Myocarditis describes inflammation of the heart muscle, while pericarditis refers to inflammation of the sac surrounding the muscle. It is appearing in some people, usually within 7 days of getting the mRNA vaccine and mostly in boys and young men.
The FDA has approved the mRNA COVID vaccines for children 5-11 and believes the benefits outweigh the risks, even in Moderna, one they didn’t approve.
That is despite the fact that healthy children are not at great risk from COVID and are not great spreaders of the virus.
According to the Wall Street Journal, researchers are refocusing on the spike proteins as the culprits in the heart-related risks linked to the shots.
Researchers aren’t certain why the messenger RNA vaccines, one from Pfizer Inc. and partner BioNTech SE and the other from Moderna Inc., are likely causing the inflammatory heart conditions myocarditis and pericarditis in a small number of cases.
They Don’t Know:
Some theories center on the type of spike protein that a person makes in response to the mRNA vaccines. The mRNA itself or other components of the vaccines, researchers say, could also be setting off certain inflammatory responses in some people.
One new theory under examination: improper injections of the vaccine directly into a vein, which sends the vaccine to the heart muscle.
Covid-19 itself can cause both conditions. They have also been reported in a smaller number of people who got an mRNA vaccine, most commonly in men under 30 years and adolescent males.
About 877 confirmed cases of myocarditis in vaccinated people under 30 years have been reported in the U.S., out of 86 million mRNA vaccine doses administered, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
…Researchers have been trying to understand the link between the cases and vaccination, as health authorities expand the vaccination campaign by recommending boosters and broadening use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to younger children.
The FDA has, however, held up authorizing use of the Moderna vaccine in adolescents while it investigates the risk.
It might be the spike proteins
The antibodies against the spike protein may have the unintended effect of acting against heart proteins, said Dr. Bozkurt, who co-wrote a review of vaccine-associated myocarditis in the journal Circulation in July, according to the WSJ report.
This “molecular mimicry” theory hasn’t been fully tested in vaccinated people and doesn’t explain why myocarditis only occurs in certain people, she said.
Some of the mRNA in the vaccines may also be taken up by heart cells known as cardiomyocytes, said Jay Schneider, a consultant in cardiovascular medicine at the Mayo Clinic’s Jacksonville, Fla., campus, The WSJ reports.
The WSJ continues: These cells may then produce the spike protein of the coronavirus, which could draw an antibody response against them, Dr. Schneider said. He said he has conducted lab tests and found that heart cells have taken up the Moderna vaccine and then expressed the spike protein.
Basically, there is a lot they still don’t know about this vaccine.
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Experimental, hecho en China by comrade kommissar Fauci (CCP), no thanks, keep the not-a-vax.
My understanding is back in the Early 1990’s Lab Test indicated that mRNA was potentially very dangerous. This technology has no long term track record, but is being mandated by the Government to virtually every American. In less than a year, we are seeing adverse effects that would take any other medication off the market prior to January 2020, but political science is now the norm in medicine. We are being lied to about the safety of these “Shots” by an out of control Government. It’s beginning to look like people would be better off taking Vitamin D and spending more time in the sun than getting a mRNA Shot because the FDA and CDC have no idea of what’s going on with the so called Covid “vaccines” or SARS-Cov-2 itself.
I see mRNA technology as no different than if this was 1921 and the Federal Government was promoting Camel Cigarettes. There just isn’t enough long term studies to know if mRNA technology is safe long term. Government should NEVER be allowed to mandate any medications of any kind. The human body is simply too complex for one size fits none Government Mandates. With 877 confirmed cases of myocarditis in vaccinated people under 30, this is far too many for this these drugs to be on the market much less mandated. No one has any idea of if myocarditis is a long term problem with mRNA, much less any other long term problems. With a need for ongoing shots, we may find out in 10 years that mRNA is the equivalent of Lead in the water supply, but in ten years it will be too late!