The Claim:
AÂ cardiologist is making a whole laundry list of claims about the COVID vaccines, including cardiovascular diseases, neurologic diseases, and immunologic abnormalities.
The Facts:
The laundry list better describes what COVID, the disease, can do to the human body.
As we have covered before, these claims are often made in the absence of any evidence, hoping merely pointing to the existence of something like cardiac arrest will allow people to assume the vaccine caused it. At our most generous, we would call this sloppy science.
We have taken the list and provided the research explaining that the benefits of the vaccine outweigh the risks:
Cardiovascular Disease
- Cardiac arrest
- Myocarditis (heart inflammation)
- Acceleration of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease:
- Heart attacks
- Posterior orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS)
- Aortic dissection
- Atrial fibrillation
- Cardiac arrest in the absence of myocarditis
Neurologic Disease
- Stroke (both ischemic and hemorrhagic)
- Guillain–Barré syndrome
- Small fiber neuropathy
- Spike protein-induced thrombogenic effects
Immunologic Abnormalities
- Vaccine-induced thrombotic thrombocytopenia (This was adenovirus-bases COVID vaccines no longer available in the US)
- Multisystem inflammatory disorder (MIS-C)
Disclaimer: Science is always evolving and our understanding of these topics may have evolved since this was originally posted. Browse the latest information posted in Just the Facts Topics.
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