Because the censors at Big Tech have banned this topic as a thoughtcrime, let me point out to the trigger-happy Facebook intern who wants to strike this article that the above claim is based on actual science – you know, the type done in a clinical lab at the University of California.
With that out of the way, let's focus on where all this sciencey science might be leading, since it relates to your kids getting jabbed with a vax for a virus that statistically poses little risk to them.
From The Guardian:
Healthy boys may be more likely to be admitted to hospital with a rare side-effect of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid vaccine that causes inflammation of the heart than with Covid itself, US researchers claim.
Their analysis of medical data suggests that boys aged 12 to 15, with no underlying medical conditions, are four to six times more likely to be diagnosed with vaccine-related myocarditis than ending up in hospital with Covid over a four-month period.
That's a pretty big claim, and if true, it should be a major concern.
It means, if true, that your son has a 4-6 times higher chance of heart damage (even if temporary, it's HEART DAMAGE) than going to the hospital due to complications of the 'Rona.
That's a big freaking deal!
Most children who experienced the rare side-effect had symptoms within days of the second shot of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, though a similar side-effect is seen with the Moderna jab. About 86% of the boys affected required some hospital care, the authors said.
You may be wondering, are there any anecdotal stories that support the research?
Only everywhere you look – that is, everywhere Facebook and Google don't yet control.
If you're like me, you've been on message boards where dozens of these firsthand stories have circulated... but we're not supposed to talk about that, so let's move along to keep the Facebook interns happy.
Here's more of what the study showed:
In the latest study, which has yet to be peer reviewed, Dr Tracy Høeg at the University of California and colleagues analysed adverse reactions to Covid vaccines in US children aged 12 to 17 during the first six months of 2021. They estimate the rate of myocarditis after two shots of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine to be 162.2 cases per million for healthy boys aged 12 to 15 and 94 cases per million for healthy boys aged 16 to 17. The equivalent rates for girls were 13.4 and 13 cases per million, respectively. At current US infection rates, the risk of a healthy adolescent being taken to hospital with Covid in the next 120 days is about 44 per million, they said.
Remember, we're not comparing the risk of serious heart inflammation to the chance of dying with Covid. We're comparing major organ damage to the chance of going to the hospital with Covid.
We're not even talking about the chance of ending up in the ICU or on a ventilator. We're literally talking about the chance of merely going to a hospital and being admitted for care.
For the really technical people out there, here's the wording straight from the study:
For boys 12-15 without medical comorbidities receiving their second mRNA vaccination dose, the rate of CAE [Stratified cardiac adverse event] is 3.7 to 6.1 times higher than their 120-day COVID-19 hospitalization risk as of August 21, 2021 (7-day hospitalizations 1.5/100k population) and 2.6-4.3-fold higher at times of high weekly hospitalization risk (7-day hospitalizations 2.1/100k), such as during January 2021. For boys 16-17 without medical comorbidities, the rate of CAE is currently 2.1 to 3.5 times higher than their 120-day COVID-19 hospitalization risk, and 1.5 to 2.5 times higher at times of high weekly COVID-19 hospitalization.
Although I have to point out again (to appease the fact-checkers) that this is only one study, this research supports other studies showing the greater risk to boys after getting the vax (as well as data directly from the CDC, the New York Times, and others).
It's interesting to note that the study showed a higher rate of cardiac inflammation in younger boys: one has to wonder if that rate will go even higher when the government starts pushing us to vax our kindergartners.
