Flawed cardiac death meta-analysis fools antivaxxers again

A while back Florida State Surgeon General, Dr Joseph Ladapo, released a highly flawed study that he had manipulated to hide the fact that vaccines are beneficial for all age groups. The flawed study has now reared its ugly head again as the star of a meta-analysis, which has as many issues as the original flawed Florida study. In this video, Dr Susan Oliver and Cindy the dog will be going back to the Science, and covering the issues with the so-called meta-analysis.

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Previous videos on flawed Florida study:

Florida deaths after vaccination study – What are they HIDING?
https://youtu.be/CYaPPz8_I6w

Did Florida deliberately hide data to incite ANTIVAX sentiment?
https://youtu.be/gKiSGrnmQng

Links to data:

Florida health officials removed key data from COVID vaccine report
https://www.tampabay.com/news/health/2023/04/07/florida-surgeon-general-covid-19-vaccine-study-heart-problems-men/

Exploring the relationship between all-cause and cardiac-related mortality following COVID-19 vaccination or infection in Florida residents: a self-controlled case series study
https://floridahealthcovid19.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20221007-guidance-mrna-covid19-vaccines-analysis.pdf

Risk of all-cause and cardiac-related mortality after vaccination against COVID-19: A meta-analysis of self-controlled case series studies
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21645515.2023.2230828

Risk of death following COVID-19 vaccination or positive SARS-CoV-2 test in young people in England
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-36494-0

Risk of death following SARS-CoV-2 infection or COVID-19 vaccination in young people in England: a self-controlled case series study (preprint)
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.03.22.22272775v1.full

Short-term mortality following COVID-19 vaccination in Bologna, Italy: a one-year study
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X22010295

Self controlled case series methods: an alternative to standard epidemiological study designs
https://www.bmj.com/content/354/bmj.i4515

WHO COVID-19 advice for the public: Getting vaccinated
https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/covid-19-vaccines/advice

CDC-FDA Letter to Florida Department of Health Regarding COVID-19 Vaccine Safety
https://www.fda.gov/media/166159/download

CDC COVID-19 vaccine advice
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/index.html

A modified self-controlled case series method for event-dependent exposures and high event-related mortality, with application to COVID-19 vaccine safety
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/sim.9325

Links to learn more about performing a meta-analysis:

https://training.cochrane.org/handbook/current

http://www.prisma-statement.org/