College Student in New York Dies of Myocarditis Related to Pfizer COVID Shot
A 24-year-old student at Corning Community College in Corning, New York died on Oct. 27, 2021, about six weeks after receiving the second dose of Pfizer/BioNTech’s experimental messenger RNA (mRNA) BNT162b2 (also known as “Comirnaty”) biologic for COVID-19. George Watts Jr., who was healthy and had no underlying medical conditions, was vaccinated in August and in mid-September.1 2 3 4
Watts reportedly found blood in his urine following the first shot and began suffering flu-like symptoms after the second shot. “I noticed he was starting to get puffy in the face like a sinus issue. Plus, he had a cough and I decided to take him to the emergency room to see what was going on,” said Watts’ father.1 2 4
Watts was given antibiotics in the emergency room to treat a sinus infection. The doctors told the Watts family that the infection should go away within the next couple of weeks. But Watts’ health did not improve and a week later he was taken back to the emergency room for another evaluation. The doctors then told the Watts family that the sinus infection could take more time to resolve.1 2 4
“He’s coughing up blood. His feet are hurting, his hands are hurting, his teeth are hurting.”
Watts’ symptoms continued to worsen. “Another week goes by and he’s getting worse, said Watts’ father. “His cough is getting worse. He’s coughing up blood. His feet are hurting, his hands are hurting, his teeth are hurting… and he didn’t like the sunlight. And I told him I was going to take him to the emergency room the next day after I got out of work. … We never made that trip to the emergency room.”1 2 4
Watts collapse in his room on the morning of Oct. 27 and was pronounced dead later that day. An autopsy report from the Bradford County Coroner’s Office shows that Watts died from myocarditis related to the Pfizer/BioNTech biologic Watts was given.1 2 4
According to the deputy coroner for Bradford County, Timothy Cahill:
The cause of death is the COVID-19 vaccine-related myocarditis. We are currently working on other cases that are related to vaccine and booster-related issues within our county.1 2 4
Inflammation of the Heart is Risk After mRNA COVID Shots
Myocarditis is inflammation of the heart muscle and, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the condition has been reported after mRNA COVID vaccination with both the Pfizer/BioNTech andr Moderna/NIAID COVID shots, “especially in male adolescents and young adults” and “more often after the second dose.” Following a determination by the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) on June 23, 2021 that there was a “likely association” between reported cases of myocarditis and pericarditis (inflammation of the membrane surrounding the heart), issued a warning about these biologics.5 6 7
On June 26, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) added a warning to the patient and provider fact sheets for the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna/NIAID COVID shots regarding the “increased risks” of myocarditis and pericarditis (inflammation of the tissue surrounding the heart) following vaccination with both biologics.8
A CDC study published on the JAMA Network on Jan. 25, 2022 found that the risk of myocarditis after receiving an mRNA COVID shot is 133 times greater than the normal risk for the condition in the general population. The researchers, who used data from the CDC’s Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), noted that, given the passive reporting nature of VAERS, the risk of myocarditis is likely to be even higher.9
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