Temporal Associations Between Immunization With the COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines and Myocarditis
Prior reports of adverse events following immunization for measles, mumps, and rubella, later deemed unsubstantiated, raised significant public alarm and led to vaccine resistance—an effect that lingers to this day. In light of this legacy, as well as ongoing fears related to vaccination leading to variable uptake, especially in populations at higher risk for COVID-19, the editorial decision to publish 2 articles reporting the association of myocarditis following COVID-19 messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccination was not taken lightly.1,2
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