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Professor Skerritt asked when the TGA first became aware that two Australian children, aged seven and nine, died of cardiac arrests directly after receiving a COVID vaccination. Senator responded that there are a number of reports of deaths of people of all ages temporally related to vaccination or not related to vaccination, and that the two specific reports were received in the adverse event notification database. They were unable to obtain sufficient information to assess these particular cases in detail, but the information available indicated they were associated with a heart attack, which is not a known adverse event of any of the COVID vaccines.
Professor Skerritt pressed, asking if cardiac arrest is not an associated adverse event of vaccination. Senator clarified the point, and Professor Skerritt noted that there are two notes for file relating to both incidents obtained via freedom of information, which appear to draw a conclusion that they were a result of the COVID vaccination. Senator replied that this was incorrect, stating that if they were a result of vaccination, an announcement would have been made, and they were not concluded to be associated.
Professor Skerritt then asked, in effect, how often seven- and nine-year-olds die of cardiac arrest. Senator answered that, unfortunately, it is not as uncommon as people might think.
In summary, the discussion centers on whether two pediatric deaths occurring shortly after COVID vaccination were causally linked according to the TGA, the availability and interpretation of data from adverse event reports and FOI notes, and the assertion that a death attributed to vaccination would have prompted an official announcement. The conversation also highlights the point that cardiac arrest in young children, while not common, is not as rare as some might assume.