Here's the paper folks: https://www.publichealthpolicyjournal.com/_files/ugd/adf864_4c3afc4436234a96aa1f60bb6e677719.pdf

TLDR: 57 people out of 2,840 thought someone they knew died from a covid vaccine. From this the author concludes "the total number of fatalities due to COVID-19 inoculation may be as high as 289,789"

At no point did he verify that any of the people the survey respondents mentioned had actually been vaccinated or that they’d actually died from a vaccine or that they’d died at all.

No wonder his university was pissed.

The study's data comes from an opt-in opinion survey of non-medical people. The study was "composed of five sets of questions: 1) questions about respondents’ experiences with COVID-19 illness, 2) questions about respondents’ experiences with COVID-19 inoculation, 3) questions about experiences with COVID-19 illness in respondents’ social circles, 4) questions about experiences with COVID-19 vaccination in respondents’ social circles, and 5) questions to obtain standard socioeconomic information, political affiliation, approximate size of social network, and views on COVID-19 policies, such as lockdowns and vaccine mandates."

So, a "man-in-the-street" survey. Nothing medical. No autopsies, no lab work. Just "what was your experience with ...?"