Unique to Western Australia (WA) vaccine safety surveillance data from 2021 is the fact that vaccine effects can be easily differentiated from Covid infection effects. There was almost no Covid in WA in 2021, due to WA’s extreme zero covid policies.2 In contrast, almost four million doses of Covid vaccination were administered to the population during 2021.
The Covid jab rollout began on 22 February 2021 in Western Australia.
Myocarditis is inflammation of the heart muscle and pericarditis is inflammation of the pericardium (the thin, sac-like tissue surrounding the heart muscle). Myocarditis and pericarditis can occur together or separately – when they occur together it is called myopericarditis.
The below table shows the 138 confirmed cases of myocarditis or myopericarditis reported to WAVSS in 2021. Moderna’s Spikevax is by far and away the standout product in this category (not in a good way), with a risk of 7.3/100,000 doses, increasing to 12.9/100,000 on dose two. Comirnaty carries an overall risk of 4.5/100,000 doses.
Interestingly, these rates are more than twice the national average at the time this report was compiled, with the TGA reporting rates of myocarditis/myopericardits at 2.2/100,000 doses of Spikevax and 1.5/100,000 doses of Comirnaty.
Link to full article:
https://rebekahbarnett.substack.com/p/west-australian-government-finally
