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April 2024

By Gary F. Zeolla

These Commentaries are continued from Coronavirus News Articles Commentaries: March 2024.

Zero Deaths from Covid Vaccines

NBC News. Covid vaccines not linked to fatal heart problems in young people, CDC finds.

US News and World Report. Study: COVID-19 Vaccine Not Linked to Sudden Cardiac Death Among Young People.

      The CDC has stated that cases of myocarditis and pericarditis – inflammation of the heart muscle and the lining outside the heart, respectively – have rarely been observed after COVID-19 vaccination. It’s more common among young males within a week of receiving the second shot. Most patients respond well to medicine and recover quickly.

      The CDC maintains that the benefits of the COVID-19 vaccine outweigh any known risks.

      The incorrect idea that COVID-19 vaccines are linked to death in young people gained immense attention on social media from conspiracy theorists with the hashtag #diedsuddenly. Certain events in real life, including Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin's cardiac arrest, offered fuel for speculation without evidence.

      The CDC and other public health officials faced an uphill battle during the pandemic to convince people the COVID-19 vaccine was safe as public figures like Elon Musk, Joe Rogan and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spread skepticism.

      Still, more than 81% of all adults got at least one COVID-19 vaccine, according to CDC data.

CDC. Assessment of Risk for Sudden Cardiac Death Among Adolescents and Young Adults After Receipt of COVID-19 Vaccine — Oregon, June 2021–December 2022.

      The data do not support an association of COVID-19 vaccination with sudden cardiac death among previously healthy young persons. COVID-19 vaccination is recommended for all persons aged ≥6 months to prevent COVID-19 and complications, including death….

      In this study of 1,292 deaths among Oregon residents aged 16–30 years during June 2021–December 2022, none could definitively be attributed to cardiac causes within 100 days of receipt of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine dose; one male died from undetermined causes 45 days after receipt of a COVID-19 vaccine. During May 1, 2021–December 31, 2022, a total of 979,289 doses of COVID-19 vaccines were administered to Oregonians aged 16–30 years (unpublished data, ALERT IIS, 2024.)

      During the same period, COVID-19 was cited as the cause of death for 30 Oregon residents in this age group. Among these 30 decedents, ALERT IIS had records for 22 (73%), only three of whom had received any COVID-19 vaccination. Studies have shown significant reductions in COVID-19–related mortality among vaccinated persons; during the first 2 years of COVID-19 vaccine availability in the United States, vaccination prevented an estimated 18.5 million hospitalizations and 3.2 million deaths (9).

      To comment, I found it interesting that I found this study reported on many mainstream news sites, but not on any conservative news sites, nor was it mentioned by any conservative commentator that I heard. After three years of disparaging the Covid vaccines, I would have thought at least some conservative antivaxxers would have mentioned this study if only to denigrate it. But I guess they couldn’t do so, so they just ignored it.

4/28/24

    The approach of this book is to study different foods and food groups, with a chapter devoted to each major classification of foods. First the Biblical evidence is considered, then the modern-day scientific research is reviewed. Foods are then classified as “God-given foods” and “non-God-given foods.” The main point will be a healthy eating plan is composed of a variety of God-given foods and avoids non-God-given foods.

These commentaries are continued at: Forthcoming.

March 2024 Coronavirus Commentaries. Copyright © 2024 By Gary F. Zeolla.

The above commentaries were posted March 29, 2024.