@vic @koropokkur @spectatorindex @Jonaschuzzlewit the first paper in question, written by mccollough and makis, is not a legitimate paper. Every single one of their papers I've looked into has been not just flawed, but utter bs

Also: it's in an open access predatory journal which isn't a good start.

but in this case we don't need to dig too far into how mccollough & makis got wrong, because even if there is a causal relationship (ie even if there is some level of causality going on there) whatever it is it's orders of magnitude less than covid itself. Per infection.

* Núria Mercadé-Besora1,2,3, Xintong Li1, Raivo Kolde4, Nhung TH Trinh5, Maria T Sanchez-Santos1, Wai Yi Man1, Elena Roel3, Carlen Reyes3, http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0388-3403Antonella Delmestri1, Hedvig M E Nordeng Cardiac risk factors and prevention The role of COVID-19 vaccines in preventing post-COVID-19 thromboembolic and cardiovascular complications 6,7, http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4036-3856Anneli Uusküla8, http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8274-0357Talita Duarte-Salles3,9, Clara Prats2, http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3950-6346Daniel Prieto-Alhambra1,9, http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0000-0110Annika M Jödicke1, Martí Català1