This is a video that alerts social networks in recent hours. We see a Lyon firefighter very moved, indicating a “Massive increase” multiple strokes at Saint-Joseph Saint-Luc hospital, following the administration of anti-covid vaccines. According to the establishment and Pharmacovigilance data, this increase does not exist. Decryption.
Violent words that sow doubt
The video is less than three minutes long, it has been viewed thousands of times on Twitter. We see a young firefighter announcing that the anti-covid vaccine would cause a series of strokes in the vaccinated. “Here I am at the Saint Joseph-Saint Luc hospital [à Lyon]. I just dropped off a 71 year old woman with suspected stroke [accident vasculaire cérébral]. Finally, it is no longer even a suspicion, it worsened during transport ”, he says.
“This lady has been vaccinated, so it’s me who potentially makes the connection. I asked the nursing staff, the reception nurse […], I said to him: “Look, it’s been a while since I have been doing regular interventions for suspected stroke where people have been vaccinated. So it might sound like a conspiracy to you but is there potentially a link with (vaccination)? “, deplores the firefighter.
She has just answered in the affirmative. She said : “But completely! There are more and more of them, it is in the 15 days which follow the vaccination. We alert everyone but there is nothing back. There is nothing that is done ”, explains the man, before adding that the 71-year-old woman he has just dropped off at the hospital is condemned to die.
The facts are not true
Different media contacted the hospital in question, “No suspected stroke case reported“Relate LCI. They also tried to find out more about the situation of the 71-year-old patient from the Saint Joseph Saint Luc hospital center. The establishment refused to comment on his case, citing respect for medical confidentiality. As part of their surveillance of anti-covid vaccines, ensured since the start of vaccination in France, neither pharmacovigilance centers nor the National Medicines Safety Agency (Ansm) confirm the words of the fire soldier.
According to one Pharmacovigilance survey on the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine (period from March 5 to 11, 2021), the Marseille and Bordeaux centers have identified cases of stroke since the start of the use of the German-American vaccine. But these cases mainly represented people 80 years of age or older “with cardiovascular risk factors and, also, a history of ischemic cardiovascular events (ischemic heart disease, ischemic strokes, transient ischemic attacks) or cardiac arrhythmias in nearly 40% of them “, explain the authors of the report.
Why such talk?
Contacted by the regional newspaper Progress, the SUD union (Sdmis) shows solidarity with the young firefighter. “We have seen the facts. We spoke with our colleague who was overwhelmed by the situation. His video was not intended to be taken up on social networks. It was intended for a group of friends and family. He reacted under the influence of emotion “, explains a union representative.
France Info dig deeper into the young firefighter. It would appear that the 32-year-old has already publicly displayed his opinion and his ” doubts “ on the anti-covid vaccine. In Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise, this firefighter is a municipal councilor and the mayor of this municipality does not seem surprised by his words, knowing his position. “Words are binding only on those who hold them”, explains the mayor of Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise. The firefighter also launched a petition against the health pass, he has already collected 377 signatures.
