An Israeli Ministry of Health (MOH) study could not determine mortality risk from Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine and found no evidence of cardiovascular events after COVID-19 vaccination, the MOH said, though an outside expert said the conclusions are contrary to the data.
The study (pdf) was published in Hebrew on the MOH website on Feb. 27. The Epoch Times reviewed and translated the report.
Researchers examined people who passed away or were hospitalized due to an acute cardiovascular event after receiving a Pfizer vaccine.
According to the authors, the MOH decided to conduct the study after other scientific publications did not find a connection between cardiovascular events and COVID-19 vaccination, “except for one single report,” referring to a Florida study that found “a modestly increased risk for cardiac-related mortality 28 days following vaccination,” among residents aged 18 years or older. But other research, including Israeli papers, has found a risk of heart inflammation after vaccination….