The Claim:
Vaccines, of course, are not without risks. Nothing is without risks. We know that COVID vaccines can cause some cases of myocarditis, but was the Florida Surgeon General‘s decision to rescind the state’s COVID vaccine recommendation for young men.
The Facts:
The surgeon general of Florida, citing an anonymous analysis of Florida data, is recommending against the vaccine for men 18-39 due to the “increased risk of cardiac-related death” found in the analysis.
This analysis was not published in a scientific journal, was not peer-reviewed, and claims its findings are “preliminary” and “should be interpreted with caution.” The anonymous authors looked at deaths in men that occurred within 28 days of COIVD vaccination administration, but how they analyzed it is a mystery. Any key details on methodology were omitted.
Problems with the analysis include their extremely small sample size and incomplete data. Since it only considered death records and not medical records, the causes of death were not established and could have been anything, including underlying health issues or undetected COVID.
The mRNA vaccines do carry a small risk of myocarditis, but it often resolves on its own relatively quickly. This study explains that the risks of myocarditis from COVID far outweigh the risks of myocarditis from COVID vaccines.
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