“The present study showed increased risk of myocarditis after a positive test result for SARS-CoV-2 infection, and the risk was highest in the older age groups, whereas the risk of myocarditis after vaccination was highest in the younger age groups…..There are also some limitations of the study. We defined events as an inpatient hospital admission with a corresponding main or secondary discharge diagnosis of myocarditis or pericarditis….. studies on the long-term prognosis of vaccine-associated cases of myocarditis are lacking and are urgently needed.”
More lies from Skerritt in estimates. The Nordic publication he refers to is a meta analysis of hospital data of people admitted to hospital with myocarditis.
It does not take into account people who weren’t admitted to hospital with Myocarditis which is usually the case for the majority of people. The study should have included people who presented to doctor clinics and emergency wards, not just hospital in stays.
Furthermore as advised to me by a number of cardiologists, Myocarditis can be a sub clinical condition that isn’t always detected.
Secondly even that data shows that the risk of myocarditis was higher after vaccination (than Covid) in younger groups. (I suspect older people weren’t admitted to hospital for myocarditis after vaccination, but were for Covid hence explaining that result.)
Furthermore, this is what the Mayo clinic says about myocarditis leading to heart attacks and strokes:
“Severe myocarditis weakens the heart so that the rest of the body doesn’t get enough blood. Clots can form in the heart, leading to a stroke or heart attack.”
The only one doing the misleading is Skerritt.
Community Affairs Legislation Committee
16/02/2023
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HEALTH AND AGED CARE PORTFOLIO
Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
Senator RENNICK: You just said myocarditis doesn’t lead to heart attacks. Does myocarditis lead to cardiac arrest?
Dr Skerritt : There are cases where people who have had myocarditis have an increased prevalence of a range of other cardiac conditions. But to say that it leads to cardiac arrest is misleading, especially given that most myocarditis associated with vaccination—indeed, there’s a recent publication in a top medical journal by Nordic scientists—is much milder than myocarditis after COVID infection or other forms of viral myocarditis.
Senator RENNICK: I will dispute that, but that’s not what I’ll dispute right now.
