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A 13-year-old boy allegedly died from heart problems after getting his second dose of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine, according to a viral Twitter post, as health officials begin to link cases of heart inflammation in kids to the jabs. A Twitter thread went viral on Sunday after a woman claimed that...
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Rate of myocarditis slightly higher in young people after COVID vaccine, CDC finds, but the disease itself is more dangerous
Elizabeth Weise
USA TODAY
June 23, 2021
Federal officials have confirmed 323 cases of
heart inflammation in people ages 12 through 29 who’ve gotten either the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, at rates slightly higher than in those who did not receive vaccine.
There were no deaths among the 323, and having COVID-19 remains much more dangerous than the rare side effect, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention presented Wednesday to its Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.
“The facts are clear: this is an extremely rare side effect, and only an exceedingly small number of people will experience it after vaccination," said a statement co-signed by the Department of Heath and Human Services, the CDC and 15 medical, public health and provider organizations.
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The discovery of the slight increase in cases of myocarditis among young people is an indication of how well the vaccine surveillance system works, said Dr. Grace Lee, a member of the ACIP committee and a professor of pediatrics at Stanford University Medical School.
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The Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines are both two-dose mRNA vaccines. Higher rates of myocarditis have not been reported among those receiving the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine, which is made using a different platform.
The very rare side effect resolved on its own, and patients generally recovered from the symptoms and did well, Dr. Tom Shimabukuro, a member of the CDC's COVID-19 vaccine safety team,told the panel.
It was more likely to occur in males and was more common after the second dose of vaccine. The majority of cases occurred within a week of vaccination, he said.
Of the 323 confirmed cases of myocarditis as of June 11, 309 were hospitalized and 295 were discharged. The median time for hospitalization was one day, Shimabukuro said.
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The risk versus reward calculation is obvious, said Dr. Paul Offit, director of the Vaccine Education Center and a professor of pediatrics at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, during a post-meeting discussion among vaccine experts.
“This common misconception is that children don’t really suffer from COVID-19 and that you’re taking greater risk from getting vaccinated, he said. "But adults and young adults are commonly being sickened and hospitalized from COVID-19."
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Rate of myocarditis slightly higher in young people after COVID vaccine, CDC finds, but the disease itself is more dangerous