Commentary
According to new data from Australia, fatal heart attacks spiked by 17 percent in the country in 2022.
Australian media has rushed to explain why, using conventional, politically benign explanations that are considered part of accepted discourse.
The Sydney Morning Herald, for example, published an article attempting to definitively explain “why” there was such a rise.
The author states, “Cardiologists believe the increased deaths from ischemic heart disease are likely linked to the damaging effects of COVID, but also delayed diagnoses, prevention and treatment through the pandemic.”
The evidence for the former claim (COVID) is highly suspect. Prominent cardiologists such as Dr. Anish Khoka and Dr. John Mandrola have found the risk of COVID-induced cardiac problems is wildly overblown….