Stanford Scientists Show How Covid Shots Cause Deadly Heart Damage
Scientists at Stanford University have shown how the mRNA Covid
vaccines can cause deadly damage to heart cells in new research
published in the journalExperts have long sounded the alarm over myocarditis, an extremely
rare complication of the vaccine that causes inflammation of the heart
muscle.Data show about
one in 125,000 children and adults under 65 who were vaccinated against
the virus between 2023 and 2024 developed the condition. Among men and
boys under 25 years old, however, the rate rose to one in 250, or 475
per 125,000. [Erm, that’s not “extremely rare”.]
In the study, researchers analysed the blood of patients who received the vaccine and those who suffered from myocarditis after being inoculated.
They found that people who suffered from the rare side-effect had elevated levels of two immune system-linked proteins in their blood.
Subsequent experimentation in mice then showed that these proteins prompted neutrophils (a type of immune cell that is the first responder to damage) to infiltrate the heart muscle, causing damage to the tissue via inflammation.
Doctors say the complication is normally mild and eases on its own without treatment. In severe cases, however, it can cause hospitalisation or death, although officials say no fatalities from the condition stemming from the Covid vaccine have been recorded in the US to date. [A recording problem, perhaps?]
The CDC warns that an infection with the Covid virus can also cause myocarditis, suggesting the benefits of vaccination may still outweigh the risks. About 21 per 100,000 people suffer from the complication after a Covid infection, according to a 2022 study from Italy. [But vaccines don’t prevent infection…]
The paper comes amid renewed focus on the risks of Covid vaccines, after the Director of the FDA’s vaccine division, Dr Vinay Prasad, told staff in a memo late last month that there had been “no fewer than 10” child deaths “related” to the Covid vaccine.
His comments were based on data from the agency’s VAERS, or the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, a voluntary database for reporting vaccine side-effects. Anyone can submit a report to the system, and the reports do not prove that a shot caused a complication.
The FDA has said it is now conducting a thorough investigation into reports of deaths in both children and adults that are thought to be linked to the Covid vaccine.
About 270 million people in the US, or 81% of the population, have received at least one dose of the mRNA Covid vaccine to date. …
In the study, published yesterday in Science Translational Medicine, scientists analysed in the lab the blood of people who received the Covid vaccine.
In those who also developed myocarditis, the researchers found higher levels of two proteins, CXCL10 and IFN-gamma.
These are cytokines, proteins released by immune cells that can prompt inflammation.
In a lab test, researchers then placed macrophages, a type of white blood cell, into petri dishes filled with the Covid mRNA vaccine, and found that the cells released CXCL10.
They then placed T-cells, a type of immune cell, into those same petri dishes and found they released high amounts of IFN-gamma.
When the T-cells were placed into petri dishes that only contained the vaccine, however, the researchers found they only released standard amounts of IFN-gamma.
This showed that, in some cases, macrophages may be triggered by Covid vaccines and then cause other immune cells, T-cells, to also be activated.
In a further test, the researchers then inoculated young adult male mice with the Pfizer mRNA Covid vaccine and, after a few days, examined the animals’ heart muscle.
It showed that their hearts had been infiltrated by neutrophils, which researchers said showed how inoculations may cause heart damage.
Worth reading in full.
Of course, by only counting the diagnosed cases rather than pro-actively testing for signs of injury the researchers missed large numbers of cases, possibly by an order of magnitude (factor of 10) based on studies from Thailand and Switzerland. And the Mail article predictably plays down the risk, calling it “extremely rare” despite the study itself finding that one in every 250 young males was affected. But we ought to recognise the tight editorial constraints mainstream outlets like the Mail operate under, with a regulator ready to pounce on any perceived ‘anti-vax’ notions slipping through the net. So credit to the paper for running the story at all.
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