{"id":17309,"date":"2026-08-06T20:25:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T01:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/?post_type=jtf_topics&#038;p=17309"},"modified":"2026-08-06T20:27:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T01:27:11","slug":"do-covid-vaccines-cause-pulmonary-infarctions","status":"publish","type":"jtf_topics","link":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/jtf_topics\/do-covid-vaccines-cause-pulmonary-infarctions\/","title":{"rendered":"Do COVID vaccines cause pulmonary infarctions?"},"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;]After reports that Dr. Anthony Fauci had a blood clot that damaged part of his lung sometime after a COVID vaccine, anti-vaccine activists like\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VigilantFox\/status\/2081964038519488595\" rel=\"nofollow\">RFK Jr.<\/a>\u00a0claimed the vaccine caused it.[\/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;]\n<ul>\n<li data-end=\"45\" data-start=\"0\">Fauci\u2019s diary appears to describe a real lung problem, but it does not say what caused it.<\/li>\n<li data-end=\"45\" data-start=\"0\">Pulmonary infarction is not a known side effect of the Moderna vaccine.<\/li>\n<li data-end=\"45\" data-start=\"0\">Large studies have not found a higher risk of lung blood clots after Moderna vaccination.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Secretary of Health and Human Services should not guess about someone\u2019s illness without examining that person. RFK Jr. is not a doctor and did not examine Fauci, so he cannot know what caused Fauci\u2019s health problem.<\/p>\n<p>Fauci\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/currently.att.yahoo.com\/att\/fact-check-know-rumor-fauci-221500524.html\">diary<\/a>\u00a0says that on June 19, 2021, he had a pulmonary infarction. And we know he received his first COVID vaccine in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/politics-news\/fauci-other-top-health-officials-receive-moderna-vaccine-camera-n1252073\">December<\/a>\u00a0of 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Pulmonary infarction\u00a0happens when blood flow to a part of the lung is blocked. The diary also says he was treated with Eliquis, a blood thinner. However, the diary is not a full medical record. His doctors have not made a public statement about what caused the problem.<\/p>\n<p>Pulmonary infarction is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailymed.nlm.nih.gov\/dailymed\/lookup.cfm?setid=f96b315c-fa57-4876-a7e5-a9b584d8e6e6\">not<\/a>\u00a0a known side effect of the Moderna vaccine. The FDA warns about rare cases of myocarditis after Moderna vaccination. These cases usually begin within one week. Fauci\u2019s problem happened about five months after his second shot.<\/p>\n<p>Large studies have\u00a0<strong>not<\/strong>\u00a0found a higher risk of blood clots in the lungs after Moderna vaccination. One\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.acc.org\/Latest-in-Cardiology\/Journal-Scans\/2022\/09\/08\/19\/44\/Risk-for-Myocardial-Infarction-Stroke\">French study<\/a>\u00a0looked at 46.5 million adults. It found no link between the Moderna or Pfizer vaccines and lung blood clots during the three weeks after the first two doses.<\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalacademies.org\/read\/27746\/chapter\/8\">2024 review<\/a>\u00a0said there was not enough evidence to prove or rule out a link between the Moderna vaccination and blood clots. Still, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S259013622400144X\">studies<\/a>\u00a0did\u00a0<strong>not<\/strong>\u00a0find a higher risk of blood clots in the lungs.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moderna&#8217;s COVID vaccine is not known to cause pulmonary infarction. 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