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Heart Attacks increasing over 30% Duh! I wonder why! https://www.today.com/health/covid-heart-attack-young-people-rcna69903

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John - I followed your link and had a look at the ‘Today’ online article, dated Feb 10, 2023. Roughly, the topic is: “COVID-19, heart attacks and young people”.

The thrust of the article asserts that the increased incidence of heart attack in young people is a consequence of Covid-19 infection. The article in no way attributes the heart attacks to vaccination, and in fact that connection is effectively ridiculed in the accompanying video. The article relies on a couple of academic studies – one by a Dr. Susan Cheng, a cardiologist at Cedars Sinai hospital in Los Angeles, and co-author of the study cited.

The article provides advice on how young people can reduce the risk of myocarditis. Amongst these is the recommendation:

“Stay up to date on your vaccinations. Research shows that you're 11 times more likely to develop myocarditis from COVID itself versus the vaccine, NBC News senior medical correspondent Dr. John Torres said during a TODAY segment on Feb. 9”.

The author of the Today article, Maura Hohman, is described as:

“The senior health editor for TODAY.com and has been covering health and wellness news and trends since 2015, when she graduated from journalism school. Her byline has appeared on TODAY, NBC News, US News & World Report, People, Everyday Health, WhatToExpect.com, History.com and more. Her interests include women's health, racial health disparities, mental health and COVID-19.”

I am not qualified to assess the truthfulness of the messaging of the article – readers will have to make their own judgement – but I can assess the ‘packaging’ of the message. I am not an American – I live on the other side of the world. In our culture we see America and particularly American corporate media from a different perspective.

It is possible to draw the conclusion that the article is a very, very slick piece of journalism. It is accompanied by an equally slick video from NBC News that would have taken serious money to produce. Amongst other things, the video makes use of two articulate ‘talking head’ women in a ‘chat situation’ who go on to ‘interview’ a very smooth-talking and equally articulate medical person. He is attired in a spiffy suit and sounds very authoritative. He is identified as ‘Dr John Torres – NBC News Medical Correspondent’.

The essence of this sophisticated piece of messaging is that the increased incidence of myocarditis and heart attacks in the young are the result of Covid-19 infection and have nothing to do with the mRNA injectables.

I would award the article and its accompanying video an ‘A+++’ for its sophisticated use of the arts of persuasion. At a guess, I assume that someone with a lot of money wants to influence the way uninformed people think about this very controversial and dangerous issue.

If there are any young people reading this, then you should draw your own conclusions.

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You are definitely on the track when you say "It is possible to draw the conclusion that the article is a very, very slick piece of journalism."

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Even though this is a pro vaccine article it’s very good to see Acknowledgment in a main stream source huge grease cardiac issues among young people.

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Of course the article is going to blame the heart issues on Covid infections and not the Covid vaccine. It's interesting to Note that BEFORE COVID, the common Flu Vaccine had the most adverse reactions and legal actions than ALL vaccines combined. The common flu vaccine has been around nearly 100 years and they still can't get it right. An interesting presentation regarding these issues from several years ago can be found here: https://photos.kitakitz.com/Covid19-Philippines/i-tPLC63K

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