How is Israel, one of the most highly vaxxed countries, faring? Shocking data from largest healthcare organization shows staggering increase in cardiac arrest, and # of people dying post vaccination.

348% increase in Cardiac Arrest rate, 35% increase in Stroke rate. Israel's '21-'22 leap in morbidity has not been addressed or explained.

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The substack authors Israelab and PharmaFiles by Aussie 17 brought this heartbreaking data, obtained by FOIA, to my attention.

Since today was a fast day of repentance and prayer, commemorating a day of great destruction in Israel almost 2,000 years ago, I want to preface with a verse from the readings of the day, which is tragically apropos:

עַל־אֵלֶּה׀ אֲנִי בוֹכִיָּה עֵינִי ׀עֵינִי יֹרְדָה מַּיִם כִּי־רָחַק מִמֶּנִּי מְנַחֵם מֵשִׁיב נַפְשִׁי הָיוּ בָנַי שׁוֹמֵמִים כִּי גָבַר אוֹיֵב

Over these do I weep; my eye continuously runs with water because a comforter to restore my soul is far from me. My children have become forlorn, because the enemy has prevailed. (Lamentations 1:16)

Pharmafiles wrote:

We now have some new diagnosis data from Israel, which was acquired through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request made by attorney Ori Shabi on May 30th, 2023.

Firstly, we can observe that Cardiac Arrest diagnoses nearly doubled from 2020 to 2021 and more than doubled from 2021 to 2022. This is an extremely concerning trend, as it is showing acceleration.

In 2020, there was 1 cardiac arrest per 251,256 population. In 2021, there was 1 cardiac arrest per 130,890 population. In 2022, there was 1 cardiac arrest per 58,275 population.

For clarification, the annual incidence of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Israel varies between 20 and 140 per 100,000 people [SOURCE]. It is important to note that there can be significant discrepancies between population data and health insurance data for several reasons, such as insurance data only including individuals with health insurance coverage. Additionally, variations in definitions (e.g., out-of-hospital cardiac arrests vs. hospital cardiac arrests) can contribute to these discrepancies.

Instead of solely analyzing the numbers, it is more meaningful to examine the trends over time. This approach allows for a better understanding of the patterns and changes in cardiac arrest incidence in Israel.

Let’s look at trends on the number of death. The number of deaths due to cardiac arrest and stroke is also increasing at an accelerated rate between 2020 and 2022. Prior to 2020, the number of deaths in these categories was virtually zero.

Israel is one of the most highly vaccinated countries in the world, with 81.5% of its population having received at least one dose.

However, in 2023, it appears that a majority of the population has become anti-vaxxers. It is unfortunate that despite the decrease in experimental vaccinations by the people, deaths and cases continue to accelerate.

My strongest suspicion at the moment is that the cardiac arrests are caused by subclinical myocarditis due to vaccinations instead of COVID infections.

In a large population-based study conducted last year on Clalit Health Services members in Israel, it was found that there was no increased incidence of either pericarditis or myocarditis in adult patients recovering from COVID-19 infection. [SOURCE]

In another study published in Nature, it was found that there was an increase in emergency cardiovascular events among the under-40 population in Israel during the vaccine rollout and the third wave of COVID-19. [SOURCE]

Delay of Pfizer and Moderna’s Subclinical Myocarditis Study

Unfortunately, for reasons unknown, the FDA has not released the data regarding Pfizer's substudy to assess the incidence of subclinical myocarditis after the third dose, which was scheduled for December 2022.

As of June 2023, Moderna's similar study is also overdue, and we have not received any updates from the FDA. If the data were positive, I believe they would have released it promptly. However, it seems that they may need more time to review and “massage” the data before making an announcement.

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Here is the link to PharmaFiles article:

Shocking data from Israel's largest healthcare organization shows a staggering increase in cardiac arrest diagnoses.

PharmaFiles noted: For further commentary and context on Israel's data, please visit IsraeLab's Substack.

348% increase in Cardiac Arrest rate, 35% increase in Stroke rate, Pop.=4.5 million

Here is part of Israelab’s article:

Hebrew version לקריאה בעברית

Cardiac arrest diagnoses, rate per 1 million. Source: Clalit Health Fund

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Stroke diagnoses, rate per 100k. Source: Clalit Health Fund

Data sources:
1. Number of diagnoses: FOIA response from Clalit, Israel’s largest health fund.
2. No. of clients in the health fund per year: Israel National Insurance(Bituach Leumi).

Clarifications attached to the data (from Clalit health fund, translated):

1. Information involves only Clalit members, in all hospitals.
2. ‘Stroke’ includes both ischemic and hemorrhagic types.
3. There is an under-usage of Cardiac Arrest as a diagnosis during hospitalization and the use of this code is not clear.
4. The data represents the no. of hospitalizations per year, not the no. of patients hospitalized.
5. ‘Vaccinated prior to the event’ i.e. at least one vaccine.

Note that the data is raw. Any attempt to connect the vaccination status to cardiac arrest and stroke or death due to the forementioned causes is not based on this data, and requires full, organized research in accepted methodology which will enable isolation of the vaccination parameter from many other parameters that could influence the presence of ca and stroke or death due to the forementioned causes, including bias due to vaccination of specific populations, existence of comorbidities etc.
Without conducting such full, organized research, no conclusion can be drawn from the attached findings.

Regards,
Noa Danai
Manager, Knowledge & Information Management Division
Clalit Freedom of Information Act Trustee

Background

The original FOIA request (Freedom Of Information Act) sent by attorney Ori Shabi on May 30th, 2023 to Clalit health fund asked the following:

1. How many cardiac arrest cases of all types occurred to the health fund’s clients in each year between 2017-2022, and how many of those had died?

2. How many stroke cases of all types occurred to the health fund’s clients in each year between 2017-2022, and how many of those had died?

3. Additionally, during 2021-2022 how many of those were previously vaccinated against Covid-19 incl. vaccination in process (i.e. received at least one dose).

The response, sent on July 5th, contained the following data:

FOIA raw data

Discussion

In addition to the data presented by the graphs above, the table also includes number of deaths during hospitalization due to cardiac arrest and stroke (see raw data table). In 2017-2019 the average deaths were practically zero for both diagnoses. By 2022 the number of deaths climbed from zero (or close to zero) to 51 (ca), and to 154 (stroke). The British Heart Foundation also reports alarming signals involving heart conditions and stroke.

Possible causes

Prof. Retsef Levi’s article and the list of references at the end provide a good starting point for discussion on possible causes leading to the observed critical rise in cardiac arrest events.

The CDC and FDA had already raised a safety flag regarding a possible link between ischemic stroke and Pfizer’s bivalent Covid-19 vaccine (rollout Sep. 2022) based on the Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD) system, although recommendations to the public have not been changed.

Israelab notes:

Full, in-depth, unbiased research is urgently required to investigate the rise in both diagnoses. Clalit, Israel’s largest health fund, has the data, the expertise and the funding to conduct such research.

The Ministry of Health, the official authority in charge of monitoring vaccine safety in Israel, is not monitoring cardiac arrest cases in real-time and has not received the data for 2021-2022 yet, as of May 22, 2023.

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What is there to say in the wake of such heartbreaking data?

תָּבֹא כָל־רָעָתָם לְפָנֶיךָ וְעוֹלֵל לָמוֹ כַּאֲשֶׁר עוֹלַלְתָּ לִי עַל כָּל־פְּשָׁעָי כִּי־רַבּוֹת אַנְחֹתַי וְלִבִּי דַוָּי

Let all their wickedness come before You, and inflict them as You inflicted me for all my transgressions. For my groans are many, and my heart is sick. (Lamentations 1:22)

מָה־אֲעִידֵךְ מָה אֲדַמֶּה־לָּךְ הַבַּת יְרוּשָׁלִַם מָה אַשְׁוֶה־לָּךְ וַאֲנַחֲמֵךְ בְּתוּלַת בַּת־צִיּוֹן כִּי־גָדוֹל כַּיָּם שִׁבְרֵךְ מִי יִרְפָּא־לָךְ

… O maiden daughter of Zion? — Your ruin is as vast as the sea; who can heal you? (Lamentations 2:13)

For more information, please see my July 3 article: