The exchange is going viral in anti-vax circles on social media.
He said they had contributed to 30,000 excess deaths involving heart disease in the UK since the pandemic began.
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Thats been proven medically, has it?
BBC News interview with Dr Aseem MalhotraBBC News
Malhotra replied that there is lots of data to support his claim.
This is really time to pause the vaccine rollout, he added.
Burak did not challenge further.
Numerous studies have shown vaccines are safe and effective.
His video was viewed more than 800,000 times in under four hours.
At last something on theBBC Newsreporting concerns over mRNA vaccine harms, Bridgen said, reposting Malhotras interview.
BBC insiders have responded rather differently.
One told Deadline that the interview was an utter horror and blamed the exchange on output being underfunded.
Medical experts slammed the BBC.
Alastair McAlpine, an infectious diseases pediatrician, tweeted: The BBC failed epically.
Being antivaxx is literally this guys entire schtick.
They should be so embarrassed.
That was predictable & a damning failure of due diligence.
Now hes bragging about mainstream exposure, a harmful victory for false balance.
Do better, #BBC disappointing.
During the discussion, he made unprompted claims about the Covid mRNA vaccine.
