Should we actively look for post vaccination myocarditis in the young?
The recent events at the Travis Scott Astroworld concert (Houston, Texas) with 11 cardiac arrests on the scene, made me reflect carefully on probable causes. Myocarditis is known to occur in COVID-19 infections and also post vaccination in children.
Myocarditis essentially means inflammation of the heart muscle. It is important to recognise, because one problem is an increased risk of heart arrhythmias which could lead to cardiac arrest. These heart arrhythmias are more likely to occur when the heart is under stress. Drug and alcohol use may have to be cautioned in young people who have either had COVID-19 or been vaccinated.
Should we be carefully researching the subclinical (no symptoms) impact of vaccination on heart muscle in young people? Similar study to what was done in the Big 10 Universities should be a minimum.