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In reply to the discussion: Evidence grows stronger for Covid vaccine link to heart issue, CDC says [View all]Sancho
(9,065 posts)43. How do you correct for self-selection to get the vaccine?
Other than demographics, there is no way to know right now if the kind of person who chooses to get vaccinated is different than the same person who chooses not to get the vaccine.
The comparison of with the number of cases expected in a population is based on the number of cases of carditis reported over years of time in some database, but that database has no subset of "those who chose to get a vaccine". In other words, it would be easy to make a false conclusion - especially with such a small sample and so many confounding variables.
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Evidence grows stronger for Covid vaccine link to heart issue, CDC says [View all]
madville
Jun 2021
OP
While I fully agree with you about the risk being tiny vs the huge "rewards" of getting vaccinated
Tom Rinaldo
Jun 2021
#7
"Normal" out of a random population...those who chose to be vaccinated are a self-selected...
Sancho
Jun 2021
#42
The real #s we should be talking about. " ....COVID cases have fallen by 90% since January."
Botany
Jun 2021
#17
To be fair it's 226 that they are currently aware of however even if there are more unreported ones
cstanleytech
Jun 2021
#40
Teenagers were not able to get the vaccine until just recently and not many have gotten it.
LiberalArkie
Jun 2021
#4
For all we know, they may have had unrelated heart problems before the vaccine.
Crowman2009
Jun 2021
#14
For young people I think it's more a matter of comparing the risk of myocarditis
NH Ethylene
Jun 2021
#28
Heart Inflammation Rate After Second COVID Vaccine Is 16 in a Million: CDC
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
Jun 2021
#37