Swindon data

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https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/myocarditis_and_pericarditis#incoming-2179696

Totals for inflammatory heart disease

2019 3,151 (baseline)

2020 12, 267 (x 3.8)

(December 2020, UK covid vaccinations start)

2021 18,963 (x 6)

2022 24,642 (x 7.8)

2022, that’s 7.2% of the catchment population

Age profiles not given

Great Western Hospital

3,100 staff, 435 beds

Trust catchment population is currently approximately 340,000.

https://accs.severndeanery.nhs.uk/about-us/hosp/the-great-western-hospitals-nhs-trust-swindon/

https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/uk-population/

So x 202 for UK population

Extrapolating for UK population = 4.9 million

The UKs, Yellow card scheme, updated on 23rd November 2022

https://yellowcard.mhra.gov.uk

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-vaccine-adverse-reactions/coronavirus-vaccine-summary-of-yellow-card-reporting

Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines, 177,925 Yellow Cards reports

AstraZeneca vaccine, 246,866 Yellow Cards reports

Moderna vaccine, 47,045 Yellow card reports

Total, (with Novavax and adverse reactions when the brand was not specified),

474,018 adverse events

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)

Yellow card scheme, Don’t wait for someone else to report it

https://www.gov.uk/drug-safety-update/yellow-card-please-help-to-reverse-the-decline-in-reporting-of-suspected-adverse-drug-reactions

Only 10% of serious reactions reported

Only 2 and 4% of non-serious reactions are reported via yellow cards.

Some specific adverse reactions

Severe allergic reactions

Transverse myelitis

Thrombo-embolic events with concurrent low platelets

Menstrual disorders and unexpected vaginal bleeding

Guillain-Barré Syndrome

Myocarditis and pericarditis

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency describes this pathology as ‘very rare’.

Up to 23rd November 2022

Following Pfizer/BioNTech covid vaccines

851 reports of myocarditis

579 reports of pericarditis

10 reports of carditis

Following AstraZeneca covid vaccination

241 reports of myocarditis

226 reports of pericarditis

9 reports of endocarditis

Following Moderna covid vaccination

251 reports of myocarditis

149 reports of pericarditis

3 reports of carditis

This totals 2,377 ‘very rare’ cases of heart inflammation.

Only 10% of serious reactions reported

Only 2 and 4% of non-serious reactions are reported via yellow cards.