What happened to Damar Hamlin was horrifying and not vaccine-related
What happened to Damar Hamlin was horrifying and not vaccine-related
Naturally, grifters Steve Kirsch and Dr. Peter McCullough are claiming it is for their agenda.
Buffalo Bills’ 24-year-old safety Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field after taking a hit during their game against the Cincinnati Bengals and remains in critical condition. The horrific event, played out on live national television, has sent shockwaves through the media. Unfortunately and also incredibly predictably it is being used by anti-vaxxers to further demonize the vaccines as the cause for all of today’s health issues, particularly cardiovascular.
Tech millionaire anti-vaxxer Steve Kirsch claims he consulted Dr. Peter McCullough and they have concluded - despite neither having treated the patient and Kirsch never having gone to medical school - that the vaccine is what caused Hamlin’s collapse, not blunt force trauma to the chest as observed in the video footage. This is coming from Kirsch of “Died Suddenly” shame who claimed Celine Dion’s Stiff Person Syndrome was due to the vaccine (it isn’t, and his opinions are unqualified) and McCullough who claimed Queen Elizabeth died from vaccine injury and not her famously old age.
Interestingly, medical experts continue to disagree with McCullough’s analysis (read: agenda). Like Kirsch, we consult cardiology on cardiac issues. It’s just that our cardiologists aren’t members of politically-tied groups like The Unity Project (US) or Pandata (UK, South Africa - part of the network revealed in the HART leaks).
Dr. Frank Han, a pediatric and adult congenital cardiologist, has written pieces for both us and Science Based Medicine to debunk vaccine disinformation.
He had the following to say about Hamlin’s case:
First step is EMS resuscitation of which CPR and AED are the most critical, to restore normal heart rhythm. Next is to take the patient to hospital in case there are arrhythmias, while thinking about the causes of the arrhythmia. Usually such a patient goes to an ICU, and the ICU physician is responsible for checking for all other possible concurrent diagnoses. The top possibility is commotio cordis which is a disruption of regular electrical rhythm when something hits the chest within the time span of the prior ventricular contraction. It is plausible that other cardiomyopathies may exist but the medical team must produce evidence of it. Sometimes genetic testing is warranted. Same goes with myocarditis- a suspicion for this must be accompanied by evidence. One cannot just assume it is there.
Note how, in addition to not taking money from industry interests, he is not claiming any certainty as to what happened as he has not treated the patient. Kirsch did not go to medical school and thinks he can learn medicine on the internet.
For further evidence of this crook’s clear agenda just look at the pieces surrounding his proclamation about Hamlin’s cardiac health. We have Kirsch calling Dr. Peter Hotez a mass murder and getting blocked, more debate offers, love for his “friend and mentor” Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and bogus surveys (the Kirsch Classic).
Anyone who has suffered a family health tragedy or who knows how to empathize, can understand that what Damar Hamlin’s family needs in this time is privacy and respect. They do not need Hamlin’s cardiac arrest turned into conspiracy fodder; he needs intensive care by medical experts. That is his only chance at pulling through. In terrifying healthcare moments like this we need to let the experts do their job. The real ones.