Vaccine experts are pushing back on an analysis published by Florida's surgeon general that warns COVID-19 vaccines increase the risk of cardiac-related deaths in young men, calling the study poorly designed and dangerously misleading.
October 11, 2022, 7:18 PMFlorida Surgeon Gen. Dr. Joseph A. Ladapo speaks at a news conference with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Jan. 3, 2022.Vaccine experts are pushing back on an analysis published by Florida's surgeon general that warns COVID-19 vaccines increase the risk of cardiac-related deaths in young men, calling the study poorly designed and dangerously misleading.
"Isn't it great when we discuss science transparently instead of trying to cancel one another?" he added. "This is much more of a political stunt than it has anything to do with science or protecting the population of the people of Florida … They cherry pick the risks, and they cherry pick the benefits," said Hotez.Bryan Griffin, press secretary for DeSantis, said: "We have no interest in responding to this."
When asked why, a Twitter spokesperson only said the "enforcement action" was done "in error" and later reversed. Daniel Salmon, director of the Institute for Vaccine Safety at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, said among those concerns was that Florida looked at deaths up to 25 weeks after vaccination. He called that a "huge problem" because it's too long and likely impacted by the "seasonality" of outcomes."If you submitted that to peer review, any decent journal would reject it," he added.
"COVID can cause all sorts of cardiovascular problems," said Salmon, who said he personally opted to vaccinate his own sons. "So at the end of the day, the benefits outweigh the risks and that's what really matters."
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