{"id":10742,"date":"2023-05-11T13:52:50","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T18:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/?post_type=jtf_topics&p=10742"},"modified":"2025-02-05T08:57:52","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T14:57:52","slug":"retinal-occlusion-and-spike-proteins","status":"publish","type":"jtf_topics","link":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/jtf_topics\/retinal-occlusion-and-spike-proteins\/","title":{"rendered":"Retinal occlusion and spike proteins"},"content":{"rendered":"
[vc_row source=”” text=”Clinical Trials” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” google_fonts=”font_family:Abril%20Fatface%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” link=”” css=”.vc_custom_1708910874436{border-top-width: 1px !important;border-right-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 1px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”The Claim:” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text css=””]\n
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A\u00a0tweet<\/a>\u00a0from a medical student claims that mRNA vaccines can cause blood vessel damage in\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0eyes, positing that it reflects\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0\u201ctoxicity of Spike protein to\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0entire body\u2019s small blood vessels,\u201d citing this\u00a0new paper<\/a>.<\/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=”The Facts:” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text css=””]While it\u2019s accurate to say that\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 can damage blood vessels, causing\u00a0a condition called vascular leak, it does so in conjunction with\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0virus in its\u00a0entirety and is\u00a0not correlated<\/a>\u00a0with vaccination.<\/p>\n

The<\/span>\u00a0paper cited in\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0tweet used retrospective data and looked at\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0incidence of retinal vascular occlusion (RVO) for two years post-vaccination. Several limitations were noted, including\u00a0the<\/span> concern that some populations who are more likely to be unvaccinated<\/a>\u00a0are also less likely to seek care.\u00a0Additionally, rates of COVID infection weren\u2019t accounted for, and RVO is a\u00a0known complication<\/a>\u00a0of COVID infection. Another\u00a0study<\/a>, following over 3 million people who received an mRNA COVID vaccine, found an RVO incidence of 0.003%, a rate similar to other vaccinations. No evidence of an association between newly-diagnosed RVO and COVID vaccination was found.<\/p>\n

The<\/span>\u00a0original study highlighted in\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0tweet ends its conclusions with: \u201cThe<\/span>\u00a0number of reported ophthalmic complications has remained low, and vaccine-related retinal vascular occlusion is very rare, although\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0number of COVID-19 vaccinations is enormous\u2026We recommend that individuals without a history of severe allergic reaction to any component of\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0vaccine be vaccinated to protect against COVID-19.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There is no significant evidence linking mRNA COVID vaccines to retinal blood vessel damage, and vaccination is still recommended.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"template":"","jtf_topic_subjects":[189,188,218],"class_list":["post-10742","jtf_topics","type-jtf_topics","status-publish","hentry","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\/10742","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":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics\/10742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11795,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics\/10742\/revisions\/11795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"jtf_topic_subjects","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topic_subjects?post=10742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}