That is, increased rates of vaccination in the respective age group are associated with increased number of CA and ACS weekly call counts. In contrast, the three-week cumulative new COVID-19 infection counts among the age group 16–39 (normalized by the respective population size) was not selected as a predictor of the call counts time-series. That is, the model did not detect a statistically significant association between the COVID-19 infection rates and the CA and ACS weekly call counts.
They didn't get data as far as to if the patient was COVID+, recently COVID+, or if there causation was an actual cardiac event. We don't know if the individuals were vaccinated. In fact, they fully admit lack of information. Were EKG changes related to a cardiac event, or were they the result of demand ischemia? They have no way of knowing. The only data they used was national data. The "association" is about as strong as the association of being a member of the Campfire ad suffering a cardiovascular event. Does joining the Campfire cause cardiovascular events? If the standards of this studying were applied, then yes. There is an obvious breakdown in logic to determine causation in this paper.
Another interesting consideration, from the study: "These changes were calculated separately with respect to the full calendar year (2019–2020) and from January 1st to May 31st (2019–2021). January–May time period was used for comparison as it corresponds with the administration of vaccinations among the 16–39 age group in 2021." Why on earth would a whole year's data be used for an average vs the "vaccination period" when it is well known that different times of the year result in more illness? Additionally, no lip service is offered to explain what changes the "lock-down" period made in callouts. Interesting piece from the research the article seems to completely miss:
"Similarly, for ACS, the increase across the full year from 2019 and 2020 (significant relative increase of 15.8% [P < 0.001]) was followed by an even a larger increase in the January to May period from 2020 to 2021 (significant relative increase of 26.0% [P < 0.001]), which was during the third COVID-19 wave and vaccination rollout." So in 2020, before a vaccine existed, the call-out for ACS increased 15.8%, but of course none of it could be related to COVID infections? Give me a break. No explanation offered, strangely enough.
Then this statement: "The main finding of this study concerns with increases of over 25% in both the number of CA calls and ACS calls of people in the 16–39 age group during the COVID-19 vaccination rollout in Israel (January–May, 2021), compared with the same period of time in prior years (2019 and 2020), as shown in Table 1" ignores that indeed, there was a 15.8% increase in 2020 over 2019, despite there being no vaccine during that time.
Then this statement is suspect in and itself: "This result is aligned with previous findings which show increases in overall CA incidence were not always associated with higher COVID-19 infections rates at a population level35,49,50, as well as the stability of hospitalization rates related to myocardial infarction throughout the initial COVID-19 wave compared to pre-pandemic baselines in Israel". It didn't cross anybody's mind that the "baseline" was established using a single year's data?
Then we have this gem: "While increased CA incidence was not observed among the 16–39 age group in 2020, there was a significant increase in the proportion of CA patients that died on scene during 2020, relative to 2019 (Supplemental Table 1), emphasizing the potential direct and indirect harmful effects of the pandemic35,49,55 on out-of-hospital CA patient outcomes. The percent of patients that died on scene remained elevated in 2021." 2021 (vaccine period) being no worse that 2020 (pre-vaccine) but both worse than 2019....no explanation offered. Why? Their data is completely inferred rather than based on reality.
Then we get to the real jewel of the entire piece of research:
"The large increase in the incidence of CA and ACS events in the population of age 16–39 parallel to the vaccination rollout and its association with the vaccination rates could be consistent with the known causal relationship between the mRNA vaccines and incidents of myocarditis in young people14,17,19,56, as well as the fact that myocarditis is often misdiagnosed as ACS28,29,30, and that asymptomatic myocarditis is a frequent cause for unexplained sudden death among young adults from CA26,31,32,33. This is further supported by more anecdotal reports describing sudden cardiac death following COVID-19 vaccination"
Lots of assumptions based on anecdotes and inferred datasets to come up with the grand conclusion: "maybe we aren't diagnosing myocarditis because anecdotes."
Finally, the writers admit what I'm thinking as I read the study:
"It is important to note the main limitation of this study, which is that it relies on aggregated data that do not include specific information regarding the affected patients, including hospital outcomes, underlying comorbidities as well as vaccination and COVID-19 positive status."
And again: "Change history
05 May 2022Editor’s Note: Readers are alerted that the conclusions of this article are subject to criticisms that are being considered by the Editors. A further editorial response will follow once all parties have been given an opportunity to respond in full."
When we get down to it, here are some key points:
The article assumes the research concludes things it does not.
The research nor authors are recommending vaccination being abandoned.
The article tries to falsely attribute the research to MIT when it is NOT affiliated with MIT, rather two of the credited authors work at MIT and crunched the numbers without input into methodology. In fact, they acknowledge that this is post-doctoral research for Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
The NEWSARTICLE referenced by OP is junk journalism that literally lies and twists research to meet their narrative and people here are gullible and fell for it without reading or analyzing the research it references. All you can say is more people 18-39 years of age called the ambulance in Israel in 2020 than 2019 with cardiac complaints. A few more people called in a portion of 2021 than in 2020. That's it.