Journal: N Engl J Med
Lead Author: Barda et al.
Original date of publication: 08/25/2021
Link: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2110475l
Keywords: adverse eventsCardiac eventscovid vaccinemRNAmyocarditis
Full Author List: Noam Barda, Noa Dagan, Yatir Ben-Shlomo,Eldad Kepten, Jacob Waxman, M.D., Reut Ohana, M.Sc., Miguel A. Hernán,, Marc Lipsitch, Isaac Kohane, Doron Netzer, Ben Y. Reis, Ran D. Balicer
Lead Author: Barda et al.
Original date of publication: 08/25/2021
Link: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2110475l
Summary Context
This paper shows great deference to the covid-19 injection but admits a 1-5 per 100,000 rate of myocarditis in general population, a potentially life-shortening side effect.
Comments
This paper conducts a conventional review of population level safety of mRNA vaccination and largely endorses it but admits a 1-5 per 100,000 rate of myocarditis (heart damage).
Abstract or Results, Key Passages
” The vaccine was associated with an excess risk of myocarditis (1 to 5 events per 100,000 persons)”
Keywords: adverse eventsCardiac eventscovid vaccinemRNAmyocarditis
Full Author List: Noam Barda, Noa Dagan, Yatir Ben-Shlomo,Eldad Kepten, Jacob Waxman, M.D., Reut Ohana, M.Sc., Miguel A. Hernán,, Marc Lipsitch, Isaac Kohane, Doron Netzer, Ben Y. Reis, Ran D. Balicer
