¶ The American Heart Association and Myocarditus
The following graphic has been circulating on social media:
The graphic identifies the name of the journal (top), the title of the article (bottom), the URL of the article, and then it provides the following statement that is entirely false:
97.8% ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS WITH MYOCARDITIS HAD AN M-RNA COVID-19 SHOT
A simple reading of the study confirms that the researchers looked at 139 adolescents who had experienced episodes of suspected myocarditis within 30 days after receiving a dose of a COVID-19 vaccination. 136 (or 96.8%) of those had received an mRNA vaccine, while the remaining 3 had received another type of vaccine.
In other words, the 97.8% figure was used to describe the basic parameters of the study and not the results.
If the author of this graphic were interested in communicating the findings of the study, they might have included a real quote such as:
"Most cases of suspected COVID-19 vaccine myocarditis occurring in persons <21 years have a mild clinical course with rapid resolution of symptoms."
¶ SOURCES
The study cited in the graphic:
HTML: https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.121.056583
PDF: https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.121.056583
This false graphic was tweeted by Peter McCullough, MD @P_McCulloughMD on December 15, 2021.
https://twitter.com/p_mcculloughmd/status/1471228861375520778