Speaker 1: LeBron James, the professional basketball player, has a few kids. One of
them is Bronny. James, who himself is an excellent basketball player. BRONNY James suffered cardiac
arrest yesterday during practice, and this immediately brought out of the woodwork. They come
out like roaches. So is that due to dehumanizing? I'm sorry, they come out of the woodwork to say
the vaccine, the COVID vaccine must have caused this. And this is actually a building story that
even though, you know and I know that sudden cardiac arrest in athletes especially. Men,
especially football and basketball players, has been a thing for decades. I remember growing
up in Massachusetts when this happened to Reggie Lewis. In fact, the Celtics player
and a number of other examples, despite the fact that this is a relatively well studied phenomenon,
rare but well studied now that they all they have is a hammer. Everything looks like a nail.
Here is a clip of Sean HANNITY on his radio program suggesting without evidence that it
really should be looked at. Whether, I don't know, maybe that COVID vaccine is responsible
for what happened to Bronny, James. Let's listen. Speaker 2: Pretty scary story about LeBron James
has a son that's Bronny. James is his name. Yes. And I guess he plays at USC. He's horrible. USC,
he's a great, apparently very talented basketball player. And he suffered cardiac arrest
during practice. Yes. Now, people are angry at Elon Musk because Elon Musk rightly pointed
out that with young athletes, there has been a higher incidence of myocarditis.
Now, do I know that that was the case? I have no idea. I'm just I'm I'm thankful that they were
able to save this young man and that apparently he's going to be okay. That's what I heard.
But however, I do think that we need to look into this issue of my myocarditis
more deeply and aneurysms more deeply. Speaker 1: Now understand that neither myocarditis
nor aneurysms are at this time believed to have any connection to what happened to Bronny.
James. But we'll get back to that impact. Speaker 2: And is any of it associated
with COVID or vaccines? I don't know. But Elon Musk got him this arrested
for suggesting that we asked the question. Speaker 1: And indeed, Elon Musk did post to X.
Remember, it's now called X, not Twitter. And Elon Musk didn't tweet. He decided this is all getting
very stupid. Elon Musk saying we cannot ascribe everything to the vaccine. But by the same token,
we cannot ascribe nothing. Myocarditis is a known side effect. The only question is whether it is
rare or common. Now, immediately, Elon Musk was fact checked by his own company, X, where the
additional context was added that myocarditis is higher after COVID than after the COVID vaccine.
But regardless, that wasn't stopping them in any way from speculating about that. That fact check
was eventually removed. Fox News anchor Martha MACCALLUM also gave an opinion on this, saying
it's raising questions about the vaccine out. Speaker 3: Of the ICU. But who needs to
undergo further testing to determine the cause of his cardiac arrest? You know,
I think a lot of people see these situations and it does raise questions about the vaccine because
we saw some of what you talked about happen. Speaker 1: Is what's funny is just because you
say it raises questions about the vaccine doesn't mean it does. Right. I mean, I could also say,
you know, when these things happen, it really raises questions about whether drinking extremely
cold drinks during these practices is related. Does it actually raise questions about that? Just
because I say it does doesn't mean that it does. Speaker 3: Some young individuals after that. Elon
Musk tweeted about it. We can ascribe everything to the vaccine, but by the same token, we cannot
ascribe nothing. My guards is a no and side effect. The only question is whether it's rare,
more common. Is that a fair question to raise and do? Is it true that we see more of this
than we did prior to the vaccine? Doctor? So so what's more common in someone like Bronny, James,
is cardiomyopathy, not myocarditis. But is is it off the table? Absolutely not.
Speaker 1: All right. So Dr. Jeannette Nash, what? Not taking it completely off the table,
but saying what is true, which is we're not actually talking about myocarditis here. Now,
the idea that this was unheard of before the COVID vaccine is actually wrong. Also, remember
that we are not talking about myocarditis. There is a page sudden cardiac death of athletes. This
has been extremely well studied. One of the things we know is that causes were analyzed
in about a quarter of these cases. We're talking about a genetically determined condition called
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. In about one fifth of these situations, you have como show cordis,
which is the heart is normal, but there's a blow to the chest. This is why football
is believed to be overrepresented in these situations. In about 14% of these situations,
you have a coronary artery anomaly or anomaly to. Ending on your pronunciation preference, and it's
its exact mechanism unknown some association with other congenital abnormalities. So there's a list
here of different things and then down at one out of 20 is acute inflammation called myocarditis.
The other important thing to keep in mind, men are about three times more likely to suffer this
sudden cardiac death. Basketball players are believed to be at the highest risk. Basketball
players are only 4% of male athletes, but 20% of the sudden cardiac death. So when you look at the
data, you see much more compelling associations than that with certainly the COVID vaccine,
never mind any vaccine altogether. Just because they say something raises questions doesn't mean
that it actually does. Now, we always want to follow the data, so we would never say it will
never be determined that a vaccine is related to this. What we know now is that these incidents
long predate the vaccines and that we don't actually have any evidence at this time that
the vaccines are related. But I knew last night by this morning the anti-vax people would be linking
the Bronny James incident to the vaccine. There is no such evidence to make that link at this time.