Posted on 10/08/2021 10:19:20 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Finland has joined Sweden, Denmark and Norway in either banning or discouraging young adults or teens from getting the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, because of the increased risk of myocarditis — heart inflammation.
Dr. Hanna Nohynek, chief physician at the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, had told the media a decision was coming down Thursday.
Finland's health authorities announced that men under 30 will not get the Moderna shot, and should get the Pfizer vaccine instead. Sweden banned Moderna for people under the age of 30, and Denmark did the same for people under 18. Instead of issuing a ban, Norway is urging people under 30 to choose Pfizer rather than Moderna.
And on Friday, Iceland halted distribution of Moderna in general.
"The Chief Epidemiologist has decided that the Moderna vaccine against Covid-19 will not be used in Iceland while further information is obtained on the safety of the vaccine during booster vaccinations," says a statement from Iceland health officials.
The decision by all five countries was sparked by a study by Sweden’s Public Health Agency, saying administering the Moderna shot to young people could bring about “an increased risk of side effects such as inflammation of the heart muscle or the pericardium — the double-walled sac containing the heart and the roots of the main vessels." The study added the proviso "the risk of being affected is very small.”
The Swedish report is being studied by the European Medicines Agency’s adverse reaction committee, media reports say.
The Public Health Agency of Canada has stated that "as part of the careful monitoring of these vaccines, reports of rare cases of myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle) and pericarditis (inflammation of the tissue surrounding the heart) after immunization with mRNA COVID-19 vaccines continue to be reported in Canada and around the world.
"Vaccine safety surveillance data in Canada also suggest relatively higher rates of myocarditis and/or pericarditis reported after Spikevax (Moderna) vaccination compared to Comirnaty (Pfizer-BioNTech).
While follow-up is ongoing, the available data indicate that the majority of affected individuals, even if hospitalized, experience relatively mild illness, respond well to conservative treatment, and recover quickly. It is also important to consider that the risk of cardiac complications, including myocarditis, has been shown to be substantially increased following SARS-CoV-2 infection, and that it is higher following infection than after vaccination.
The statement adds that "individuals in Canada should be assured that all COVID-19 vaccines authorized for use in Canada have been rigorously tested and carefully reviewed by Health Canada."
In the United States, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention has stated that "CDC and its partners are actively monitoring reports of myocarditis and pericarditis after COVID-19 vaccination. Active monitoring includes reviewing data and medical records and evaluating the relationship to COVID-19 vaccination."
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Did Stephane Bancel cancel his latest yacht purchase?
He may need to.
There 5 Nordic Countries, but only 3 Scandinavian countries, Norway, Denmark and Sweden.
Glad to see someone is following the science, at least a little.
The Branch Covidians will be here shortly to tell us that all is fine with the vax.
"Finland has joined Sweden, Denmark and Norway in either banning or discouraging young adults or teens from getting the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine,
because of the increased risk of myocarditis — heart inflammation."
"While follow-up is ongoing, the available data indicate that the majority of affected individuals, even if hospitalized,
experience relatively mild illness, respond well to conservative treatment, and recover quickly.
It is also important to consider that the risk of cardiac complications, including myocarditis,
has been shown to be substantially increased following SARS-CoV-2 infection, and that it is higher following infection than after vaccination. "
I’m not sure what it was, but there were some studies done on the Pfizer vaccine that made me think “Well, if I was going to get a vaccine, I guessed correctly that the Moderna one would be the one to get.”
For the longest time I was hemming and hawing about the vaccine. I was pretty much against it until seeing some of the early positive results in Israel. Became very against it when it became “mandatory” for certain things. And now really against with the more studies coming out of Israel, England, and now this.
Although I think that these sudden effects of heart problems is the least of the worries of the vaccines. I’m more concerned with issues related to the next variant that comes down the road. Which is what I’ve been concerned with wheen they first started talking about vaccines (early summer 2000?) and looked at the failed results of testing on Sars - Covid-1.
oops - 2020.
Myocarditis, also known as inflammatory cardiomyopathy is common in viral myocarditis, the Coxsackie B family of the single-stranded RNA viruses. In particular the plus-strand RNA virus Coxsackievirus B3 and Coxsackievirus B5 are the most frequent cause of Myocarditis.
I generally have no problem falling asleep when I want to.
But if I ever do, reading a few posts like that, with an abundance of big, hard to pronounce, words, will surely to the trick. ;)
How many people were killed or crippled by this vaccine that no one needs?
When you read how Coxsackievirus is spread, the hint that is in the name gives you the correct idea. It’s something young people do to catch the disease and the heart inflammation.
The only difference between Moderna and Pfizer is dose.
Moderna = 100 micrograms of Covid spike mRNA, Pfizer = 30.
This might not matter in the long run, after the short-term adverse effects, if the spike mRNA is teaching your body to produce it forever.
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