How can a hoax cause inflammation in the hearts of young, previously healthy athletes? At least they don't live in fear.

Seriously though, that is scary, if true. That is the stuff that cuts years off of your life if you are lucky enough not to drop dead in your twenties from it.

Myocarditis related sudden death racks up a few hundred thousand deaths per year in the United States, mostly caused by the after affects of viral infections.

The implications of are potentially a bit staggering.

COVID19's claim to fame is that it is very good at passing itself on between hosts compared to other viruses like SARS or the Flu.

If 1/3 of the people who survive initial infection either symptomic or asymptomatic end up having undiagnosed myocarditis,

and the standard of care is to avoid strenuous activities for 3 to 6 months after being diagnosed with mild cases of myocarditis,

and we normally see a few hundred thousand viral infection caused myocarditis sudden deaths per year prior to arrival of COVID19,

and COVID19 is much better than most other the viruses that cause myocarditis at spreading itself around,

we could easily see the number of post recovery from initial infection subsequent deaths from myocarditis sudden death exceed the number of deaths from COVID19 while actively infected with COVID19 during the initial infection.

Just an anecdotal story about myocarditis. One of my employees got the flu pretty badly and ended up with myocarditis. He was in the hospital for the myocarditis and the treatment he was receiving for the myocarditis led to a massive stroke that will have him more or less homebound for the rest of his life. During his battle with the myocarditis, they were talking about him wearing a heart pump for the rest of his life. Ironically, the heart is much better, but the stroke has him completely fucked.

At the current point this is hardly scientific evidence. So we can hope that this is not as serious...

Are you serious....?

The data has been consistent on this issue.

https://jamanetwork.com/j[...]le/2768916

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.[...]MC7199677/

https://www.medpagetoday.[...]id19/87758

This is a pre-print, but it is noteworthy:
https://www.biorxiv.org/c[...]5.265561v1

The scientific evidence is in fact, rather overwhelming that a significant percentage of the people who recover from an initial COVID19 infection have myocarditis.

Standard of care for mild cases of myocarditis is to avoid strenuous activity for 3 to 6 months, including not participating in competitive sporting activities to avoid sudden death syndrome.

This has a rather large implication on our practice as athletes, coaches, and tournament organizers, unless we turn a willfully blind eye to it.

..You know I can't resist this...

There are many causes of myocarditis, Ive had customers who have had it from other types of virus's.

Yes, the flu, herpes, the common cold, many viruses cause myocarditis.
The dilemma is, so does the COVID19 virus,
a virus that is really good at spreading, compared to the Flu.
So, people who recover from COVID19 infection
should stay vigilant for signs or symptoms of myocarditis,
and if they occur,
or if they had a severe infection case,
or if they have any history of heart trouble prior to infection,
they should probably get a heart work up by their physician,
and if myocarditis is confirmed or suspected to be present,
standard of care is to avoid return to competitive sport for 3 to 6 months.