Excellent article and analysis of what Hersch admits is "anecdotal."

Since we're speaking of anecdotal evidence, my circle of friends and acquaintances could be illustrated as a "target" of concentric circles, with me as the center point, close friends and relatives in the inner ring, and acquaintances in the outer rings depending on how close or distant they are to me. People I "know" only on a nodding acquaintance are on the outer-most ring.

No one in my inner ring closest to me has died, although most of them are vaxx'ed. They HAVE experienced health issues since their vaxx though, with one of them whom I have known for almost 40 years having two TMI's requiring trips to the ER. I'm pretty sure that last "TMI" was really a stroke, he's not quite the same person he used to be and has lost an observable degree of motor skills and cognitive skills.

In the next ring out, (more people than in the inner ring) others have had medical issues that I believe are related to the vaxx'es. Two "sudden deaths" and frequent illnesses that they didn't used to have like chronic fatigue and foggy thinking. One lady, who has had the foggy thinking since the vaxx, cannot read books any longer as she cannot keep up with a plot or remember what happened in the first chapters. She is extremely sad and worried over this.

The two sudden deaths occurred a week or so after injections, but were certified as "covid deaths." I have my doubts, as both were in reasonable health at the time.

In summary, my experience is not quite like this reported one by Hersch, but it does seem unusual, especially with the injuries, both mental and physical. But then again, my wife and I probably know more un-vaxx'ed people than most, as we associate and are related to people who do NOT do everything they're told to do... libertarians all.