No Cardiac Arrest Risk for Youth From Covid Vaccine, Says New CDC Research

The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has revealed new data on the relationship, or lack thereof, between the COVID-19 vaccine and sudden cardiac mortality in otherwise healthy young individuals.

The evaluation, which took place between June 2021 and December 2022, looked into the death certificates and immunization data of 1,292 Oregon decedents aged 16 to 30 who died from “cardiac or undetermined” causes.

“The data do not support an association of COVID-19 vaccination with sudden cardiac death among previously healthy young persons,” decided the CDC. The immunization is still recommended for everyone over the age of six months.

CDC Investigates Cardiac Mortality Involving the COVID Vaccination

According to the CDC’s study, complaints of myocarditis, particularly in young men, were submitted to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) around the time the vaccine became available to youth in 2021. Myocarditis, also known as inflammatory cardiomyopathy, is a viral infection that causes inflammation and damage to the heart muscles.

These stories, combined with later media coverage of sudden deaths among previously healthy young athletes that were attributed to the vaccine, spurred the CDC to open an investigation.

The CDC used death certificates and mandatory vaccination records from Oregon to identify people between the ages of 16 and 30 whose causes of death were listed as “sudden death,” “arrhythmia,” “dysrhythmia,” “asystole,” “cardiac arrest,” “myocarditis,” “congestive heart failure,” “unknown,” “undetermined,” or “pending.”

• The 1,292 Oregon cases were then divided by gender: 925 (72%) were men and 367 (28%) were women. Investigators next obtained data on mRNA COVID-19 immunizations administered to these patients within 100 days of mortality.
• Two of the 925 young men in the trial received the mRNA COVID vaccine within 100 days of death, and the study indicated that a cardiac diagnosis could not be ruled out as the cause of death.
• Of the 367 young women in the study, one received the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine within 100 days of her death, and a cardiac diagnosis could not be ruled out as the cause of death, according to the findings.

The Risk of Cardiac Trouble is Higher Following COVID-19 Infection, not the Vaccine, According to the CDC

As of July 17, 2023, VAERS had received no reports of fatal myocarditis in Oregon. Furthermore, 979,289 doses of COVID-19 vaccination were provided to Oregonians aged 16 to 30 between May 1, 2021 and December 31, 2022.

The CDC stated that data collected from 40 US healthcare systems between January 2021 and January 2022 revealed that the risk of cardiac problems in patients over the age of 5 was significantly higher after COVID-19 infection than after the COVID-19 vaccination.

These findings are consistent with previous studies on the safety and efficacy of mRNA vaccination. As a result, the CDC recommends vaccination and booster doses for those older than six months to avoid COVID-19 and serious consequences or death.