Mormad said:
GuerrillaPack said:
MIT study using Israeli data finds COVID vaccines 'significantly associated' with jump in emergency heart problems.
Link to the study:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35484304/
Quote:
Increased emergency cardiovascular events among under-40 population in Israel during vaccine rollout and third COVID-19 wave
2022 Apr 28
Abstract
Cardiovascular adverse conditions are caused by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections and reported as side-effects of the COVID-19 vaccines. Enriching current vaccine safety surveillance systems with additional data sources may improve the understanding of COVID-19 vaccine safety. Using a unique dataset from Israel National Emergency Medical Services (EMS) from 2019 to 2021, the study aims to evaluate the association between the volume of cardiac arrest and acute coronary syndrome EMS calls in the 16-39-year-old population with potential factors including COVID-19 infection and vaccination rates. An increase of over 25% was detected in both call types during January-May 2021, compared with the years 2019-2020. Using Negative Binomial regression models, the weekly emergency call counts were significantly associated with the rates of 1st and 2nd vaccine doses administered to this age group but were not with COVID-19 infection rates. While not establishing causal relationships, the findings raise concerns regarding vaccine-induced undetected severe cardiovascular side-effects and underscore the already established causal relationship between vaccines and myocarditis, a frequent cause of unexpected cardiac arrest in young individuals. Surveillance of potential vaccine side-effects and COVID-19 outcomes should incorporate EMS and other health data to identify public health trends (e.g., increased in EMS calls), and promptly investigate potential underlying causes.
Get that?
Heart problems are NOT associated with Covid-19 infection rates. But ARE "significantly associated" with the rates of vaccine doses.
Actually, GP, heart problems are definitely 100% related to covid infections, at higher rates than they are to vaccines. The paper you're referencing is comparing the volume of EMS calls regarding cardiac arrest or cardiac symptoms (which can be as vague as chest pains) before and after vaccines. EMS calls are not diagnostic, and not all those who call EMS with "cardiac symptoms" have cardiac issues, so while this information is interesting and could be helpful, one certainly can't conclude what you stated.
In one of the studies cited by the Israel study, it mentions the incidence of myocarditis is 1,226 cases out of 300M doses of the mRNA vaccines. This equates to an incidence of 0.0004%. Seems to be a pretty rare condition. Also, I am surprised they did not look at actual diagnosis of myocarditis and use this data. As you point out, the use of EMS data can include vague chest pains and this is far from conclusive.
When my son returned to his football team in June 2020, there was concern expressed about the risk to players if they were infected with Covid-19 and what would be the protocols for their return to practice and games. The protocols were and still are the following:
1. Blood test to check for possible heart inflammation
2. Electrocardiogram
3. Echocardiogram
It is well know that Covid-19 can cause myocarditis, particularly in young males. This is the reason these protocols were put in place and I appreciate the team doctors being careful before a player returns to practice and games.
Just to remind everyone, statistically, correlation does not equal causation. In the case of the cited study, there is no causation - only a call for more studies. Without the diagnostic information for the patients with chest pains, it is impossible to get to a conclusion of causation.
