Myopericarditis rates in young men after Covid-19 vaccine second dose [pdf]

About 7 days after the first mRNA shot, I got really bad chest pain. I went to see my doctor and my EKG was okay. It only got worse from there, and eventually I was sent to the hospital and diagnosed with pericarditis.<p>The pericarditis wasn&#x27;t registered as &quot;caused by the vaccine&quot;, since it took three weeks before I finally got a hospital appointment, and by then it was too late to prove. I&#x27;m 31 years old and relatively fit and I&#x27;ve never had any issues until 7 days after the vaccine. So when this wasn&#x27;t attributed to the vaccine, here in Denmark, what percentage of issues will be attributed to the vaccine in a country with a greater population density, like India?<p>As a consequence of this, I find the &quot;~23 in a million&quot; get heart complications highly questionable.

A good friend of mine told me that he developed shortness of breath and palpitations after his first shot, and had to spend 8 hours in the ER.<p>While I do acknowledge that there is a lot of misinformation on the topic out there, it was really weird to see an actual real person you know suffer from a side effect of a shot. I started to think that things aren&#x27;t as simple as they seem to be advertised...

What I can&#x27;t seem to figure out (and the knee-jerk censorship of any discussion on the topic isn&#x27;t helping...) is whether or not this is unusual, as vaccines go. Although I never thought much about it before, it seems like no vaccine could possibly be 100% safe, so, say the smallpox vaccine must produce occasional side effects. How does this vaccine compare with all the other ones? Smallpox will almost definitely kill you, so a small chance of a side effect is worth it. What is the real cost&#x2F;benefit of getting this particular vaccine?

To add other info on relative outcomes:<p>&gt; During March 2020–January 2021, patients with COVID-19 had nearly 16 times the risk for myocarditis compared with patients who did not have COVID-19, and risk varied by sex and age.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cdc.gov&#x2F;mmwr&#x2F;volumes&#x2F;70&#x2F;wr&#x2F;mm7035e5.htm" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cdc.gov&#x2F;mmwr&#x2F;volumes&#x2F;70&#x2F;wr&#x2F;mm7035e5.htm</a>

What I want to know is... what&#x27;s the rate of myocarditis in vaccinated individuals who get covid compared to the rate of myocarditis in unvaccinated individuals who get covid?<p>It is now obvious that the vaccines do not prevent covid. But do the vaccines reduce the likelihood of myocarditis for when I do catch covid? Or is it the same 150 per 100k that the CDC estimates?

This is a useful resource for reporting side effects.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cdc.gov&#x2F;vaccinesafety&#x2F;ensuringsafety&#x2F;monitoring&#x2F;vaers&#x2F;index.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cdc.gov&#x2F;vaccinesafety&#x2F;ensuringsafety&#x2F;monitoring&#x2F;...</a><p>Note: <i>VAERS accepts reports of adverse events and reactions that occur following vaccination. Healthcare providers, vaccine manufacturers, and the public can submit reports to the system. While very important in monitoring vaccine safety, VAERS reports alone cannot be used to determine if a vaccine caused or contributed to an adverse event or illness. The reports may contain information that is incomplete, inaccurate, coincidental, or unverifiable. In large part, reports to VAERS are voluntary, which means they are subject to biases. This creates specific limitations on how the data can be used scientifically. Data from VAERS reports should always be interpreted with these limitations in mind.</i>

Would be nice to have some reasoning given for why I51.4 should be included. Not a physician, but it appears to indicate a pre-existing cardiac condition, in which case it seems reasonable to exclude those cases on the grounds of not being able to establish that the vaccine was the likely cause.

If a doctor doesn&#x27;t find any immediate causal link between chest pain and vaccination, or if the tests performed in hospital look normal, which is typically troponin, ECG and chest xray, then the patient is often dismissed and told to rest and then subsequently follow up with a cardiologist if the pain doesn&#x27;t improve.<p>The inflammation may not be acute enough for a definitive diagnosis of myocarditis.<p>Go to a cardiologist and have a CT and MRI for a thorough diagnosis.<p>Do not dismiss chest pain

Interesting. However I don&#x27;t like the fact of checking both mrna vaccines. It would be interesting to compare moderna vs pfizer