{"id":10546,"date":"2023-09-21T17:29:52","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T22:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/?post_type=jtf_topics&#038;p=10546"},"modified":"2024-07-27T17:39:01","modified_gmt":"2024-07-27T22:39:01","slug":"are-covid-vaccines-particularly-dangerous-for-athletes","status":"publish","type":"jtf_topics","link":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/jtf_topics\/are-covid-vaccines-particularly-dangerous-for-athletes\/","title":{"rendered":"Are COVID vaccines particularly dangerous for athletes?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row source=&#8221;&#8221; text=&#8221;Clinical Trials&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Abril%20Fatface%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal&#8221; link=&#8221;&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1708910874436{border-top-width: 1px !important;border-right-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 1px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;The Claim:&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]\n<div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid\">\n<div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<p>A\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VigilantFox\/status\/1703594757249724446?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/voicesforvaccines.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3De17a65409cd8f13ba7e58cc97%26id%3Df1baaa9fbc%26e%3Dfc0735be13&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1695488173819000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0rwr3RMLtL1UcclGmwpVhV\">Twitter influencer<\/a> claims that COVID vaccines are particularly dangerous for athletes and people who are in peak physical condition.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;The Facts:&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]Anti-vaxxers seem to think that unexpected cardiac deaths in athletes are caused only by the COVID vaccine. Their assumptions are wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Sudden cardiac arrest is the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/sudden-cardiac-arrest-in-athletes-is-rare-and-hard-to-predict\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/voicesforvaccines.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3De17a65409cd8f13ba7e58cc97%26id%3De546a052d9%26e%3Dfc0735be13&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1695488173819000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2zeGJLF_S5WUvyToK1l1Fa\">leading cause<\/a>\u00a0of exercise-related death. That\u2019s why the claims about the vaccine required finding 16 cases from 6 different countries worldwide to make the leap from \u201cno known cause\u201d to vaccines were the cause.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a lot unknown about these 16 cases. We don\u2019t know their vaccination status or if they\u2019ve ever had\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cedars-sinai.org\/newsroom\/covid-19-surges-linked-to-spike-in-heart-attacks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/voicesforvaccines.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3De17a65409cd8f13ba7e58cc97%26id%3D14b9cfeb31%26e%3Dfc0735be13&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1695488173819000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0NfGIDVUJtqhfwW0bk1pf-\">COVID<\/a>, something, which is known to increase the risk of cardiovascular disease.<\/p>\n<p>Without more information, these anecdotes do not overrule the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/vaccines\/safety\/safety-of-vaccines.html#:~:text=COVID%2D19%20vaccines%20were%20evaluated,emergency%20use%20authorization%20(EUA).\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/voicesforvaccines.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3De17a65409cd8f13ba7e58cc97%26id%3D73ac54480f%26e%3Dfc0735be13&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1695488173819000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3M3YAP87AL7Zl9NysH1izj\">scientific evidence<\/a>\u00a0concerning the safety of COVID vaccines.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Claims that COVID vaccines are particularly dangerous for athletes are unfounded and ignore that sudden cardiac arrest, the leading cause of exercise-related death, isn&#8217;t linked to vaccination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"template":"","jtf_topic_subjects":[208,189,218],"class_list":["post-10546","jtf_topics","type-jtf_topics","status-publish","hentry","jtf_topic_subjects-cardiac-risks","jtf_topic_subjects-covid-19","jtf_topic_subjects-vaccine-safety","entry","no-media"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics\/10546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/jtf_topics"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics\/10546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10549,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics\/10546\/revisions\/10549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"jtf_topic_subjects","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topic_subjects?post=10546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}