[sasmithjr]

> Especially with risk of myocardiitis predominant in young males?

Isn't the risk of myocarditis worse from COVID than the vaccines? From [1], "In this systematic review and meta-analysis, we found that the risk of myocarditis is more than seven fold higher in persons who were infected with the SARS-CoV-2 than in those who received the vaccine."

I understand that my linked source doesn't seem to split up the data by age group, but given their overall findings, do you have a source that says the 7x difference doesn't hold in younger men?

[1]: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36105535/

[ifyoubuildit]

Let's assume that's true (though I wouldn't be surprised to learn there are sources saying otherwise). Why is it relevant? In one scenario you have the risk from just covid, in the other you have the risk from both covid and the shot. When it comes to myocarditis, what are we supposed to do with this knowledge?

[eggy]

Also, we are talking multiple shots and boosters, not a single vaccination. If young, healthy males are not in the high-risk group for a COVID infection, then why recommend several vaccines to them that carry this risk? How about not recommending it to healthy, young people like Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Denmark have done. And we are still at less than 3 years since the vaccine was first administered. There are still ongoing studies, however, Pfizer invalidated their long-term study by vaccinating their control group under the guise of worrying about the control group's health & safety.