In an unprecedented move, Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo issued new guidance on Friday – recommending against 18–39-year-old males taking a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine.
The recommendation is based on an analysis performed by the Florida Department of Health, which indicate that men of this age group have suffered an 84 percent increase in heart-related deaths during the 28-day period following vaccination.
“Results from the stratified analysis for cardiac-related death following vaccination suggests mRNA vaccination may be driving the increased risk in males, especially among males aged 18 – 39,” the analysis reads.
The surgeon general, in a press release, stated:
“This analysis found that there is an 84% increase in the relative incidence of cardiac-related death among males 18-39 years old within 28 days following mRNA vaccination. With a high level of global immunity to COVID-19, the benefit of vaccination is likely outweighed by this abnormally high risk of cardiac-related death among men in this age group. Non-mRNA vaccines were not found to have these increased risks."
The guidance also warned that mRNA vaccines are associated with a 10 percent increase in cardiac-related death within 28 days of vaccination in men over 60 years of age.
