Myocarditis associated with Covid-19 compared to mRNA vaccines

Re:Myocarditis associated with Covid-19 compared to mRNA vac... by jpe90 on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @06:31AM (#29564531)

Anxiety is exacerbated during times of stress. Covid is placing unprecedented stress on all of us right now. Getting a vaccine and then hearing it "may cause myocarditis" can be very stressful, and we lose the ability to internalize the caveat that it's attached to a 0.004% incidence rate.

Anxiety also causes you to perceive normal bodily sensations, that you otherwise filtered out, with heightened sensitivity.

"With health anxiety there is the misinterpretation of discomfort and normal bodily sensations as dangerous. The body is very noisy. Healthy human bodies produce all sorts of physical symptoms that might be uncomfortable, unexpected, and unwanted, but not dangerous." https://adaa.org/learn-from-us/from-the-experts/blog-posts/c...

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Re:Myocarditis associated with Covid-19 compared to mRNA vac... by viraptor on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @07:26AM (#29565030)

Also worth remembering that in many locations people will get a survey about side effects after vaccination. That means they be asked "did you experience any heart issues" which is not something they think about every day. If they really think about it, maybe they did that week. And it may or may not be something they experienced before.

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