@blinken, I've wondered why there seems to suddenly be so many diagnosed with PMR. Here is an older discussion https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/studies-on-covid-19-vaccine-causing-pmr/
The confounding factor in the rephrasing would be how much of the increase is because of Covid 19 infections.
You might ask how many were diagnosed with autoimmune disease after receiving the vaccine.
Re-asking the question in any form activates more responses.