Covid vaccines cannot be ruled out as cause of cardiac deaths in young and middle-aged, MP says

During a debate in the House of Commons on premature deaths due to heart and circulatory diseases, Philip Davies, Member of Parliament for Shipley, raised the “clear trend” of cardiac deaths in young and middle-aged adults in the UK.

One theory, he said, is that these deaths are a result of the population-wide use of covid vaccines.  But “we do not know if that is the cause or not, because the data is not being released.”

Last month, on 22 February, the House of Commons debated premature deaths due to heart and circulatory diseases at the request of Dean Russell, Member of Parliament (“MP”) for Watford.  In August 2023, Mr. Russell had a heart attack at the age of 47.  After he opened the debate, Andrew Bridgen, MP for  North West Leicestershire, gave a speech. 

Mr. Bridgen raised that cardiovascular deaths per 100,000 population have risen by 10% since 2019, after falling steadily for decades. What novel intervention in public health has occurred since 2019?

“We are witnesses to the greatest medical scandal in decades – perhaps in living memory, and possibly ever,” he said. “The evidence is mounting up so rapidly, and the only people who cannot appreciate what is going on in this country are those who really do not want to see. The public will be extremely harsh on this Parliament and our response to the covid-19 pandemic, including the roll-out of the vaccines.”

Following on from Mr. Bridgen was Mr. Davies.

“Office for National Statistics data showed some clear trends – in particular, the ‘largest relative excess deaths’ since the pandemic occurred in young and middle-aged adults, with the number of cardiac deaths happening outside hospitals being the most elevated. In other words, young and previously healthy people are dying at home from cardiac-related events, and we do not know why,” Mr. Davies said.

“There are many theories circulating about the causes of these excess deaths. One is the possibility of a causal link between the population-wide use of covid-19 vaccines and the marked increase in cardiovascular-related critical events, including heart attacks and strokes, among otherwise apparently healthy people. We do not know if that is the cause or not, because the data is not being released. Until certain data sets are released, it is impossible to rule that theory in or out.

“We have asked that anonymised record-level official mortality data be released, alongside vaccination dates, doses and co-morbidities, without delay. We understand that the MHRA has collected and already shared this data with pharmaceutical companies to enable those companies to produce post-authorisation safety studies for their products, so I see no reason why it cannot also be shared with parliamentarians and the public right away. Will the Minister say whether that data has been shared with pharmaceutical companies? If so, why is not being shared with the rest of us?

“I hope that the Minister will provide some reassurance that the data will be forthcoming as soon as possible and that the Government do not give the impression that there is something to hide.”

Below is a clip of his 6-minute speech which has been edited down to 3 minutes to show the highlights. You can watch the two-hour debate on Parliament TV HERE.  Mr. Davies’ contribution begins at time 16:23:27.  You read the full debate in Hansard HERE and read Mr. Davies’ speech HERE.