FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ISSUES NEW WARNING | The Australian Federal Government Health Department have issued a new warning to the product information of the Comirnaty (Pfizer) vaccine and possible “inflammation of the heart” and “of the membrane around the heart” as a rare side effect of the jab.
The conditions, known as myocarditis and pericarditis, can, in severe cases, lead to stroke or heart attack due to blood clots forming in the heart.
It comes after a healthy 45-year-old woman from Cairns in Far North Queensland had a stroke and collapsed in the street near her home after returning from her daily jog on Wednesday 4th August. In the days prior to her suffering a medical episode Ms McCarthy had been complaining of severe back pain and other symptoms. Emergency services treated the 45-year-old woman at the scene before she was flown from Cairns to the Gold Coast University Hospital for specialist treatment which Included
multiple emergency blood clot procedures. Sadly Ms
McCarthy died in the Gold Coast University Hospital on Friday 13th August 2021.
She had been fully vaccinated, having her second dose of Pfizer on Wednesday 28th July in Cairns just seven days prior to her collapsing in the street near her home.
On Scene News Australia is not suggesting that
Ms McCarthy died as a result of the Pfizer vaccine, only there are investigations into possible links between its side effects that can, in rare cases, lead to stroke and other heart conditions.
The Therapeutic Goods Administration has received 188 reports of suspected myocarditis or pericarditis following vaccinations with Pfizer as of Sunday 15th August 2021.
There have been 171 deaths recorded as a possible reported outcome of an adverse event in relation to the Pfizer vaccine between January 2019 and August 6, according to its Therapeutic Goods Administration database of adverse events notifications report.
For the latest Therapeutic Goods Administration Adverse Reaction summary which is updated every 14 days visit:
http://www.tga.gov.au/.../covid-19-vaccine-weekly-safety...Photo: Mother-of-two Sara McCarthy aged 45-years-old died in hospital on the Gold Coast after suffering a medical episode in Cairns on Wednesday 4th August after returning from a daily jog.
