Myocarditis and COVID Vaccine: Is There a Connection?

17-year-old Gabe experienced severe chest pain, dizziness, high fever, and vomiting following the second COVID-19 vaccine. Diagnosis: Myocarditis. There is a strong signal between myocarditis and COVID vaccine in teenage boys. | Jennifer Margulis

Gabe, 17, experienced severe chest pain, dizziness, high fever, and vomiting following the second COVID-19 vaccine. Diagnosis: Myocarditis. There’s a strong signal between myocarditis and COVID vaccine in teenage boys. Photo via Circle of Mamas.

Myocarditis and COVID Vaccine: A Risk Benefit Analysis

By Penelope Sullivan
Special to www.JenniferMargulis.net

Last Friday I awoke to see social media posts of seven previously healthy children lying in hospital beds, attached to medical machines. After receiving the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, these children were all diagnosed with inflammation of the heart muscle. This condition is known as myocarditis.^1,2,3

On June 16, 2021, Jacob Klynick, died. Less than three days after taking a Pfizer vaccine. He suffered a cardiac event. Jacob was thirteen.

Another teen, Simone Scott, developed myocarditis. Her condition was so severe she needed a heart transplant.

The operation failed.

Simone also died.

Her heart problems began shortly after she received the Moderna vaccine.^4,5

“I lost my only daughter,” her mother said. “…never thought I’d have to give up my daughter for the greater good of society. I do suspect it was the vaccine. If not directly, it played a role. I never knew that there was a risk for something as serious as this. I would have wanted to.”

{Related article: “How to Avoid Vaccine-Induced Myocarditis“}

Only a week earlier, a local 18-year-old boy experienced a heart attack and a local 20-year-old boy suffered a stroke, also following the COVID-19 vaccine.

I asked myself, “Who will step forward to protect these children? When will we say, enough is enough?”

Teens with myocarditis flood the ICU

As if in answer, four hours later, I received a call from a pediatric nurse who is seeing a record number of teens in her ICU. She wanted to talk to me about her deep concern with the connection between myocarditis and COVID vaccine injections.

Her ICU currently has five in-patient and numerous outpatient teens dealing with myocarditis. I asked if this was normal. She told me this is the first time in her career that she’s seen this many children with myocarditis. These heart issues, she said, have arisen directly following COVID vaccination.

I asked if her hospital shared potential adverse reactions to the COVID-19 mRNA injections with staff members. She said no. The nurses are simply told that vaccines are “safe and effective.” She believes the number of children suffering from myocarditis at her hospital may be much higher. On other floors, nurses are treating teens with milder but similar symptoms. Myocarditis and COVID vaccine is not even on their radar and there could be even more children harmed by the COVID vaccine, but their cases are not being reported.

Nico, age 14. After his second shot, Nico experienced severe chest pain and trouble breathing. Diagnosis: Myocarditis. | Jennifer Margulis

Nico, age 14. After the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine, Nico experienced severe chest pain and trouble breathing. Diagnosis: Myocarditis. Photo via a public Facebook post by Nikki Oz.

Myocarditis and COVID vaccine

After talking with this courageous nurse, I decided to find out more about myocarditis and COVID vaccine injections.

As I scanned the internet, I found dozens of headlines and news reports:

“Study: 7 US Teens Report Heart Inflammation after 2^nd Pfizer Dose”⁶

“Israel Sees Probable Link Between Pfizer Vaccine and Myocarditis Cases”⁷

“18 Children and Young Adults Have Been Hospitalized in the State of Connecticut for Heart Related Issues After Receiving the Covid-19 Vaccine”⁸

”Young people, especially males, are developing myocarditis following mRNA vaccine injections.⁹

Media outlets worldwide, as well as the CDC, report that these are “mild” cases of heart inflammation.

They’ve also reported that children with myocarditis are only spending a few days in the hospital. And that these cases are “exceedingly rare.”

So health authorities continue to assert that the benefit of the injections outweigh the risk.¹⁰

But just how mild are these vaccine-derived injuries? Is the risk of developing myocarditis or other adverse reactions, including death, worth getting a COVID vaccine?

What is the risk-to-benefit analysis?

Kennedy, Age 19 experienced severe chest pain and shortness of breath. Diagnosis: Myocarditis. Doctors have said that Kennedy will be on medication for 3-6 months.

Kennedy, 19, experienced severe chest pain and shortness of breath after the second Pfizer vaccine. Diagnosis: Myocarditis. Doctors have said that Kennedy will be on medication for 3-6 months. Photo via Circle of Mamas.

Myocarditis and COVID vaccine injections

There had been nearly 800 reports of myocarditis and pericarditis reported as an adverse reaction after an mRNA vaccine via VAERS as of June 10, 2021.

At least 90 of these were in the 12-17 group. Some 526 cases were in the 17-44 age group.¹¹

For 12-17 year-olds, these statistics only cover a 3-month span!

Keep in mind that the United States started vaccinating children and teens only in early April 2021.

**Myocarditis: How mild is mild?**

Those who developed post-vaccine myocarditis also often exhibited common COVID-19 and flu-like symptoms.

They suffered from fever, chills, headache, muscle pain, sore throat, cough, diarrhea, poor appetite, abdominal pain, dizziness, as well as moderate to severe chest pain and difficulty breathing.

Usually people were in the hospital for three to four days.

Doctors used fever reducers, pain medication, and steroids to reduce symptoms.¹¹

What are the long lasting implications of heart inflammation in young people?

Myocarditis is not a mild disease.

As various studies on myocarditis indicate, there is a range of severity and subsequent outcomes.^12,13

According to the Mayo Clinic, untreated myocarditis can result in heart failure, heart attack, and stroke.

Reporting adverse reactions

In people between the ages of three and 44, there have been a total of 134,334 injuries attributed to the COVID vaccine alone, including 213 deaths reported as of June 11.¹¹A total of 5,993 deaths temporally following COVID-19 vaccination in all age groups have been reported so far.

(To contrast this with the number of people vaccinated in the United States, view this chart: https://usafacts.org/visualizations/covid-vaccine-tracker-states/.)

VAERS is not perfect. People in poor health and with pre-existing conditions may be more susceptible to vaccine injury. Older adults may also be more vulnerable to vaccine harm. At the same time, vaccination may not be the sole cause of adverse events.

At the same time, since March of 2020, health authorities have asserted that patients with multiple life-threatening health issues who died with COVID died from COVID.

Public health officials exaggerate the number of deaths due to COVID. Similarly, some these deaths reported to VAERS, as some cases of myocarditis, may be unrelated to the vaccine.

On the other hand, a Harvard and HHS, Pilgrim study estimated that VAERS captures only 1% of vaccine adverse reactions.^14,15 Many doctors simply ignore or even deny any correlation between vaccine and poor health outcomes. Others don’t even know this voluntary reporting system exists.

The numbers are likely not 100% accurate. But VAERS captures signals. This lays the groundwork for further investigation. It’s how we discover emerging health patterns after mass vaccination. And right now there’s a very strong signal between myocarditis and COVID vaccine injections.

References

About the author: Penelope Sullivan is a Certified Family and Nutritional Herbalist. She has been in the health field for 27 years, as a practitioner and teacher. A medical freedom advocate, Sullivan is also the Nevada County Ambassador for Children’s Health Defense, California Chapter. In addition, she is the founder of Nevada County for Vaccine Awareness. She’s passionate about encouraging dialogue on the topic of vaccines and informed consent. Her goal is to empower people to take charge of their health.

About Jennifer Margulis, Ph.D.

Jennifer Margulis, Ph.D., is an investigative journalist, book author, and Fulbright awardee. She is the author of Your Baby, Your Way: Taking Charge of Your Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Parenting Decisions for a Happier, Healthier Family, co-author (with Paul Thomas, M.D.) of The Vaccine-Friendly Plan, and The Addiction Spectrum: A Compassionate, Holistic Approach to Recovery. Follow her on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest.

Comments

Bonnie Brennan says

July 15, 2021 at 10:51 am

I love reading Jennifer Margulis! I liked the article explaining about the different demographic regions on COVID-19. I see the article is no longer on your website. Can you send a copy to my email. I would greatly appreciate it!

Tania says

October 1, 2021 at 6:21 am

Wow
I have not taken any vaccine and I’m actually petrified to take one and my son hasn’t had one and I’m petrified for him to take one because of these reactions we are healthy we’ve got healthy immune system’s I am very worried for society I’m very worried for children and thank you for sharing this news

- Penelope says
  
  December 15, 2021 at 1:02 pm
  
  Tania, I hope that articles such as this empower you to realize that it is not out of blind fear that you are choosing to not vaccinate yourself or your child, but rather from a place of knowing that there is something deeply wrong with the mainstream narrative that we are being told. Your feelings are backed up with scientific data as well as real life experience. I just found out last weekend that a young and strong medical doctor in our community experienced a stroke after being vaccinated. As I mentioned in the article, we had an 18 yr old have a heart attack.. a young male in his 20’s have a stroke.. We also had a 17 yr old with blood clots in his lungs and a local cardiologist that was seeing multiple children… Childrens Health Defense stays abreast of all of the latest studies and real life adverse events experienced.. There is also this: https://nomoresilence.world/… To be empowered with helpful information and ways to stay strong you can visit freedomloveproject.com. There are so many holistic things that we can do to stay strong and healthy! Take care!