[Preprint] Post-marketing active surveillance of myocarditis and pericarditis following vaccination with COVID-19 mRNA vaccines in persons aged 12-39 years in Italy.
9 Feb, 2022 | 10:08h | UTCRelated:
Myocarditis after BNT162b2 vaccination in Israeli adolescents.
[Preprint] Risk of myocarditis following sequential COVID-19 vaccinations by age and sex.
Heart-inflammation risk from Pfizer COVID vaccine is very low.
Commentary on Twitter
The incidence of mRNA vaccine myocarditis or pericarditis in Italy in ~3 million vaccinees age 12-39. Excess cases per 100,000; orange is 2nd dose, blue 1st dose. https://t.co/xvdV4qSdHw
Pfizer:~1/100,000 age 12-39, all 2nd dose
Moderna,: >5/100,000, age 12-39, and some 1st dose pic.twitter.com/Y1jfGrU53v— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) February 9, 2022