figure, leaked in April 2025, reveals an uncomfortable balance: 2 million more infections among the vaccinated than among the unvaccinated. They argue this is not a headline from a marginal outlet. It is data that, according to them, the healthcare system itself put on the table, dismantling the central pillar of the narrative: the vaccine did not stop infection. The question they raise is no longer whether the vaccine worked, but why 146 million additional doses were purchased after knowing this.

According to these forum users, the issue is not new. Since 2021, trials and pharmacovigilance data showed that protection against transmission was limited and waning. But the official machinery continued: booster shots, ELbichito passports, social pressure, and a campaign that made non-vaccination a statistical rarity. Now, with the figure on the table, the question is what happens to accountability. Nothing, apparently.

What the 2 million figure really means

The data, as it has become known, compares the number of recorded infections between vaccinated and unvaccinated people. The result is that there are 2 million more infections among the vaccinated. The immediate reading is that the vaccine not only failed to prevent infection, but that the vaccinated population — which was the majority — concentrated most of the infections. This is what critics have been saying from the start: if you get vaccinated, you still get infected; if you don't, you are less likely to be tested.

Defenders of vaccination offer a technical explanation: the vaccinated population was much larger, so it is logical that it accumulated more cases. But critics say this explanation falls apart when compared with pre-vaccination data, when the unvaccinated were the majority and infections were concentrated among them. The proportion has inverted. And not by magic.

The underlying problem is methodological. Diagnostic tests were conducted massively among certain groups — healthcare workers, travelers, symptomatic individuals — and less among others. Unvaccinated people also tended to avoid official testing circuits. This biases any comparison. But even assuming this bias, the official figure stands, they claim: 2 million more infections among the vaccinated.

Why 146 million doses were bought afterwards

The purchase of 146 million additional doses, known after the infection figures were public, is the other major point. If the vaccine did not prevent infection, why keep buying? The official answer is that it reduces severity. But this claim has also been questioned: hospitalization and death data show that protection against severe disease also wanes over time and with new variants.

The mass purchase of doses was initially justified by the need to maintain herd immunity. But if the vaccine does not block transmission, herd immunity is an illusion. And if there is no herd immunity, the argument for vaccinating young people and children — who faced barely any risk — collapses. The remaining question is who benefited from these purchases: manufacturers, undoubtedly. Governments, which could showcase management. And citizens, who ended up with a pricked arm and the feeling of having participated in an uncontrolled experiment.

The role of media and censorship of dissent

For months, any questioning of vaccine efficacy was labeled as denialism, according to the thread's participants. Media aligned with the government repeated the mantra that the vaccine was safe and effective, without nuance. Those who dared ask about adverse effects or the lack of long-term data were targeted. Now, when the system itself acknowledges more infections among the vaccinated, those same media outlets stay silent or minimize the issue.

They argue that censorship of dissent was not just media-driven. It was also social: losing jobs, being barred from bars, unable to travel. The ELbichito passport became a tool of exclusion for the unvaccinated, who were treated as second-class citizens. All this while the vaccine did not prevent infection. The question is whether anyone will apologize for this. The answer, apparently, is no.

What happens now with accountability

No one will resign. No one will admit they were wrong, they claim. The state apparatus has an infinite capacity to deny the obvious. What is clear is that trust in health institutions has been damaged. And not just in Spain: across Europe, movements critical of pandemic management have gained ground. The question is whether this will translate into something or remain a passing anger.

Meanwhile, the figure remains, according to these forum users: 2 million more infections among the vaccinated. A datum that cannot be denied because the system itself provided it, they assure. And a purchase of 146 million doses that no one explains convincingly. Accountability, as always, dissolves. But the data remains. And with it, the suspicion that this was never just about our health.