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Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo in Clearwater, Fla. on Oct. 15, 2022. (York Du/The Epoch
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Florida Surgeon General: Data Show
Messenger RNA COVID-19 Vaccines
Shouldn’t Be Given to Young Men
By Zachary Stieber and Jan Jekielek | October 18,2022 Updated: October 18, 20224 A "HH Print
Studies and other data show that the Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines should
not be given to young men, Florida's surgeon general says.
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Florida health officials recently analyzed data on vaccinated state residents and
detected a sharp increase in heart-related deaths among males aged 18 to 39 after
vaccination. The state is now recommending that population, with exceptions, should
not get one of the messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines.
“In young men, from 18 to 39, it clearly was a signal for increased risk,” Florida
Surgeon General Dr, Joseph Ladapo told EpochTV’s “American Thought Leaders”
program. “That was the main finding.” The interview will premiere on Epoch TV on
Thursday, October 18, 2022, at 7:30pm ET.
‘Taken together with other research that has found young vaccinated males
experiencing heart inflammation at higher rates than unvaccinated young males—
including studies from Scandinavia, England, and the United States—Florida officials
decided to issue the new recommendation, which contradicts guidance from the US.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
“There are a number of studies that are indicating that these vaccines, mRNA COVID-
19 vaccines, increase the risk of adverse cardiovascular and cardiac events. And we just
added to that with another one,” Ladapo said.
“While our study is not definitive—and we never claimed it was—the fact that there is
so much evidence that is consistent with our findings very obviously means that you
need to consider whether doing .. COVID-19, mRNA COVID-19 vaccinations, including
them in a strategy, a public health strategy for young men at this point in the
pandemic, makes sense. ... It doesn’t make any sense. And obviously, should not be
giving mRNA COVID-19 vaccines to young men at this point in the pandemic,” he
added later,
The official statement communicating the updated Florida guidance says that the
benefit of vaccination for young males is likely outweighed by the “abnormally high
risk of cardiac-related death.” It noted that the other available COVID-19 vaccines were
not linked with the risk.
Pfizer and Moderna have not responded to requests for comment on the Florida
research and recommendation.
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The CDC continues to recommend virtually all Americans get a COVID-19 vaccine and
is now advising a new round of boosters. Some Americans have already received six
shots in under two years.
The CDC and its vaccine advisory panel “have determined that the benefits (such as
prevention of COVID-19 cases and its severe outcomes) outweigh the risks of
myocarditis and pericarditis after receipt of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines,” the agency
says on its website.
The vaccines have proven increasingly ineffective against infection as newer virus
variants have emerged, and have also conferred less protection against severe illness.
In special circumstances, there may be exceptions to the new guidance, Ladapo said,
including for organ transplant recipients, though they may be better served by taking
Evusheld, a prophylaxis.
“But in the general population,” he said, “it is obviously a bad call to continue charging
forward in the face of the evidence that we have thus far.”
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