A case of fatal multi-organ inflammation following COVID-19 vaccination
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My wife was pregnant when the vaccines came out and we had to make a decision on whether to get her vaccinated, which might provide COVID protection to our newborn, or to avoid the risk of a relatively new vaccine and pregnancy complications. This was further complicated by the fact that initially our doctor advised against talking the vaccine while pregnant, and then suddenly flipped to strongly encouraging us to take it without any new evidence - pressuring us by warning that our child might catch COVID in the hospital at birth. All this complicated still more by the fact that I know the medical establishment in the US repeatedly lied and got major things wrong with respect to COVID.
COVID, and the vaccine, are very difficult decisions for people. I can't imagine the loss for this family or how horrible it would be to try to make the best decision to keep your child safe and wind up with this - against all odds.
I found it interesting that there's such a wide discrepancy between myocarditis numbers in the US versus the Nordic countries. I wonder what phenomenon explains that.
Could you put this in absolute numbers? Which one is greater?
Reports of myocarditis and pericarditis after COVID-19 vaccination have increased since the report by Albert et al. [6]. The frequency of occurrence of myocarditis and pericarditis has been reported in a US military survey including 23 cases of myocarditis/2,800,000 persons with a mean age of 25 years, all males, and no deaths [7]. A total of 40 U.S. hospitals reported 20 cases/2,000,287 with myocarditis and 37 cases/2,000,287 with pericarditis; both groups showed male predilection, mean age of onset of 36 years for myocarditis and 59 years for pericarditis, and no deaths in either group [8]. The Nordic cohort study reported that myocarditis occurred in 1,077/23,122,522 patients and pericarditis in 1,149/23,122,522 patients; both were more common in young men aged 16–24 years and most commonly occurred after the second vaccination [9].
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I'm betting the vaccine triggered the cytokine storm, rather than a virus itself which the most common triggering event. It's such a rare disease that by the time it's diagnosed, it's too late to intervene with steroids and chemo drugs to stop the runaway immune system.
Was banned from subreddit mentioning that getting a vaccine didn't stop me getting COVID-19. And that COVID response varied from person to person. Had vaccinated friends that had it rough and, unvaccinated friends that didn't feel it.
I am not casting you as antivax at all, but your comment is somewhat an example of the former. Nothing in this case relates to Reddit or moderation policies.
While I support vaccines in general, I also see that in this specific case, a highly experimental vaccine with weak effects (doesn't prevent COVID-19 infection) and possible side effects needs to be discussed.
It doesn't take a conspiracy theorist to imagine that pharmaceutical companies would have a vested interest in promoting a vaccine that needs to be constantly updated (I remember talks of dose #3 and #4 and so on).
It still needs investigating, you do no side favors if you just bury the findings and prevent all discussions.
Even if it tells you nothing about vaccine, it might tell you plenty about how immune system works, if just some DNA fragment can kill you.