"A statement of fact cannot be insolent." The miscellaneous ramblings of a surgeon/scientist on medicine, quackery, science, and pseudoscience (and anything else that interests him).

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Antivaccine nonsense Bad science

Do COVID-19 vaccines cause heart attacks and cardiac death?

Post author By Orac
Post date February 17, 2021
231 Comments on Do COVID-19 vaccines cause heart attacks and cardiac death?

A week ago, I wrote about how antivaxxers had resurrected an old trick to weaponize the VAERS vaccine safety database to demonize COVID-19 vaccines. They’re still at it, this time trying to blame the vaccine for heart attacks and cardiac deaths.

Tags antivaccine, cardiac, Children's Health Defense, COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccine, Hooman Noorchashm, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., sudden cardiac death, vaccines

Antivaccine nonsense Complementary and alternative medicine Science Skepticism/critical thinking

A sad, premature death cynically exploited by antivaccinationists

Post author By Orac
Post date August 9, 2012
873 Comments on A sad, premature death cynically exploited by antivaccinationists

I must admit, I’ve been enjoying my vacation thus far and have hardly paid attention to the blog, other than a couple of quick posts. For me, this is quite amazing. Still, every so often there pops up a story that I can’t resist commenting on, particularly given that I’m just sitting around watching the […]

Tags cervical cancer, Gardasil, hpv, human papillomavirus, Jasmine Renata, Milford Hospital, Sin Hang Lee, sudden cardiac death

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