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Reuters Fact Check: No evidence COVID-19 vaccines are linked to athletes collapsing or dying from myocarditis
Reuters ^ | 12/07/2021 | Reuters Fact Check

Posted on 12/29/2021 8:07:57 AM PST by SeekAndFind

There is no evidence currently that COVID-19 vaccines are linked to an increase in sportspeople collapsing or dying due to heart issues such as myocarditis.

Numerous montage videos showing sports stars collapsing or suffering chest pains during matches are circulating on social media (here, here).

One clip shared on Facebook (here) shows several incidents of football players collapsing on the pitch. It also includes news headlines about similar cases from around the world of sport, both professional and amateur.

Another post (here) includes a link to a blog (here) which strongly suggests the incidents are related to COVID-19 vaccines.

Reuters presented the posts to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), the British regulator for drugs and vaccines, which said there is currently no supporting evidence to back up such claims.

MHRA chief executive Dr June Raine said: “The MHRA closely monitors the safety and effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccines, including reports of suspected heart inflammation, myocarditis or pericarditis.

“Myocarditis or pericarditis remains a very rare potential risk with the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, and the events reported are typically mild with individuals usually recovering within a short time with standard treatment and rest. The current evidence does not suggest that sporting exercise is a contributing risk for these very rare events.

“The public’s safety is our top priority. Our advice remains that the benefits of the vaccine outweigh the risks in the vast majority of people. It is vitally important that people come forward for their vaccination and for their booster doses when invited to do so.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Science; Society
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To: READINABLUESTATE
Yeah, Fakebook just testified to that in court.
41 posted on 12/29/2021 8:29:56 AM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (add a dab of lavender in milk, leave town with an orange and pretend you're laughing with it)
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It is not true there is no evidence.

For instance, this story about soccer players:

https://thecovidworld.com/analysis-of-football-injury-data-from-2015-2021-are-heart-related-injuries-more-frequent-in-year-2021/


42 posted on 12/29/2021 8:31:02 AM PST by SuzyQue
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To: SeekAndFind
"Everything's fine. You can believe us."

43 posted on 12/29/2021 8:31:07 AM PST by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper)
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To: Kazan; Sirius Lee

https://www.sportworldnews.org/volleyball/news/7480/francesca-marcon-i-have-pericarditis-because-of-the-vaccine-/


44 posted on 12/29/2021 8:32:18 AM PST by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: SeekAndFind

Now that Facebook has admitted in court that their “Factcheckers” are in fact just flunkies offering opinions, can Reuters be far behind?


45 posted on 12/29/2021 8:32:46 AM PST by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the Narrative.. )
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To: SeekAndFind

This is from the same people who tell us that there was “no evidence” of voter fraud in 2020. What they mean by “no evidence” is that the mainstream media has deemed this a subject that, for reasons unrelated to the truth of the matter, merits no further study, inquiry or research.


46 posted on 12/29/2021 8:33:50 AM PST by irishjuggler
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To: SmokingJoe; Jan_Sobieski
no evidence


47 posted on 12/29/2021 8:34:19 AM PST by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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To: SeekAndFind

Observational evidence can be suggestive although it is not positive proof. The best study would be simply to compare current incidents in the given population for a given time frame with an equal time frame pre-pandemic. Of course the ptb will never do that study, for fear of what it might reveal.


48 posted on 12/29/2021 8:36:06 AM PST by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the Narrative.. )
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To: kiryandil
Strange, this has been a problem well before anyone had heard of Covid. Enough of the crazy. From 2016:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4969030/

Sudden Cardiac Death in Athletes

Sudden cardiac death is the most common medical cause of death in athletes, with an incidence of around 1 in 40,000 to 1 in 80,000 athletes per year according to the most recent estimates.

49 posted on 12/29/2021 8:36:51 AM PST by Kazan
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To: SeekAndFind

Just like there’s no evidence of ‘lab origin’...for which I enjoyed my time in social media jail, ultimately resulting in saying ‘Bye’.


50 posted on 12/29/2021 8:36:54 AM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: Seruzawa
"Morons. There is evidence. Anecdotal maybe but that’s how most investigations start. To say there is NO evidence is an outright lie."

True. The collapsing players are the evidence, regardless of what the final explanation is.

If there is indeed a significant increase in these incidents, then the vaccines would be one of the possible explanations. Someone posted a chart a few days ago supposedly from some worldwide soccer group which showed a steep rise in such incidents. Does Reuters get into the actual numbers of these incidents?
51 posted on 12/29/2021 8:39:19 AM PST by Steve_Seattle
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To: SeekAndFind
There is no evidence ...

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha ...

52 posted on 12/29/2021 8:39:20 AM PST by libertylover (Our BIGGEST problem, by far, is that most of the media is hate & agenda driven, not truth driven.)
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To: READINABLUESTATE

Big Tech Court Filing Admits ‘Fact Checks’ Are Just A Matter Of ‘Protected’ Opinion

https://theparadise.ng/big-tech-court-filing-admits-fact-checks-are-just-a-matter-of-protected-opinion/


53 posted on 12/29/2021 8:39:21 AM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: Kazan

You think that fact-check was a “slam-dunk”? It just cited a couple of opinions. You set the bar pretty low.


54 posted on 12/29/2021 8:41:30 AM PST by Steve_Seattle
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To: SeekAndFind

For reference about 6,500 people per year die from all forms of heart disease (using ICD-10 I codes) in the US who are under the age of 35 and about 10% of those are infants. At most 200 people in the US under the age of 35 die from myocarditis in any given year. That makes for a death rate is 0.1 per 100,000 in the 25-34 age group. Further the data shows that a young person would be twice as likely to die from an aortic dissection or rupture than myocarditis.


55 posted on 12/29/2021 8:43:13 AM PST by LukeL
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To: All

This is probably closer to the truth. “Columbia study: True U.S. COVID vaccine death count is 400,000”. https://www.wnd.com/2021/12/4968311/


56 posted on 12/29/2021 8:43:44 AM PST by Singermom
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To: Kazan

Sudden cardiac death in the young is usually a diagnosis of last resort when an autopsy shows no signs of any organic heart disease or pathology. This usually means something like Long QT Syndrome, WPW Syndrome, Brugada Syndrom or CPVT. These conditions can only be diagnosed via examination of the heart rhythm and may require an electrophysiological study. This is not the case with these athletes.


57 posted on 12/29/2021 8:48:59 AM PST by LukeL
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To: alternatives?

It is difficult to chalk-off the increase in heart ailments and death among young and presumably health athletes to coincidence. How many of these athletes were vaccinated? Also, how do the number of deaths and serious heart issues in the years of Covid compare with the number of deaths and serious injuries among this same athletic population in the pre-Covid years?


58 posted on 12/29/2021 8:49:24 AM PST by JGPhila
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To: SeekAndFind

they couldn’t find any articles or news stories confirming any ties to the mysterious deaths of sports stars, just after vaccinations...

hmmm.

that does it for me... give me the jab, then.


59 posted on 12/29/2021 8:51:29 AM PST by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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To: kiryandil

I’d say that even if her claim is inaccurate she is still NOT GUILTY.


60 posted on 12/29/2021 8:52:35 AM PST by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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