Study on Risk of POTS From COVID and Its Vaccine Is Suspicious if Not Propaganda

If we push the pro-vax narrative with bad science, it’s no different than what the anti-vax narrative does.

Shin Jie Yong, MSc (Res)
Microbial Instincts

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A new study, published in Nature Cardiovascular Research, has taken the media by storm. It found an increased risk of postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) from both Covid-19 and its vaccines, and that such risk is 5-times higher from Covid-19 than its vaccines.

The pro-vaccine side favors the study as it shows the risk of POTS is 5-times higher from infection than vaccination. The anti-vaccine side also favors the study because it suggests vaccines can cause POTS.

But after looking at the data more closely, the study’s own interpretations are flawed, as other experts have also noticed. The risk of POTS from Covid-19 versus its vaccines may actually be equal or, at most 2-times higher, not 5-times. This study even found additional risks of both Covid-19 and its vaccines, such as low back pain, anemia, and urinary tract infection, but these are likely just statistical noise.

Let’s see why and what this study actually means for vaccine safety.

Before we begin, let’s briefly define POTS. It’s a chronic disorder of the…

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Shin Jie Yong, MSc (Res)
Microbial Instincts

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