For some time now, social media posts claim to have found evidence that Covid-19 vaccines have serious side effects. For example, there is this press conference by the health official of Queensland, a state in Australia. According to the video which is circulating on Facebook and Twitter, the man who represents the health authorities, would admit that those vaccinated die more often from myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle. Except that in reality, it is false, and above all, the man did not say that at all. The images were deliberately cut to divert his remarks, since he was not talking about myocarditis in vaccinated people, but in those with Covid.
An Australian health official now admits those vaccinated are dying of myocarditis. #Australia #vaccines pic.twitter.com/Rb24ca3rX6
— Celine d’Arc (@pam33771) March 4, 2022
And this is not the only “example” that is pinned on social networks. There are also these multiple abandonments of tennis players in the middle of a tournament. More than fifteen “suspicious” packages during the recent Miami Open, always with myocarditis which is suspected. This was already the case also at the end of March for Rafael Nadal who had to give up in the middle of the match. The Spaniard had described a pain like a needle in the chest.
Except that there too, all this does not constitute proof. Most often there is another explanation. For Rafael Nadal, it was not myocarditis, but a rib injury and he resumed training. For the Miami Open, it was also about injuries, according to the explanations of the players on the social networks who mentioned pell-mell pain in the thighs or in the feet. In other words: nothing unrelated to the vaccine.
A study by the Medicines Agency in France has confirmed that there is a risk with RNA vaccines, especially Moderna, but this risk is infrequent. This mainly concerns young people in the week after their vaccination, which is why the Moderna vaccine was not recommended for people under 30. However, according to the health authorities, these few cases of myocarditis do not call into question the risk-benefit ratio of vaccines, which remains largely favorable.