Null and Void:" Anecdotal.
No more meaningful than the rate of lung cancer tracking the prevalence of cigarette smoking.
Correlation is not causation!"
(From the article): "The vaccine rollout period for 16-39 year-olds, January-May 2021, coincided with the third COVID wave in Israel.
It showed a "statistically significant increase of over 25%" for both kinds of calls compared to the same period in 2020."
" For CA specifically, there was "no statistically significant difference in the respective call volume" between full-year 2019 and 2020.
For ACS, the "significant relevant increase" in that full-year period (15.8%) was outpaced by the January-May 2021 increase (26%)."
"The researchers said the January 2021 increase "seems to track closely the administration of 2nd dose vaccines,"
while a second observed increase starting April 18 "seems to track an increase of single-dose vaccination to individuals who recovered from COVID-19 infections."
(The Israel Ministry of Health approved the latter for ages 16 and up in early March 2021.)
"Females unexpectedly had a higher jump in calls: 31% for CA and 41% for ACS, compared to increases for males of 25% CA and 21% ACS.
This may indicate a "potential underdiagnosis or under-self-reporting of myocarditis in females," according to the study,
which was exempt from review by MIT's Institutional Review Board."
EVER!!