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Is Myocarditis a possible side effect of the vaccine?

Curt Bright Author
07/21/2021 Added
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Dr. Heather Eberspacher answers your questions about the COVID-19 vaccines.

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  • [00:00:03.790]Myocarditis is an inflammation of the heart muscle.
  • [00:00:06.380]It can cause chest pain,
  • [00:00:07.500]shortness of breath and palpitations.
  • [00:00:09.930]It occurs in about less than 1% of the general population
  • [00:00:13.160]with any viral infection.
  • [00:00:14.800]With COVID-19 infections, it's actually pretty high
  • [00:00:18.040]at about 30% will develop actual myocarditis.
  • [00:00:21.930]But the vaccination rate of developing myocarditis
  • [00:00:25.870]has been pretty low,
  • [00:00:27.450]closer to the normal population in general,
  • [00:00:30.630]much higher, if you get an actual COVID-19 infection.
  • [00:00:33.740]So bottom line, to reduce your risk of getting myocarditis,
  • [00:00:37.150]get the vaccine.
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