Another Misleading Look at Post-Vaccine Myocarditis

The CDC stays on brand but off the mark 

 Buzz Hollander MD Apr 13, 2022 

I plan to branch off from writing about Covid in the near future; the world of medicine is so full of interesting topics to research and discuss, and life is all too short. Alas, my plans to dive into a recent article questioning the benefits of widespread statin prescribing were derailed by a recent CDC report, aptly published on April Fool’s Day.

In it, the CDC asserts that myocarditis rates in the wake of a SARS-CoV-2 infection are 2-8X as high as the rate of post-vaccination myocarditis, even in the highest risk sub-groups (young men ages 12-29). This argument is presumably well-meaning, intended to counter arguments overstating the risks of mRNA vaccines. We have heard it before, from another CDC MMWR — the “Covid increases risk of myocarditis by 16X” report from last year — and from the American Academy of Pediatrics:............To Read More....