Getting COVID-19 shots significantly increases the risk of myocarditis, which reduces your heart's ability to pump and can cause rapid or abnormal heart rhythms that can be deadly.
STORY AT-A-GLANCE
- A study estimated the incidence of myocarditis after COVID-19 shots and compared it with expected rates in British Columbia; a significantly increased risk of myocarditis was found following COVID-19 jabs
- While seven myocarditis cases would be expected within seven days, the study found 99 cases among those who’d received the shots
- Within 21 days post-vaccination, 141 cases of myocarditis occurred. The expected rate was 20
- This worked out to a myocarditis rate of 1.37 per 100,000 COVID-19 doses, compared with an expected rate of 0.39 per 100,000 people who did not get the shots
- Rates of myocarditis after COVID-19 shots were highest among males, those aged 18 to 29 years, people who received a Moderna COVID-19 shot and people who received two doses
- The rate of myocarditis among males aged 18 to 29 who received Moderna’s COVID-19 shot was 22.9 per 100,000
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