Wandering Monk
Well-Known Member
I wish folks would do a little fact checking before they pass along disinformation. The study was basically withdrawn by the American Heart Association. Somehow right wing anti-vax talking heads keep finding ways to ignore actual facts or don't care to check if the stuff they are spewing is true or not. The story fits their bias so they are uncritical. And of course, the tail wags the dog on talk radio. Can't upset their audience.
The 319-word abstract, published in the American Heart Association journal Circulation, claims its research has found mRNA vaccines “dramatically increase” inflammation in endothelium cells and T cell infiltration in the heart.
This inflammation, it says, “may account for the observations of increased thrombosis, cardiomyopathy, and other vascular events following vaccination”
However, multiple experts have raised criticisms of the abstract, which does not detail a full study and has not been peer-reviewed.
The 319-word abstract, published in the American Heart Association journal Circulation, claims its research has found mRNA vaccines “dramatically increase” inflammation in endothelium cells and T cell infiltration in the heart.
This inflammation, it says, “may account for the observations of increased thrombosis, cardiomyopathy, and other vascular events following vaccination”
However, multiple experts have raised criticisms of the abstract, which does not detail a full study and has not been peer-reviewed.
The American Heart Association published an “expression of concern” in its journal on Nov. 24 to warn that the passage may not be reliable and that a “suitable correction” was needed (here).
It added: “Specifically, there are several typographical errors, there is no data in the abstract regarding myocardial T-cell infiltration, there are no statistical analyses for significance provided, and the author is not clear that only anecdotal data was used.”
Multiple other experts have expressed similar sentiments online (here , here and here), including one who shared parts of a presentation about the abstract and said it lacked data and any references, and was only written by one person.
Fact Check-Research abstract is not reliable evidence of a link between mRNA vaccines and heart disease
It added: “Specifically, there are several typographical errors, there is no data in the abstract regarding myocardial T-cell infiltration, there are no statistical analyses for significance provided, and the author is not clear that only anecdotal data was used.”
Multiple other experts have expressed similar sentiments online (here , here and here), including one who shared parts of a presentation about the abstract and said it lacked data and any references, and was only written by one person.
Fact Check-Research abstract is not reliable evidence of a link between mRNA vaccines and heart disease