Reports of a death related to Pfizer covid-19 vaccine

Ross J Burland FXStreet

There are reports circulating of the death of a man related to the Pfizer covid-19 vaccine.

The coroner is investigating after an autopsy links a Dunedin man's death to a 'very rare' side effect of the Pfizer vaccine. The death is supposedly consistent with vaccine-related myocarditis”.

Vaccinologist Dr Helen Petousis-Harris said although vaccine-related myocarditis did happen, it was “very rare” and the risks of the vaccine were greatly outweighed by the risk of contracting Covid-19.

“These cases are almost exclusively quite mild. We don't have a whole lot of people dying from vaccine-related myocarditis around the world,” she said.

“A death would be particularly extraordinary.”

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Ross J Burland, born in England, UK, is a sportsman at heart. He played Rugby and Judo for his county, Kent and the South East of England Rugby team.

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