Take a look see at this roundup of headlines starting last summer and picking up pace until they frantically crowd into February, which has the most articles. They’re in date order for you, so you can observe the progression. If this trend continues, soon EVERY article published ANYWHERE will be about this same subject:

— “Why People at Risk of Heart Disease May Want to Avoid Fish Oil,” HealthLine, May 3, 2021.

— “How Environmental Noise Harms the Cardiovascular System,” The Scientist, June 2, 2021.

— “What to know about birth control and blood clots,” Medical News Today, July 16, 2021.

— “Why has heart attack become so prevalent in young people?,” Times of India, September 6, 2021

— “Young adult cannabis consumers nearly twice as likely to suffer from a heart attack, research shows,” CNN, September 8, 2021.

— “Physical activity may increase heart attack risk, study suggests,” The Irish Times, September 20, 2021.

— “Mystery rise in heart attacks from blocked arteries,” Times UK, September 20, 2021

— “This Blood Type Puts You at Risk for Heart Disease,” ETNT Health, October 12, 2021 (note: it’s all types but O)

— “The Little-Known Heart Attack Killing Young Women,” WedMB, October 25, 2021.

— “There May Be a ‘Best Bedtime’ for Your Heart,” WebMD, November 9, 2021.

— “Extreme Heat Events Jeopardize Cardiovascular Health, Experts Warn,” ScienceDaily, November 18, 2021

— “Tis the Season: the ways cold weather can affect your body — from winter vagina to blood clots,” The Sun, November 27, 2021

— “Daily Aspirin Linked to Increased Risk of Heart Failure,” WebMD, November 30, 2021.

— “Wearing This Increases Your Blood Clot Risk, Experts Say: The condition kills someone every five minutes, a recent study reveals,” Best Life, December 4, 2021 (wearing a plaster cast or brace for “several days”)

— “Harsh Winter can Increase Heart-Related Complications: Experts warn in new study,” The Indian Express, December 6, 2021

— “Heart attack: Does skipping breakfast increase your risk?,” Express, December 12, 2021

— “How Worried You Should Be About Having a Heart Attack on Your Peloton,” Men’s Health, December 13, 2021

— “Up to 300,000 people facing heart-related illnesses due to post-pandemic stress disorder, warn physicians,” Evening Standard, December 14, 2021.

— “Science Reveals How Red Meat Harms the Heart,” WebMD, December 29, 2021.

— “Bing Watching TV Linked to Higher Blood Clot Risk,” WebMD, January 21, 2022.

— “Chemical in plastics and personal care products linked to heart disease,” Harvard Health Journal, January 1, 2022.

— “Blood Clots: The Popular Breakfast Food That Could Enhance The Risk Of Blood Clotting,” various, January 22, 2022.

— “Now even sticking to medics’ alcohol guidelines is bad for your health! Risk of heart problems could be increased if you drink less than NHS weekly units, study suggests,” Daily Mail UK, January 28, 2022.

— “Death during sex isn’t just something that happens to middle-aged men, new study finds,” The Conversation, February 1, 2022.

— “Energy bill price rise may cause heart attacks and strokes, says TV GP,” Wales Online, February 3, 2022.

— “Heart Attacks: What Does Age Have to Do With It?,” HealthLine, February 9, 2022.

— “Yes, Even Runners (and Triathletes) Get Heart Disease,” Triathlon Magazine, February 11, 2022

— “From Broken-Heart Syndrome to Cardiovascular Diseases, Your Heart Health Needs Extra Care Post-Covid,” Economic Times, February 9, 2022

— “New Study Reveals Shocking Benefit of ‘Heart Attack’,” REVYUH, February 16, 2022

— “Does an Aspirin a Day Keep Heart Disease Away? It Depends,” Michigan Health, February 16, 2022

— “Doctors Say Broken Heart Syndrome is Real, and it Can Be Deadly,” WHNT, February 16, 2022

— “Lonely older women at greater risk of heart attack, study shows,” London Times, February 17, 2022

Quite a lot huh, now if I was teaching a class, my question to my students would be “can you tell me class everything we’ve just learned from these recent headlines that can cause heart attacks and blood clots?" They would respond oh you mean things like fish oil, exercise, sex, energy bills, skipping breakfast, aspirin, Pelotons, Netflix, loneliness, etc?”

I know all the “tin hat conspiracy theorists” like me are shouting “it’s the media stupid”, they’re just helping to cover up a rash of deaths and adverse events from the you-know-what. It’s not that. It’s the bucket load of SCIENTIFIC STUDIES. The media even with their added spin, is just reporting on the published studies. The fascinating part is that starting last summer sometime, someone or something started spending a TON of money giving a bunch of grants to different scientists to come up with reasons why ordinary everyday items cause heart attacks and blood clots. That’s the real story. Who’s doing it? I’m thinking that if someone started running down all these studies in PubMed and seeing who the common funders were, we could put 2 and 2 together. If any of you reading this, have the time to tackle this investigation, please share with me what you found out, inquiring minds want to know!