Sudden Adult Death Syndrome (SADS)


Sudden adult death syndrome, also called sudden arrhythmic death syndrome (SADS) refers to sudden death following a cardiac arrest of unknown etiology in adolescents or adults. With SADS, seemingly healthy young individuals are dying without showing any indications of illness. After going to bed, they simply do not wake up or collapse during the day, sometime during routine things like swimming or while running. SADS, is not a new phenomenon but what is new is the remarkable increase in sudden cardiac death as seen, for example, among some young athletes, especially with EU FIFA (football/soccer ball) soccer players. The Dutch have also reported a remarkable 4-sigma increase in all cause mortality in their communities, mostly after the covid vaccine rollout.

Historically, SADS is typically attributed to an abnormal heart rhythm caused by abnormal electrical impulses which usually control the beating of the heart. Thus, more correctly, SADS can be referred to as sudden arrhythmic death syndrome. Formerly, it typically occurred in relation to undiagnosed inherited cardiac conditions. That being said, there are other plausible biological mechanism for cardiac injury conditions that cause irregularities in the electrical system of the heart, thereby triggering cardiac arrest, to include heart inflammation/myocarditis.

Some underlying factors for SADS include undiagnosed myocarditis, or other inflammatory heart condition conditions such as pericarditis. Remember however that the spike protein is known to be the pathogenic component of the COVID-19 virus and has been implicated in heart inflammation especially among the young.

On the surface, one could conclude that this increase is at least in part, due to a recent history of infection and/or induced inflammatory or immune impairment that injured the heart. So until proven otherwise, and given the noticeable increase is sudden death, this entity should be properly investigated by the government but this inquiry has been slow at best.

Again, some of the most healthy people on the planet are professional soccer players. According to Wikipedia, under “List of association footballers who died while playing”, in 2001-2020 there was an average of 4.2 deaths per year; the vast majority being sudden cardiac death (SCD). But in 2021, according to Real-Time News‘ list, there were 21 cases of SCD among FIFA players. In other words, instead of 4 SCD deaths per year there was a 5 fold increase in SCD. Something is drastically wrong.


References:

British Heart Foundation. (2021, September). Sudden arrhythmic death syndrome
Cleveland Clinic. (2022, June 6). Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome (SADS): Causes and Symptoms
Koplan, B. A., & Stevenson, W. G. (2007). Sudden arrhythmic death syndrome. Heart (British Cardiac Society), 93(5), 547–548




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