Myocarditis
We found 397 people who were admitted to hospital or died of myocarditis in the 28 days after either the first or second dose of a vaccine. Out of these, 359 people had also had COVID-19, either before or after vaccination.
In our analysis, there was a significantly increased risk of myocarditis for people in 1-28 days after a first and second dose of the Moderna vaccine.
We calculated the number of extra cases of myocarditis per 1 million people following a vaccine:
- 0-3 cases after first dose of Oxford-AstraZeneca
- 0-2 cases after first dose of Pfizer-BioNTech
- 2-8 cases after first dose of Moderna
- 7-11 cases after second dose of Moderna.
This is compared to 38-41 extra cases of myocarditis in 1-28 days after a positive test.
Research published in Nature Medicine looks at the possible link between different heart conditions and COVID-19 infection or vaccination.
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Percentage of those succumbing to myocarditis in the UK after the second dose of the Moderna Vaccine = 0.0011%
Deaths from Covid-19 in the UK = 2257 per million
Percentage of deaths from the Covid-19 in the UK = 0.2257%
So which is riskier:
No vaccine and around 205 times more likely to die from Myocarditis as compared to the Moderna vaccine?
or
Taking the Moderna vaccine and being in the 99.9989% category of those who are unlikely to pass away from Myocarditis?