Tuesday 15 November 2022 04:44 AM Norman Swan claims Shane Warne and Kimberley Kitching's deaths were ... trends now
ABC health expert Norman Swan has suggested cricket legend Shane Warne and Senator Kimberley Kitching's deaths were Covid-related.
Warne died aged just 52 of a sudden heart attack on March 4 while on holiday in Thailand a few weeks after a mild case of Covid.
Senator Kitching succumbed to a suspected heart attack six days later, at the same age, and also contracted Covid in the months before her death.
Despite both having other medical risk factors, Swan said it was 'too much of a coincidence' that they 'died not long after a Covid infection'.
Warne (pictured with his children) died aged just 52 of a sudden heart attack on March 4 while on holiday in Thailand a few weeks after a mild case of Covid
The former GP turned pundit was discussing British research linking contracting the virus to a greater risk of heart attacks on ABC News on Tuesday morning.
The study of 48 million unvaccinated patients claimed Covid may have led to 10,500 cases of heart attacks, strokes and other blood clot complications such as deep vein thrombosis.
'My view is that it's too much of a coincidence that Shane Warne and the Labor senator in Victoria died not long after a Covid infection, and people are reporting sudden death after Covid infection. It's not benign,' he said.
Swan summarised the findings of the study, which found the risk of arterial thrombosis was 21 times greater, and 33 times for veinous thrombosis.
'A veinous thrombosis can make you seriously ill or kill you... even six months out after the infection, the risk is between 30 per cent and 50 per cent higher of having a heart attack, stroke or a thrombosis in your legs,' he said.
Swan explained that warnings from state governments in the past week about a growing fourth wave of coronavirus were just about reducing strain on hospitals.
He said politicians weren't worried about long Covid and other complications, but Australians should be.
Labor Senator Kimberley Kitching (pictured) died aged 52 from a heart attack on March 10
ABC health expert Norman Swan suggested both their deaths were Covid-related
Some ABC viewers expressed their support for Swan's Covid warning
