Morning Wire - Young Adult Heart Attacks Rise & Ohio Train Frustration | 2.17.23

Episode Date: February 17, 2023

A new study shows heart attacks among young adults have risen significantly, frustration grows among residents in the Ohio town of East Palestine where a train carrying toxic chemicals was derailed, and Americans trust the media has reached a new low. Get the facts first with Morning Wire. Balance of Nature: Get 35% off your first order as a preferred customer. Use promo code WIRE at checkout: https://www.balanceofnature.com/ Epic Will:Use Promo Code 'WIRE' for 10% off your Will: https://www.epicwill.com/  Black Rifle Coffee: Get 10% off your first order or Coffee Club subscription with code WIRE: https://www.blackriflecoffee.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This episode is brought to you by Black Rifle Coffee. Start your morning with America's Coffee from black rifle coffee.com. A new alarming study shows heart attacks among young adults have risen significantly since COVID-19 came onto the scene. That's not an age group in which you normally see heart attacks, much less dying from a heart attack. We talk with an expert about the study's finding and the debate over what's really driving the surge in cases. I'm Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley with Georgia Howl. It's Friday, February 17th, and this is Morning Wire.

Frustrated residents affected by the Ohio train derailment are demanding answers and wondering why Norfolk, Southern, and the federal government aren't providing information. We pass all of the creeks, and there's crew after crew with white hoses and black hoses all through the creeks. They're not telling us why, and this is daily. And a new study found that more Americans distrust the media than ever and now believe news outlets are deliberately misleading the public. We break down the latest data.

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Joining us to discuss is Johns Hopkins, Dr. Marty McCarrie. Dr. McCarrie, thanks for coming on. Great to be with you. So tell us about this new study from Cedar Sinai. So it did find that in people aged 25 to 44, there was an increase of 30% of the number of expected deaths that you would see in that age population from. heart attacks. Now, one theory is that it could be heart attacks from COVID, another is that heart attacks could be an effect of the COVID vaccine. Now, is there any way to determine which of the two it is? I mean, did we see this uptick before the vaccine was rolled out? So we did not see the

uptick before the vaccine was rolled out, but young people were primarily affected around that same time as well. The state of Florida did their own study looking at heart attacks after the in particular and found that there was an 81% increase in sudden death from heart attacks in the months following the vaccine compared to baseline rates. So many people do believe that the vaccine is one of the causes of heart problems in young people. Now, does the risk of heart attack or heart inflammation increase with each subsequent COVID infection and or exposure to the booster and is one worse than the other? Well, new research is showing that the risk of myocarditis with the booster is about the same

as the risk of myocarditis from previous doses. Specifically, the second dose in the two-dose vaccine series is the one where myocarditis has been most notably observed, so much so that Moderna has basically been restricted in giving that second dose to young people in parts of Europe. In the United States, we sort of have an open universal, all-or-nothing vaccination and discriminant policy. But in many parts of the world, they caution against young, healthy people getting the vaccine for that very reason. Now, one myth that's been propagated by the medical establishment has been that myocarditis is more common after COVID than it is after the vaccine for COVID. We now know that the data does not support that.

Now we know that it's far more common, up to 28 times more common in a young male to get myocarditis after the vaccine than after COVID itself. And when somebody is young and healthy, they have the lowest benefit from a vaccine because they are the lowest risk of any COVID complications. We still don't know if any young healthy person has ever died of COVID in the United States. The CDC won't tell us. and they've never broken the data down by young people who are healthy versus had a comorbidity like leukemia or an immunosuppression condition. So if you were exposed to COVID like most people were and or the vaccine and you ended up with heart inflammation, does that resolve on its own or is that going to be a long-term issue?

That's been the subject of a lot of controversy because we don't have long-term studies. And many people believe that the type of myocarditis or heart-influor, inflammation after the vaccine is different from the type of myocarditis that we've seen for decades in young people. That is, it can occur spontaneously with no real good trigger. It's been known to be more common among young athletes, for example. But this myocarditis after the vaccine appears to be a little different. One study looked at MRIs of people's heart three months after myocarditis from the vaccine and found there were still abnormalities on those MRIs, which make people worry in the medical field that the inflammation may result in some kind of scarring. And the concern is that could affect

the conduction of the heart, that is, the electrical rhythm and beat of the heart. The one thing that we do know is that for some reason, young males, specifically in that age group of 16 years of age, up to about 30 years of age, tend to be the highest risk, about 9 to 1 more than females in general. All right. Well, Dr. McCarrie, thanks so much for coming on. Thanks so much, Georgia. That was John Hopkins, Dr. Marty McCary. Coming up, frustration grows in East Palestine.

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Go to epicwill.com and use promo code wire to save 10% off your complete will package. That's epicwill.com promo code wire. Frustration continues to grow among the residents in Ohio and Pennsylvania affected by the toxic train derailment. On Thursday, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced that East Palestine is not eligible for FEMA funds, nearly two weeks after a historic chemical spill led to evacuations of the area. Daily Wire reporter Reagan Rohrabak has been on the ground in East Palestine, Ohio, since Wednesday. Reagan, thanks for joining us. What's it been like on the ground in East Palestine?

Honestly, the best way I can describe it is unsettling. My producer and I are feeling the effects of the chemical in the air. And just as many locals warned, we've also experienced headaches, nausea, and sore throats. So have you seen any of the cleanup? Yeah, we actually saw crews working in a creek not far from the crash site. We asked them several questions and they all told us they couldn't comment. When we called the Norfolk Southern hotline, I got a recording. All agents are currently assisting other callers. Please try again later. As a reminder, this disaster happened on February 3rd nearly two weeks ago. So far, we've spoken to

dozens of people who live in the area and they say they're very concerned about their health, even though safety officials continue to say that it's completely safe to return home. Not that I'm like trying to fearmonger or even like create a fear, but people are getting sick. DJ Yokely, a resident of East Palestine, said he was out of town when the crash happened, nearly a half a mile away from where he and his family live. When he arrived back to his business after the evacuation was lifted, he was overwhelmed by a strong chemical odor inside. Officials have claimed that the space is safe, but many think otherwise.

As you've been standing here with me, it kind of goes away. Like you kind of go accustomed to it. Yeah. But you'll get a headache. When I left here on Sunday, I started to get almost a tightness in my chest, like shortness of breath. Now, we've heard quite a bit about Wednesday night's town hall meeting. What can you tell us about that? Yeah, many residents were really disappointed that Norfolk Southern skipped the meeting,

claiming they didn't feel safe. They also asked where a transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg was. Here's a little sound from that. Then on Thursday, the Norfolk Southern CEO issued a statement saying, we are here and will stay here for as long as it takes to ensure your safety and to help East Palestine recover and thrive. But Yolkley remains skeptical of the company and local officials. If they're just going to brush this under the rug, what does that say about the rest of America?

The leaders that are depending on your vote, if they're just going to let this go, what are we voting for? Why are we electing these people who are just saying, you know, We're sorry about what happened to his Palestine, but life goes on. We understand it. Not everybody's going to care, but would you care if it was your town? Would you care if it was your kids? We actually had to cut this interview short because the chemical smell in the air was making my producer sick.

You might as we continue this interview outside of them? Yep, absolutely. Just a side note, more than 3,000 fish have died from the chemical burn, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. And locals have reported their chickens dropping dead as well. As soon as they started the burn, my chickens slowed down and they died. They may be just chickens, but they're family. Now, what's the latest from elected officials?

Well, Governor Mike DeWine has vowed to make the train company Norfolk Southern pay for its mistake, as has EPA chief Michael Reagan who visited the area Thursday. Ohio's new senator, J.D. Vance, did hold a press conference, which I attended on Thursday. So we still have toxic chemicals seeping into the groundwater, seeping into the water supply. That's a real problem. and I think, frankly, Norfolk Southern should be doing a lot more to clean up the contaminated soil. We have not yet gotten a good answer, and it's something we're to keep hammering on in Washington and outside of Washington for the next couple of weeks if we have to. But hopefully, we get an answer well before then.

All right. Well, Reagan, thanks so much for reporting and thanks for making that trip. Thanks so much for having me. That was Daily Wire reporter Reagan Roerbach. Americans' trust in the news media is continuing a steady decline, while belief that the media is being deliberately misleading is on the the rise. That's according to a new survey from Gallup, which has been collecting such data for several years. The poll found that only 26% of Americans hold a favorable view of news media compared to 53% whose opinion of it is unfavorable. Here to break down these numbers as columnist David Marcus. Hi, Dave. Aside from that stunningly low favorability, what else jumped out to you in this poll?

Good morning. I think the 26% number is not a huge surprise. What's new here and maybe even more troubling is that a full 50% of respondents believe that the news media is intentionally misleading their audiences compared to only 25% who disagree. That's very telling because there is a huge difference between thinking that news outlets get things wrong and the idea that they are lying to the American people on purpose. It's an attitude that will make it even more difficult for the industry to rebuild trust. Now, local media actually fared a bit better in this survey. For example, respondents were asked whether they have emotional trust in the national media and the local news. What does Gallup mean by emotional trust and what did they find?

Gallup says emotional trust is, quote, driven by the belief that news organizations care, report with honest intentions, and are reliable, end quote. So 44% say they have emotional trust in local news compared to only 21% for national news. Again, this isn't hugely surprising for a few reasons. Local outlets are more driven by straight news than commentary and opinion, not that there's anything wrong with commentary and opinion, but it create at least the appearance of objectivity. Also, national news stories have a strong tendency to be about controversial or hot button issues. That's what makes it national news. Literally every morning, you have editors on national news desks scanning local news for a story that might pop, and those stories will more often than not be on divisive

issues where the audience is more likely to sense bias. Yeah. This trend has been going on for many years now, and it doesn't seem to be abating. What do people inside the news media, including media critics, think the industry can do to win back some of these disaffected readers and viewers? Yeah, there's some difference of opinion. Democrats and those on the left put a lot of stock in fact checkers or misinformation boards that can grade outlets as a tool for the audience and advertisers. But a lot of conservatives bristle at this out of fear that the fact checkers themselves will be biased against them. For example, as you've reported here, a State Department funded British index of outlets named the 10 what they call riskiest sites, and all were conservative

leaning, including Daily Wire, but also the New York Post, which is a bit ironic given the Hunter Biden laptop fiasco. So on some level, this approach is a bit circular when you wind up asking who's checking the fact checkers? Well, we started this podcast to bring more balance to news coverage, as we say. So these trends are obviously ones we're following closely.

Dave, thanks for joining us. Thanks for having me. That was Daily Wire contributor, David Marcus. Thanks for listening to Morning Wire. We created this show to bring more balance to the national conversation. If you love our show and you stand with our mission,

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