UK argued that excess death figures could lead to distress of bereaved relatives

The HN title and the original sub headline are inaccurate per the published correction at the end of the article.

CORRECTION: In a previous version of this article, we reported that that the UKHSA had refused to release data that could link the Covid vaccine to excess deaths, as it argued that “releasing the data would lead to the ‘distress or anger’ of bereaved relatives if a link was found.” This was inaccurate; the UKHSA did not argue that the data could lead to the distress or anger of bereaved relatives if a link were found. In fact, it argued that the data could lead to “the families of the deceased being subjected to unsolicited approaches by the media and anti-vaccine campaigners”. This correction has been published following a partly upheld complaint to the Independent press Standards Organisation.