The Claim:
One cardiologist who should demand a refund on his med school education is alleging that every single unexplained heart attack, stroke, etc. was caused by the COVID vaccine.
The Facts:
The above proposition flies in the face of the scientific method. The cardiologist is incorrect to fill in the gap of unexplained causes (in this case of cardiac events) with the vaccine. His is an argument from ignorance. If he believes that the vaccine is causing all these cardiac events, he needs to prove that they are instead of pointing to events with no known cause.
What do we know about the COVID vaccine and cardiac events?
- Surviving COVID puts one at increased risk of cardiac events and dramatically decreased chances of surviving the events for 12 months
- COVID infection puts people at higher risk for myocarditis than vaccination does
- Vaccines are not associated with a heightened risk for non-myocarditis or pericarditis cardiac events
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