Indeed, in its coverage of Musk's comment, the conservative-leaning New York Post quoted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) which says 'any health problem that happens after vaccination is considered an adverse event. 'The benefits of vaccination far outweigh the risk of developing myocarditis.' Want more health and science stories in your inbox? Subscribe to Salon's weekly newsletter The Vulgar Scientist. Similarly, a different study last year from the scientific journal Immunology revealed that the SARS-CoV-2 virus (which causes COVID) damages cardiac muscle.īy contrast, the 2022 CMAJ study cited by conspiracy theorists who insist myocarditis is a common side effect of the vaccine ignore that it also clearly says 'although observed rates of myocarditis were higher than expected, the benefits of vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 in reducing the severity of COVID, hospital admission and deaths far outweigh the risk of developing myocarditis.' (Emphasis added.) A study last year by the Department of Veterans Affairs found that people reinfected with COVID were twice as likely to either die or have a heart attack as people only infected once. The truth is that COVID infections are quite dangerous to the human heart.

Phillip that 'we live in a world now where anything you don't want to be true, doesn't have to be true … And, anything you do want to be true, you don't need all that much evidence.' Sports commentator Bob Costas, on the other hand, had harsh words for Musk, telling CNN's Abby D. 'Myocarditis occurred before COVID,' Martinez added. Cardiologists explain what could have caused Damar Hamlin's cardiac arrest

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