Covid Vaccine Linked to Higher Risk of Acute Heart Disease

Question

A study links COVID-19 mRNA vaccines to a higher risk of acute heart disease compared to viral vector vaccines. It suggests that younger individuals and those who contract COVID-19 post-vaccination face an elevated risk. The study analyzed data from the Korean National Health Insurance Service from October 2018 to March 2022, focusing on various heart conditions within 21 days of the first vaccine dose.

Answer 1

The news station that published this story is InfoWars created and owned by Alex Jones. InfoWars is known as a far-right conspiracy station that publishes fake news regularly. (https://www.adl.org/resources/backgrounder/alex-jones-five-things-know) Platforms like this are all over the internet and can upload false information all the time since they are less regulated. (https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21670811.2021.1938165#abstract)

The claim itself, the study cited in the article, found "no significant interaction effect between vaccine type and COVID-19 status on the risk of acute heart disease. " The study was posted by Cambridge University.

Through my research on the news outlet and the study itself, I would conclude this claim to be misleading and exaggerated. Even though the study found some correlation between COVID-19 vaccines and increased risk of acute heart disease, it wasn't as significant as the article expresses.

Comments

I agree with this answer because the article even contradicts itself by saying that they found no significant interaction between the effect between the vaccine and acute heart disease. It is important to point out fake news because we do not want to spread misinformation.

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I appreciate that you went more in-depth about the subject, found another source, and gave their credentials to make your point. As well as explaining where the study originally came from. I also like how you explained where the original source was biased and where it leaned politically; this further proved your point that it was misleading.

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I appreciate how you explained the ownership structure of the source that posted the claim because linking it to Alex Jones, who like you said is a known spreader of misinformation, makes your claim stronger. Also including the results from the study further disproves Infowar's claim.

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I think you did a great job researching the source and its author. By doing so you clarified that the source was untrustworthy because the author's main goal is to spread disinformation. I appreciate how you solidified your point by linking resources about Alex Jones that show his lack of credibility in the verity of his claims. Additionally you provided an article about covid misconceptions and conspiracy theories which was very informative. You also acknowledged that the original post exaggerated the findings from the study.

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This is a great Fact Check, it immediately starts by acknowledging the source where this claim is coming from and gives us a description of the type of source this is and it's history of being conspiracy-based and false. You also do a great job at acknowledging the fact the while the study has found a slight increase in heart disease it's not anywhere to the level to say that the Covid-19 vaccinations are to blame. Lastly showing us that the source the article uses even says there is "no significant interaction between vaccine types and Covid-19 status on the risk of heart disease.

Answer 2

The source cited in this claim is InfoWars, a forum operated since the late 90s. This website has been found to consistently publish fake news, often in the lane of far-right conspiracies. This inherently makes this claim suspicious. Upon further research, I see the CDC did publish a study looking at relation between the covid vaccine and unexplained deaths, specifically their relation to heart disease. To summarize the study, there is no where near enough evidence to confidently make the claim that the vaccine causes heart disease or death. They explain there are some deaths, primarily among men, that are close in time to a vaccine, but there are other extenuating circumstances like diabetes.

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/73/wr/mm7314a5.htm#:~:text=COVID%2D19%20vaccination%20has%20been,fatalities%20in%20this%20age%20group.

 

Comments

This is a good fact-check, since you thoroughly researched the site and determined it user-based and inaccurate for news. Additionally, using the CDC as a source of COVID-19 information is reputable and reliable. I would be interested in knowing what other false claims have been made on that forum. Good job

Answer 3

When researching this claim, I found that there is no evidence proving that covid vaccines cause acute heart disease. In one article I read, scientists performed experiments to see if this claim was true. They compared heart health of people with the covid vaccine and without, and over a 90 day period found that they had no difference in heart health. As far as the source you used to back your claim that "covid vaccines are linked to a higher risk of acute heart disease", it is not reliable. Upon researching the source, InfoWars, I discovered that it is a far-right conspiracy website. These type of biased, opinion based websites are never reliable to use for information to back claims.

https://www.contagionlive.com/view/is-there-a-risk-of-major-adverse-cardiovascular-events-after-covid-19-vaccination-

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/73/wr/mm7314a5.htm

Comments

I agree with your claim that this is false and there is no correlation between covid vaccines and heart disease. There is no reliable evidence that shows a correlation between the two and in fact there are numerous studies that compare the heart health of vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals have shown no significant difference over time. As you said, Infowars is known for spreading misinformation and conspiracy theories which is not a reliable or credible source. It is important to use credible sources such as the CDC to verify public health information. This was a great fact check and crucial that you researched the accuracy of this claim and source.