COVID-19's Lingering Threat: A Surge in Heart Conditions

[PeteS in CA]

COVID-19's Lingering Threat: A Surge in Heart Conditions

https://www.theepochtimes.com/health/covid-19s-lingering-threat-a-surge-in-a-rare-and-dangerous-heart-condition-5491571?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=BonginoReport

The specter of COVID-19 has loomed large over the last three years, infiltrating nearly every aspect of life. But even as new variants continue to emerge, the pandemic's aftershocks may be felt for years to come in a dangerous way—through a spike in a heart condition that, if left untreated, may lead to heart failure.

Roughly 1 in 5 people who tested positive for COVID-19 experienced new-onset, acute inflammation of the heart muscle, a condition called myocarditis, new research from the University of South Florida finds.
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Of the 8,162 PCR-confirmed COVID-19 patients from Jan. 1 to May 14, 2020, 20.1 percent, or 1,643 people, developed acute myocarditis after infection. They also faced significantly higher risks of requiring ventilation and dying than those without myocarditis.

“Myocarditis is a serious and potentially fatal complication of COVID-19,” the authors concluded.

My emphasis. "Jan. 1 to May 14, 2020" was 7 months before any Covid vaccine came into use. I'm surprised The Epoch Times would publish this information.

[Kamaji]

Highly suspicious study.  1 in 5 infected people have serious heart problems.  Worldwide hundreds of millions of people were infected, so if this study was valid, there should be a pandemic of myocarditis; and yet, there isn’t.

[PeteS in CA]

... there should be a pandemic of myocarditis; and yet, there isn’t.

Are you saying, indirectly, that the whole Died Suddenly alarmist shtick is false?

All in all, since 2020 there has been some uptick in myocarditis. Whether one wants to believe it's due to Covid or due to The Vaccine being deadly, whatever uptick there has been has been very minor (and probably with multiple causes).

[Kamaji]

Are you saying, indirectly, that the whole Died Suddenly alarmist shtick is false?

All in all, since 2020 there has been some uptick in myocarditis. Whether one wants to believe it's due to Covid or due to The Vaccine being deadly, whatever uptick there has been has been very minor (and probably with multiple causes).

I'm not wedded to either extreme.

[PeteS in CA]

I'll follow actual data. I've mocked the The Vaccine Is Deadly narrative with the grossly obvious facts that the dead bodies which would be were the narrative true, and the consequent economic and social impacts are entirely missing. At the same time I am not fool enough to claim that any Covid vaccine, or any other vaccine, or pretty much any activity or inactivity in life is risk free. Anything that revs up the immune system entails the risk of the immune system over-reacting - whether vaccine or disease.

[PeteS in CA]

More that is relevant to this topic:

Scientists Gain Insight Into COVID's Heart Impact

https://www.newsmax.com/health/health-news/covid-heart-disease/2023/10/02/id/1136617/

New research shows the COVID-19 virus can directly infect coronary arteries, inflaming fatty plaque inside them, which can increase the risk of heart disease and stroke.

This may explain why some people who get COVID-19 have a greater chance of developing heart disease. It also may shed light on why those who already have heart trouble develop more heart-related complications.

“Since the early days of the pandemic, we have known that people who had COVID-19 have an increased risk for cardiovascular disease or stroke up to one year after infection,” said Michelle Olive, acting associate director of the Basic and Early Translational Research Program at the U.S. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI).

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

More that is relevant to this topic:

Scientists Gain Insight Into COVID's Heart Impact

https://www.newsmax.com/health/health-news/covid-heart-disease/2023/10/02/id/1136617/

Much like cancer nearly everything is bad for your heart as it turns out, or is linked to some issue with it.

I just hope when I go it's painless at this point.