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by Argonaut998 1648 days ago
Myocarditis has an extremely high fatality rate. Why is it considered mild when getting it via COVID/Vaccine as opposed to the usual ways?
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Because myocarditis is not myocarditis. The cases observed after vaccines were mostly mild. The myocarditis after vaccines does not necessarily have the same severity as myocarditis in general, and from observations so far it looks to be milder:

> In COVID-19 mRNA-vaccine-associated myocarditis, >90% of patients will functionally completely recover, usually after a chest pain syndrome (see Supplementary information). To date, only eight deaths owing to COVID-19 mRNA-vaccine-associated myocarditis have been reported (>99% survival) (see Supplementary information).

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41569-021-00662-w

> Most patients with myocarditis or pericarditis who received care responded well to medicine and rest and felt better quickly.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/safety/my...

Thanks, that's reassuring at least
> Myocarditis has an extremely high fatality rate.

Only for severe cases. Like any inflammation it can be mild to life-threatening.

You can get myocarditis from any infection, and also allergies. Mild forms are quite common, if I remember correctly (not a doctor).