@eriner First of all this is not the first population wide study, there's been a bunch of those

secondly this was the study that made the rounds a couple months ago - which was not what the news claimed then, and still isn't.

Thirdly COVID is what causes cancer. Covid causes cancer in something like 7-8 different pathways and the vaccines help to prevent that.[1]

[1] https://xcancel.com/LurkLethoceris/status/1950695778764415262