Two U.S. health agencies have published a letter warning that 'misleading' claims Florida's surgeon general made about COVID-19 vaccines last month could be harmful to the public. In Canada, health-care professionals share their own concerns.
"The claim that the increase of VAERS reports of life-threatening conditions reported from Florida and elsewhere represents an increase of risk caused by the COVID-19 vaccines is incorrect, misleading and could be harmful to the American public," said the letter signed by FDA Commissioner Robert Califf and CDC Director Rochelle Walensky.
“It is the job of public health officials around the country to protect the lives of the populations they serve, particularly the vulnerable," the letter said. "Fuelling vaccine hesitancyIn Canada, health-care professionals have their own concerns about the claims Ladapo's letter makes and the quality of the evidence it cites.
He pointed out that the letter outlines the increase in reports of vaccine-related adverse effects in percentages only, leaving out the absolute numbers and any explanation of how those percentages were calculated. Dr. Chris Overgaard, a cardiology fellow in the division of cardiology at the University of Toronto, pointed out that Ladapo's letter also fails to state what types of cardiac events were reported.For example, Overgaard said that while COVID-19 vaccines can affect the heart in a range of ways, many of the most common cardiac effects – like temporary palpitations – are benign.
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