On June 2, 2021, the Israeli Ministry of Health announced that it believes there is a “probable link” between Pfizer/BioNTech’s experimental messenger RNA (mRNA) BNT162b2 biologic for COVID-19 and dozens of cases of myocarditis (inflammation of the heart) in Israel—mostly in males between 16-30 years of age. According to an epidemiological study undertaken by a team of researchers lead by Dror Mevorach, MD of Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem, one out of 5,000 young men who receive the shot may experience this heart condition after getting the shot.1 2 3 4 5 6
The study determined that 148 cases of myocarditis occurred within days after administration of the second does of the Pfizer/BioNTech shot. It also noted that data from the Hadassah Medical Center found that the rate of myocarditis cases treated at the hospital during the last few months has been five to 25 times the rate in recent years. “This is not proof [BNT162b2] is causing the myocarditis cases], it is just a signal that the phenomenon has to be investigated,” said Eyal Leshem, MD of Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Israel.2 3 4 5 6
The study, conducted by public health experts from Israel’s Department of Epidemiology and National Center for Disease Control and representatives from Tel Aviv University, Haifa University and the Technion institute, observed that most of the cases of myocarditis occurred within one to five days after getting the second dose, suggesting that the timing of the symptoms experienced by patients does not appear to be random.3 4 The study pointed out…
These findings raise the likelihood of a causal link between the vaccine and myocarditis.4
Myocarditis Linked to Other Vaccines
As reported in an article in The Vaccine Reaction, cases of myocarditis have been linked to the influenza and tetanus vaccines. Myocarditis also has been found to be causally related to live virus smallpox vaccine and sometimes associated with sudden cardiac death following smallpox vaccinations. Myocarditis and sudden cardiac death have also been reported following receipt of the genetically engineered human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine.5
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) last month began its own investigation into the possible link between the COVID-19 Pfizer/BioNTech and the COVID-19 Moderna/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) biologics and myocarditis. There have been at least 125 case reports of myocarditis following vaccination with BNT162b2 and Moderna/NIAID’s mRNA-1273 that have been filed with the CDC’s Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) since January 2021. These cases involved people between 16 and 45 years of age and typically occurred within four days of receiving the second dose of the shot.5
Seven Teens in U.S. Develop Myocarditis After COVID-19 Vaccination
More recently, a research article published in the journal Pediatrics on June 5, 2021, documented seven cases of myocarditis that occurred in seven teenage boys 14-19 years of age within two to four days after being injected a second dose of BNT162b2.7 8 9 10 The article reported:
They experienced symptoms of myocarditis or myopericarditis two to four days after their second dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. All of them had chest pain, and five had a fever. Other symptoms seen in one or more patients included shortness of breath, fatigue, pain in both arms, nausea, vomiting, headache, anorexia and weakness. All of the teens had elevated troponin levels and abnormal electrocardiogram and cardiac MRI results.8
All of the boys were healthy prior to getting the BNT162b2 shot.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted emergency use authorization (EUA) for BNT162b2 for children 12 through 15 years of age in the United States on May 10, 2021. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) followed on May 28 granting an “extension of indication” for BNT162b2 (under its brand name “Comirnaty”) for use of the product in children of the same age range in Europe.11 12
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Click here to view References:1 Heller J. Israel sees probable link between Pfizer vaccine and myocarditis cases. Reuters June 2, 2021.
2 Morrison C. Israel finds possible link between Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine and cases of heart inflammation. Washington Examiner June 2, 2021.
3 Press release. Surveillance of Myocarditis (Inflammation of the Heart Muscle) Cases Between December 2020 and May 2021 (Including). Israel Ministry of Health June 2, 2021.
4 Rettner R. Is the COVID-19 vaccine causing rare myocarditis cases? Live Science June 5, 2021.
5 TVR Staff. Israel Studying Possible Link Between Heart Inflammation and Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 Shot. The Vaccine Reaction May 17, 2021.
6 Zweig D. Is the Second Shot Giving Young Men a Dangerous Heart Condition? New York June 2, 2021.
7 Coleman J. Study: 7 US teens report heart inflammation after second Pfizer dose. The Hill June 4, 2021.
8 Jenco M. Report details 7 cases of myocarditis after COVID-19 vaccination. AAP News June 4, 2021.
9 Lapid N. More unvaccinated U.S. adolescents hospitalized; myocarditis may be rare vaccine side effect in teens. Reuters June 4, 2021.
10 Marshall M, et al. Symptomatic Acute Myocarditis in Seven Adolescents Following Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccination. Pediatrics June 2021.
11 Press release. Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Authorizes Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for Emergency Use in Adolescents in Another Important Action in Fight Against Pandemic. U.S. Food and Drug Administration May 10, 2021.
12 Press release. First COVID-19 vaccine approved for children aged 12 to 15 in EU. European Medicines Agency May 28, 2021.
6 Responses
Why are these vaccinations continuing with all the deaths and sides effects?
Throw in the fact that the vaccine, which isn’t really not a vaccine doesn’t prevent you from getting COVID along with the fact that should you contract COVID you have a 99.9% chance of recovering
Again, why are they continuing to vaccinate anyone?
Apart from killing a fair amount of people there must be something in these shots they desperately want to have in our bodies…
Impossible. We have been told by all top medical authorities, experts and know-it-alls that the injections have been thoroughly tested, are 100% safe and effective. Who are we lowly peons to doubt the medical mafia and big pharma?
We’ve been dealing with revolving doors between all of our governmental health agencies to such a shameless degree, that it isn’t even perceived as a problem. Total laxity in campaign finance reform. Excessive lobbyist legislation. Whistle blower suppression. Massive political polarization (a la Trump). Now, the medical/pharma establishment and all their friends in the government and the media have never been more wrong and strong. We could be in for a serious epidemic of ADE among many of the vaccinated which will likely be styled a resurgence from a variant I fear (as indeed other parts of the world seem to be experiencing). Hmmm, cause for concern.
The real drama will take place once the jabbed ones will be challenged with a banal virus.
Immunoreactivity will kill them ALL.
Remember the ferrets and cats.
That’s why there’s no vaccine approved yet, because they’ve been all a disaster in the last animal trials.
Now they push a deadly jab on people, while there’s not even isolation of SARS COV-2, without sample adulteration.
Oh, I’m sure it’s not the shot. After all we can totally trust the government, they never ever lie or cover up anything! They’re just complete angels. And, even when they lie, they just do it by accident! They didn’t know they were lying!
If everyone just rolled over and took the shot, why, people would be just so healthy! That’s why so many that just put their trust in all those lovely sweet ol’ government agencies like the CDC, FDA, AMA, USDA, ADA and all those other guardians of the public health are brilliantly robust, slim and trim! They live to be 100 years old and never get sick!
Well, according to CNN, the government controlled media mouthpiece, anyway.