COVID-19 infection poses higher risk for myocarditis than vaccines https://www.heart.org/en/news/2022/...ses-higher-risk-for-myocarditis-than-vaccines The overall risk of myocarditis – inflammation of the heart muscle – is substantially higher immediately after being infected with COVID-19 than it is in the weeks following vaccination for the coronavirus, a large new study in England shows. The detailed analysis of nearly 43 million people was published Monday in the American Heart Association journal Circulation. "We found that across this large dataset, the entire COVID-19-vaccinated population of England during an important 12-month period of the pandemic when the COVID-19 vaccines first became available, the risk of myocarditis following COVID-19 vaccination was quite small compared to the risk of myocarditis after COVID-19 infection," the study's lead author, Martina Patone, said in a news release. She is a statistician at the University of Oxford Nuffield Department of Primary Health Care Sciences in England. "This analysis provides important information that may help guide public health vaccine campaigns, particularly since COVID-19 vaccination has expanded in many parts of the world to include children as young as 6 months old," Patone said. Myocarditis is the inflammation of the middle layer of the heart muscle wall, known as the myocardium. It is uncommon and typically triggered by a viral infection. Myocarditis can weaken the heart muscle as well as the electrical system that keeps the heart pumping normally. The condition may resolve on its own or with treatment, or it may lead to lasting heart damage. Previous research from around the world, including reports from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has shown a potential increased risk of myocarditis after receiving an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine. In the new study, researchers analyzed records from England's National Immunization database for nearly 43 million people 13 or older who had received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine between Dec. 1, 2020 and Dec. 15, 2021. More than 21 million had received three doses of the vaccine – the initial two-shot regimen plus a booster. Nearly 6 million tested positive for COVID-19 either before or after receiving a vaccine. During the one-year study period, 2,861 people – or 0.007% – were hospitalized or died with myocarditis. The analysis showed people infected with COVID-19 before receiving a vaccine were 11 times more at risk for developing myocarditis within 28 days of testing positive for the virus. But that risk was cut in half if a person was infected after receiving at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. The risk for myocarditis increased after receiving the first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine, and after a first, second and booster dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine. But the risk of myocarditis associated with the vaccine was lower than the risk associated with COVID-19 infection before or after vaccination – with one exception. Men under 40 who received a second dose of the Moderna vaccine had a higher risk of myocarditis following vaccination. The Pfizer and Moderna mRNA vaccines are available in the U.S. "It is important for the public to understand that myocarditis is rare, and the risk of developing myocarditis after a COVID-19 vaccine is also rare," co-author Nicholas Mills said in the release. Mills is a professor and the Butler British Heart Foundation Chair of Cardiology at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. "This risk should be balanced against the benefits of the COVID-19 vaccines in preventing severe COVID-19 infection. It is also crucial to understand who is at a higher risk for myocarditis and which vaccine type is associated with increased myocarditis risk." For example, women 40 and older receiving a first or third dose of the Pfizer vaccine had a respective three and two extra cases of myocarditis per 1 million women vaccinated. But there were an estimated 51 extra cases of myocarditis associated with COVID-19 infection before vaccination. Among men under 40, there were an estimated four extra cases of myocarditis associated with the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine and 14 extra cases with the first dose of the Moderna vaccine for every 1 million men vaccinated. That risk rose with the second dose for all three vaccines studied and was highest for Moderna's, which had an additional 97 myocarditis cases per 1 million. For unvaccinated men under 40 with COVID-19, there were 16 additional myocarditis cases per million. "These findings are valuable to help inform recommendations on the type of COVID-19 vaccines available for younger people and may also help shape public health policy and strategy for COVID-19 vaccine boosters," study co-author Julia Hippisley-Cox said in the release. She is a professor of clinical epidemiology and general practice at the University of Oxford. "The SARS-CoV-2 virus continues to shift, and more contagious variants arise," she said. "Our hope is that this data may enable a more well-informed discussion on the risk of vaccine-associated myocarditis when considered in contrast to the net benefits of COVID-19 vaccination." If you have questions or comments about this American Heart Association News story, please email editor@heart.org.
Let's fact check the latest crap coming from unhinged anti-vax Covid-deniers. It is amazing the fabrications these clowns create. Fact check: Video shows Rep. Jim Jordan question Dr. Anthony Fauci https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...ing-during-confrontation-covid-19/8321217001/ The claim: Dr. Fauci 'breaks down in tears' after Rep. Jordan reveals 'implicating' documents USA TODAY has recently debunked a series of social media posts that feature videos of politicians paired with misleading and attention-grabbing captions. A new example claims to show White House Chief Medical Adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci crying during a confrontation with Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio. "HOT! Fauci BREAKS DOWN In TEARS As Sen (sic) Jim Jordan REVEALS Shocking Documents IMPLICATING Him," reads the caption of the video in a Nov. 8 Facebook post. The video was viewed nearly 500,000 times in a week. But the caption is wrong. One part of the video shows Jordan questioning Fauci, but Jordan, who is a member of the House of Representatives, not the Senate, does not present any documents while Fauci is present. Fauci does not appear to cry. USA TODAY reached out to the Facebook user who shared the post for comment. Jordan does not confront Fauci with documents in video The video featured in the social media post is composed of two clips edited together. In the first, Jordan is shown speaking with witnesses at the June 29, 2021, Republican Forum on the Origins of COVID-19. At one point in the clip, Jordan holds a piece of paper and appears to reference a January 2020 email sent to Fauci by Scripps Research Institute virologist Kristian Andersen. In the email, Andersen told Fauci that the COVID-19 virus had features that could have been artificially engineered. (Andersen later said that further study led him to reject the theory that COVID-19 was artificially engineered because "features in SARS-CoV-2 that initially suggested possible engineering were identified in related coronaviruses, meaning that features that initially looked unusual to us weren’t," he told the New York Times in June 2021.) Jordan seems to reference the email to criticize Fauci's COVID-19 pandemic decision-making. But Jordan is not responsible for "revealing" the email for the first time. The email had been made public earlier that year after it was acquired by Buzzfeed News through the Freedom of Information Act. Further, Fauci is not shown – crying or otherwise – in this first clip. The second clip shows a heated exchange between Jordan and Fauci that took place at the April 15, 2021, House Select Coronavirus Crisis Subcommittee Hearing on the Pandemic Response. In the clip, Jordan does not present any documents, nor does Fauci appear to cry. This style of misinformation, in which a misleading caption is paired with a legitimate video, is called "false framing," Mike Caulfield, a research scientist at the University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public, previously told USA TODAY. While the caption is obviously wrong if someone watches the entire video, “the majority of people scroll past these with the sound off," Caulfield said. “The fact it autoplays silently makes it engaging, without undermining the (inaccurate) framing.” Our rating: False Based on our research, we rate FALSE the claim that Fauci "breaks down in tears" after Jordan reveals "implicating" documents. In the video included in this post, Jordan questions witnesses during two separate hearings, but Fauci is not shown crying. Fauci was not present at the hearing where Jordan references an email while holding a piece of paper, and the document involved had been public since earlier that year. The document does not implicate Fauci in anything. Our fact-check sources: C-SPAN, June 29, 2021, House Republicans examine COVID-19 origins C-SPAN, April 15, 2021, House Select Coronavirus Crisis Subcommittee Hearing on the Pandemic Response USA TODAY, Oct. 26, Fact check: False claim video shows Matt Gaetz calling Liz Cheney a 'traitor' USA TODAY, Oct. 19, Fact check: False claim that video shows Sen. Hawley refusing to use general's pronoun Mike Caulfied, Oct. 18, Email exchange with USA TODAY USA TODAY, Nov. 4, Fact check: Video shows House GOP criticizing Jan. 6 committee, not laughing at Liz Cheney The New York Times, June 14, 2021, Scientist Opens Up About His Early Email to Fauci on Virus Origins Nature Medicine, March 17, 2020, The proximal origin of SARS-CoV-2 Poynter, June 3, 2021, No, emails to Dr. Anthony Fauci don’t show early agreement that virus was human-made Kristian Andersen, June 1, 2021, Tweet
Interesting that a doctor who pushed everyone to get vaccinated back in 2021 is now saying that people should stop because cancers and other diseases are accelerating in "boosted" patients. I think we should get a fact check on this.
Let's take a look at the latest anti-vax Covid-denier bullshiat being shoveled on social media. Fact check: False claim that Argentine boy promoted COVID-19 vaccine before his death https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...ed-vaccine-ad-unrelated-covid-19/10719362002/ The claim: Argentine boy who died at age 4 was part of a COVID-19 vaccination ad campaign A post on social media links the death of a 4-year-old boy in Argentina to the COVID-19 vaccine. "The face of children's COVID vaccinations in Argentina dies at age 4," reads the Nov. 14 Instagram post, which features a picture of a young boy. "Posterboy for the coov fauxinations (sic) in Argentina suddenly dies at age 4 of pneumonia," the post's caption says. "I feel so bad for this little boy because the 'Adults In The Room' let him down and killed him to try and push an agenda." The implied connection between the boy's death and the COVID-19 vaccine was echoed in comments and other iterations of this post. But the claim is wrong on both counts. The boy was part of an advertising campaign promoting vaccinations for measles, mumps, rubella and polio – not COVID-19. And his death was from bilateral pneumonia, also not connected to COVID-19. USA TODAY was unable to contact the user who shared the post for comment. Argentine vaccination campaign was unrelated to COVID-19 The boy, named Santino Blanco, was featured in advertisements for a vaccination program run by the Argentine Ministry of Health. He was featured in several Instagram posts shared by the ministry between Sept. 29 and Oct. 13. "Activate Vaccines!!" reads a translation of the Sept. 29 post's caption. ️"National Campaign for Vaccination against measles, mumps, rubella and polio for girls and boys aged 13 months to 4 years old. From October 1 to November 13." Neither the ministry's Instagram posts about the program nor the program's webpage mentions the COVID-19 vaccine. Santino passed away on Nov. 3 from bilateral pneumonia, which is an infection of the lungs, according to WebMD. His mother was previously told by doctors at the Dr. Raúl Larcade Medical Center that her son had the flu, gastroenterocolitis and laryngitis, and she is now denouncing the hospital for the care Santino received, according to local outlet La Nacion. No reports have connected the boy's death to the COVID-19 vaccine. PolitiFact debunked this claim as well. Our rating: False Based on our research, we rate FALSE the claim that an Argentine boy who died at age 4 was part of a COVID-19 vaccination ad campaign. The boy starred in an ad campaign promoting vaccinations for measles, mumps, rubella and polio, not COVID-19. He died from bilateral pneumonia, which was not connected to COVID-19. Our fact-check sources: PolitiFact, Nov. 15, Argentine boy’s death not related to vaccination, despite social media claims Ministry of Health, Sept. 29, Instagram post Ministry of Health, Oct. 13, Instagram post Clarin, Nov. 9, The boy who was the face of a vaccination campaign died and his family denounces malpractice: 'In a day and a half we lost him' La Nacion, Nov. 10, The heartbreaking story of the mother of Santino Godoy, the boy who participated in a national vaccination spot and died of bilateral pneumonia WebMD, accessed Nov. 17, Bilateral Interstitial Pneumonia Argentina, accessed Nov. 17, Activate Vaccines
Ever since Musk took over Twitter -- Covid misinformation on the platform has risen to new epic levels. It gets even worse as Musk allows anti-vax Covid-denier accounts to have blue verified check marks so they look official. Let's take a look at more nonsense which is circulating this week on social media. FDA Did Not Change Position on Ivermectin Use, Contrary to Online Claims https://www.factcheck.org/2022/11/f...-on-ivermectin-use-contrary-to-online-claims/ Of course, there are the fake charts from Twitter which Tsing Tao always enjoys posting. Fact Check-Graph of unverified data is not evidence of increased miscarriage risk with COVID vaccination https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-vaers-miscarriage-idUSL1N32I2KR Additionally, there is this outrageous claim. Canada isn’t mandating psychiatric treatment for unvaccinated https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-canada-vaccine-psychiatric-care-989068734042 Of course, this week the fact-free "documentary" Died Suddenly was released and heavily pushed on Twitter and social media. The only fact about this film you need to know is that all of the people featured either did not die or passed-away prior the Covid vaccine being available -- the entire thing is a farce. New ‘Died Suddenly’ Film Pushes Unfounded Depopulation Claims About Covid-19 Vaccine https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...laims-about-covid-19-vaccine/?sh=47a141ad49d0 A film entitled Died Suddenly premiered Monday on Twitter and, spoiler alert, it wasn’t a rom-com. But that doesn’t mean that the film didn’t have a whole lot of fiction, even though a website bearing the movie trailer claimed that the film will “present the truth about the greatest ongoing mass genocide in human history.” This website also asserted that “the global elite have broadcast their intentions to depopulate the world.” And take a wild guess as to what this film claimed that these elite have been using to do their genociding and depopulating the world thing. Nickelback music? Low rise jeans? No, Covid-19 vaccines. (More at above url)
Following the example of most other anti-vax Covid-denier social media posters and bloggers --- this clown invents his own data to push fabrications. Blogger bungles analysis of Swiss COVID figures https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/blogger-bungles-analysis-of-swiss-covid-figures/ WHAT WAS CLAIMED A graph showing Swiss COVID-19 mortality proves hydroxychloroquine is an effective treatment for the virus. OUR VERDICT False. The data used does not match official figures. Additionally, experts say the selective analysis of the data cannot be used to draw conclusions about the drug. (More at above url)