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Myocarditis
Myocarditis is a condition of inflammation of the heart muscle, and pericarditis is inflammation of the outer lining of the heart. Myopericarditis is where both occur simultaneously. In all three cases, the body’s immune system causes inflammation in response to an infection or some other trigger.
Research Papers
Small Hong Kong Study
'Epidemiology of Acute Myocarditis/Pericarditis in Hong Kong Adolescents Following Comirnaty Vaccination' (Chua, Kwan et al., 2021)1) “Conclusions: There is a significant increase in the risk of acute myocarditis/pericarditis following Comirnaty vaccination among Chinese male adolescents, especially after the second dose.”
Myocarditis Stratified by Age & Sex
Associate Professor Vinay Prasad wrote a Substack piece on December 26, 20212) that revisits the results of a paper that appeared in Nature Medicine called 'Risks of myocarditis, pericarditis, and cardiac arrhythmias associated with COVID-19 vaccination or SARS-CoV-2 infection' by Patone, Mei et al..3) His analysis begins with the finding that the incidence of myocarditis in those under 40 years of age is higher post-vaccination than it is is post-Covid infection. It just gets worse from there.