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https://www.statnews.com/2026/06/15/covid-vaccination-cardiovascular-protection-jama-study/>
"Recent Covid vaccination appears to have broad cardioprotective effects,
according to a new study, which found reduced risk of events like heart attacks
and stroke, hospitalization, and death in people who had received the vaccine.
The study, published in
JAMA Internal Medicine on Monday along with several
other Covid-related papers, followed more than 1 million veterans who received
flu vaccinations at Veterans Affairs health care facilities in 2024; about a
third of them also received a Covid vaccine.
Infection with SARS-CoV-2 is known to increase the risk of adverse cardiac
events. In the eight months after the veterans were vaccinated, the researchers
found, those who received Covid vaccines (either mRNA or another type) had a
roughly 38% lower risk of Covid-associated major cardiovascular events. This
benefit was greatest for those 75 and older and those with chronic conditions
like kidney and lung disease.
To the researchers’ surprise, Covid vaccination was also tied to a nearly 24%
reduction in all-cause cardiac events — not just those with a documented Covid
diagnosis. The authors said this could translate to prevention of approximately
3,500 major cardiac events and 2,400 deaths annually per 1 million people.
Ziyad Al-Aly, a doctor and clinical researcher at Washington University in St.
Louis, who led the study, chalks this up to higher rates of Covid infections in
the broader community. He spoke to
STAT about cases where individuals who
felt “under the weather” did not test for Covid at the time, but then weeks
later ended up in the emergency room with a cardiovascular event. “What that
really means is that those [events] are actually likely related to SARS-CoV-2,
that were never recognized to be so in the first place,” he said."
Via Violet Blue’s
Threat Model - Ebola - Hantavirus - Covid: June 18, 2026
https://www.patreon.com/violetblue/posts/ebola-hantavirus-161406105
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
