Oxford study finds myocarditis, pericarditis only in vaccinated children

A preprint study from the University of Oxford has found that certain adverse cardiac events occur only in children who have been vaccinated with the COVID-19 mRNA shots.

Study: Cases were rare, but occurred only among vaccinated

The researchers looked at nearly a million children in England who were divided into two cohorts of young children aged 5-11 and adolescents aged 12-15. For over 20 weeks, the Oxford group observed an equal number of vaccinated and unvaccinated kids.

Out of 838,434 children, the researchers noted three cases of myocarditis, which is inflammation of the heart muscle, and seven cases of pericarditis, which is inflammation of the heart’s lining. All cases occurred in the vaccinated group.

“Whilst rare, all myocarditis and pericarditis events during the study period occurred in vaccinated individuals: there were no deaths after myocarditis or pericarditis,” the researchers noted.

COVID-19-related hospitalization also rare, but occurred more in unvaccinated

The reverse was true of critical care admissions related to COVID-19 infection. Three children in the 5-11 cohort were admitted to critical care after being infected with COVID-19. All of them were unvaccinated. 

Overall, the study found that COVID-19 hospitalizations were rare among both children and adolescents, though it was only slightly higher for the unvaccinated group.

There were three non-COVID-19-related deaths among adolescents who had been vaccinated once.

Importantly, there were no COVID-related deaths among any of the children or adolescents. 

CDC claimed children were dying from COVID-19 in droves

During the pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) tried to claim, without evidence, that children were dying from COVID-19.

“As of mid-October 2021, children ages 5 through 11 years have experienced more than 8,300 COVID-19 related hospitalizations and nearly 100 deaths from COVID-19. In fact, COVID-19 ranks as one of the top 10 causes of death for children ages 5 through 11 years,” read a section on the CDC’s website titled, “Why Children and Teens Should Get Vaccinated for COVID-19.”

But in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request from attorney Aaron Siri, the CDC admitted in March 2022 to having no data on child deaths from COVID-19. The CDC quietly deleted the paragraph days after a report from Frontline News.