{"id":10660,"date":"2023-08-03T16:42:31","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T21:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/?post_type=jtf_topics&#038;p=10660"},"modified":"2024-08-04T16:46:20","modified_gmt":"2024-08-04T21:46:20","slug":"what-do-we-know-about-cardiac-events-and-vaccines","status":"publish","type":"jtf_topics","link":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/jtf_topics\/what-do-we-know-about-cardiac-events-and-vaccines\/","title":{"rendered":"What do we know about cardiac events and vaccines?"},"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>LeBron James\u2019 son suffered\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheChiefNerd\/status\/1683850095882559488?s=20\">cardiac arrest<\/a>\u00a0and was hospitalized. The usual suspects are connecting this medical event to vaccines, with the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1683852156749729793?s=20\">owner<\/a> of the social media platform formerly known as Twitter connecting this event to myocarditis and to all we apparently do not know about vaccines.<\/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;]Bronny James is in stable condition after suffering cardiac arrest during basketball practice.<\/p>\n<p>While there is a risk of developing myocarditis from receiving COVID mRNA vaccines, the risk is relatively low. And most people who had it got better without any big problems. Anti-vaccine activists claim that vaccines have caused a jump in cardiovascular injuries, yet COVID infections are more likely to cause them.<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/articles\/10.3389\/fcvm.2022.951314\/full#\">\u00a0The relative risk for myocarditis is more than 7 times higher from COVID infection<\/a>\u00a0than<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>from vaccination<\/strong>. And while these activists like to point out that Bronny James sure got the vaccine, data from the CDC\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/covid-19-children-infection-antibodies-cdc-estimates\/\">estimates<\/a>\u00a0that in his age cohort, over 90% have had at least one COVID infection.<\/p>\n<p>Cardiac arrest is the most common\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/diseases-conditions\/sudden-cardiac-arrest\/in-depth\/sudden-death\/art-20047571\">cause of death<\/a>\u00a0among young adult athletes, with Black basketball players at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC4969030\/\">higher risk<\/a>\u00a0than others. Sudden Cardiac Death and other events in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S2213177917305619\">athletes<\/a>\u00a0are rare but serious, even before COVID and the COVID vaccine.<\/p>\n<p>As a side note, young athletes are encouraged to stay safe in the extreme heat sweeping the country.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bronny James&#8217; cardiac arrest is unlikely linked to COVID vaccines, with cardiac events being a common risk for athletes, and COVID infection posing a greater risk for myocarditis than vaccination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"template":"","jtf_topic_subjects":[208,189,188,218],"class_list":["post-10660","jtf_topics","type-jtf_topics","status-publish","hentry","jtf_topic_subjects-cardiac-risks","jtf_topic_subjects-covid-19","jtf_topic_subjects-mrna-vaccines","jtf_topic_subjects-vaccine-safety","entry","no-media"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics\/10660","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\/10660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10663,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics\/10660\/revisions\/10663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"jtf_topic_subjects","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topic_subjects?post=10660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}