Covid paper with a pretty wild myocarditis claim for boys retracted. The reason is fucking ridiculous:
During the process of open peer review on MedRxiv we quickly received a number of messages from reviewers concerned that there was a problem with our reported incidence of myocarditis post mRNA vaccination. Our reported incidence appeared vastly inflated by an incorrectly small denominator (ie number of doses administered over the time period of the study). We reviewed the data available at Open Ottawa and found that there had indeed been a major underestimation, with the actual number of administered doses being more than 800,000 (much higher than quoted in the paper).
In order to avoid misleading either colleagues or the general public and press, we the authors unanimously wish to withdraw this paper on the grounds of incorrect incidence data. We thank the many peer reviewers who went out of their way to contact us and point out our error. We apologize to anyone who may have been upset or disturbed by our report.
In summary, the authors have withdrawn this manuscript because of a major error pertaining to the quoted incidence data. Therefore, the authors do not wish this work to be cited as reference for the project. If you have any questions, please contact the corresponding author.
I am sure that the Do Your Own Researchers over at Facebook University with methodically take down all the misinformation the spread around this and apologize.
My stepmother passed away today from covid, she had a pre-existing heart condition and was unvaxxed. Thinking there couldnât possibly be a real heart condition where getting vaxxed isnât the right thing to do.
my step sister (deceasedâs daughter) is a conspiracy theorist with an MBA who got her first shot two weeks ago. Unsure if it was because of her mother or she would have lost her job if she didnât.
Everyone else I know other than my wifeâs sister and her fiancee are vaxxed.
What do you mean? I said there wasnât probably a heart condition where getting vaxxed wasnât the preferable option. Were you agreeing or disagreeing with me?
Wife and I just got boosterâd today. Pretty simple and painless, though I did forget my vax card and may need to run it back down there for them to update.
