There is no evidence to suggest COVID vaccines could cause sudden cardiac death and other heart problems in young people, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday, following a string of unfounded conspiracy theories in recent years linking the vaccines to cardiac arrest in young athletes.

The findings follow an analysis of nearly 1,300 death certificates of Oregon residents ages 16 to 30 who died from any heart condition or unknown reasons between June 2021 and December 2022, the CDC said.

  • Of the 101 death certificates that didn’t rule out a cardiac event as the cause of death, 40 indicated the person received an mRNA vaccine from Pfizer or Moderna—only three of which died within 100 days of vaccination—though none of the death certificates listed vaccination as either the immediate or contributing cause of death.
  • Two of those deaths were attributed to chronic underlying health conditions and the third was attributed to an “undetermined natural cause,” as toxicology tests were negative for alcohol, cannabis and methamphetamine, among other substances, according to the CDC.
  • The CDC noted its report can’t exclude the possibility of cardiac deaths associated with COVID vaccines more than 100 days after vaccination, though published data indicates “adverse events” associated with vaccines typically occur within 42 days.
  • The study was in response to claims myocarditis—inflammation of the heart muscle—occurred in young people and athletes after they received a COVID vaccine, the CDC said.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2024/04/11/cdc-finds-no-link-between-covid-vaccines-and-cardiac-death-in-young-people/?sh=3b230168577f