Sweden, Denmark Pause Moderna's COVID Vaccine for Younger Age Groups Citing Reports of Myocarditis

Megan Redshaw, J.D.-Children's Health Defense : Oct 7, 2021
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"In the preliminary data … there is a suspicion of an increased risk of heart inflammation, when vaccinated with Moderna." -Danish Health Authority

[LifeSiteNews.com] Sweden and Denmark on Wednesday said they will pause the use of Moderna's COVID vaccine for younger age groups after reports of possible rare side effects, including myocarditis. (Screengrab image)

The Swedish health agency said it would pause the vaccine for people born in 1991 and later, as data pointed to an increase of myocarditis and pericarditis among youths and young adults who had been vaccinated, Reuters reported.

"The connection is especially clear when it comes to Moderna's vaccine, ‘Spikevax,' especially after the second dose," the health agency said in a statement.

The health agency said it now recommends Pfizer/BioNTech's Comirnaty vaccine instead. People born 1991 or later who received a first Moderna dose—approximately 81,000 people—will not get a second Moderna jab.

Earlier this week, the Swedish health agency said 12- to 15-year-olds would only get Pfizer's COVID vaccine.

Denmark said that, while it was already using the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine as the main option for 12- to 17-year-olds, it had decided to pause the Moderna vaccine for people under 18 as a "precautionary principle."

"In the preliminary data ... there is a suspicion of an increased risk of heart inflammation, when vaccinated with Moderna," the Danish Health Authority said in a statement.

The agency referred to data from a yet unpublished Nordic study, which will be sent to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for further assessment once the data is finalized, the agency added.

Norway, which already recommends the Comirnaty vaccine for minors, reiterated Wednesday rare side effects could happen, particularly in boys and young men, and mainly after receiving a second dose... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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