A U.S. senator shared an Israel Ministry of Health report from June 2021 that found a potential link between the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine and a higher risk of myocarditis in young men. The Ministry of Health found that the risk was rare, with 27 myocarditis cases reported after the first dose and 121 after the second dose in more than 5 million vaccinated people. Most myocarditis cases were mild and resolved quickly. Two deaths that were potentially myocarditis-related were still being investigated at the time of the report. A more recent study found that among the more than 190 million vaccinated adolescents and young adults in the U.S., 1,991 myocarditis cases were reported, a rate of about 10 cases per 1 million. Fewer than 2 percent of the cases were severe.
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