Haven't heard anything back from our statistics experts, so I'll just repeat a few things. The major take-away is that getting covid is way riskier than getting vaccinated, so don't run around with your hair on fire over myocarditis/pericarditis.
Almost 60 million shots, followed by almost 1,400 heart events (0.002%), some of which would have occurred anyway since there are a lot of old people involved in that 60 million, and there is as yet no direct connection has yet been established to the vaccines, just a mild statistical bump. Furthermore very few of these events are fatal or cause lasting damage - keep that in mind and remember that roughly one in 50 people who test positive for the virus dies.
Haven't heard anything back from our statistics experts, so I'll just repeat a few things. The major take-away is that getting covid is way riskier than getting vaccinated, so don't run around with your hair on fire over myocarditis/pericarditis.
"...the available data indicate that the majority of affected individuals, even if hospitalized, experience relatively mild illness, respond well to conservative treatment, and recover quickly. It is also important to consider that the risk of cardiac complications, including myocarditis, has been shown to be substantially increased following SARS-CoV-2 infection, and that it is higher following infection than after vaccination." https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/news/2021/10/statement-from-the-council-of-chief-medical-officers-of-health-ccmoh-update-on-covid-19-vaccines-and-the-risk-of-myocarditis-and-pericarditis.html
"The known risks of COVID-19 illness (including complications like myocarditis/pericarditis) outweigh the potential harms of having an adverse reaction following mRNA vaccination, including the rare risk of myocarditis or pericarditis which despite hospitalization, is relatively mild and resolves quickly in most individuals." https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/immunization/national-advisory-committee-on-immunization-naci/rapid-response-recommendation-use-covid-19-vaccines-individuals-aged-12-years-older-myocarditis-pericarditis-reported-following-mrna-vaccines.html
As of Nov 24 2021 there have been 59,170,170 vaccinations (https://health-infobase.canada.ca/covid-19/vaccine-safety/#seriousNonSerious). As of Nov 12 2021 there had been 1,393 reports of cardiovascular events of any type, including myocarditis/pericarditis (https://health-infobase.canada.ca/covid-19/vaccine-safety/#a6)
Almost 60 million shots, followed by almost 1,400 heart events (0.002%), some of which would have occurred anyway since there are a lot of old people involved in that 60 million, and there is as yet no direct connection has yet been established to the vaccines, just a mild statistical bump. Furthermore very few of these events are fatal or cause lasting damage - keep that in mind and remember that roughly one in 50 people who test positive for the virus dies.