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A report some are claiming shows a link between #COVID19vaccines & an unusual form of #myocarditis is circulating.
— Glen Pyle | #WomensHeartHealth ❤️🩹 (@glenpyle) February 15, 2022
To say the connection is a stretch is an understatement.
What does the report show & what does it not show?
A 🧵https://t.co/o32WYPN157
Both were tested for #SARSCoV2 & nothing was found.
— Glen Pyle | #WomensHeartHealth ❤️🩹 (@glenpyle) February 15, 2022
There is no record of a previous SARS-CoV2 infection.
Therefore, no evidence for post-COVID19 cardiac injury.
Other infections were not explored.
With a sudden, acute event like a heart attack, it takes some time for the fibrosis to develop, meaning the sudden development within a few days of a vaccination is unlikely.
— Glen Pyle | #WomensHeartHealth ❤️🩹 (@glenpyle) February 15, 2022
Don’t take my word for it. The study notes this. pic.twitter.com/6SrKX3NlM6
In the second boy there is cardiac hypertrophy.
— Glen Pyle | #WomensHeartHealth ❤️🩹 (@glenpyle) February 15, 2022
Again, hypertrophy takes a long time to develop & would not match with the 3-4 post-vaccination window.
Even if this is extended to the first vaccine, the 1 month interval doesn’t allow sufficient time.
Many go undiagnosed because the assumption is that young people do not have cardiac disease.
— Glen Pyle | #WomensHeartHealth ❤️🩹 (@glenpyle) February 15, 2022
It is true that cardiovascular disease is relatively rare in young people, but it does happen.
The cardiac hypertrophy in this individual is a sign that there are problems.
The proposed mechanism linking #COVID19vaccines & the unusual form of myocarditis in these cases is a “catecholamine” or adrenaline surge.
— Glen Pyle | #WomensHeartHealth ❤️🩹 (@glenpyle) February 15, 2022
This can cause Takotsubo cardiomyopathy or “Broken Heart Syndrome” as the report notes. How likely is this?
Not very.
Even in a study that focused on the relatively rare incidents in a younger population, the average age was ~30 & 75% were female.
— Glen Pyle | #WomensHeartHealth ❤️🩹 (@glenpyle) February 15, 2022
Two cases of Takotsubo in young men is unusual, to say the least.https://t.co/TTByz2lVC4
One topic not addressed is the possibility of a condition called Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT).
— Glen Pyle | #WomensHeartHealth ❤️🩹 (@glenpyle) February 15, 2022
CPVT most often impacts young people & the first sign of disease is sudden cardiac death.https://t.co/lSIeVusYS8
In fact, one surprising statement in the report is that “The cardiac conduction systems were not examined”.
— Glen Pyle | #WomensHeartHealth ❤️🩹 (@glenpyle) February 15, 2022
Sudden cardiac death is often caused by a cardiac arrhythmia involving this system.
Leaving this unexplored is a huge hole in determining the cause of death.
There is no evidence linking #COVID19 vaccines to these deaths.
— Glen Pyle | #WomensHeartHealth ❤️🩹 (@glenpyle) February 15, 2022
In fact, other more likely explanations are left unexplored.
Implicating #COVID19vaccines requires several large leaps & assumptions, while at the same time ignoring other much more plausible causes.
A stretch? I think you understated it. It's more of a stretch than this: pic.twitter.com/mOqzYGR9Vs
— Michael Serdikoff (@MSerdikoff) February 15, 2022
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