General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: Beware antivaxxers are out in force tonight [View all]Ms. Toad
(37,819 posts)(presumably the kind you had, since you're talking about boosters) - mostly men, median age 21, between the introduction of vaccines and August this year. Out of hundreds of millions of vaccinations given. VAERS (where these reports are collected) is only a collection of reports of things which happened after vaccination - not a statement that the vaccine caused it.
The J&J vaccine is more strongly associated with myocarditis. The incidence is still low - but significant enough to recommend that young men take the mRNA vaccination instead of the J&J vaccine. And the incidence of myocardiditis following COVID is far higher than even the J&J vaccine.
As to your case, it is far more likely that your myocarditits was caused by COVID (which you apparently contracted) than the vaccine. Just like my pancreatitis was caused by COVID, not the vaccine - even though it was 4 weeks after COVID and 6 weeks after my last booster. (VAERS also includes reports of pancreatitis following COVID vaccination.)
Whether you should have another booster is something you and your doctor should decide based on personal risk factors.
But your personal experience does not make the OP's assertion that vaccines had nothing to do with Hamlin's injury today any less accurate, since the likelihood that it had anything to do with vaccination is vanishingly small..
Edit history
Recommendations
0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):