Thread by @DrEricDing

Not fake news— Jamain Stephens, a football player at California University of Pennsylvania has died at the age of 20 of #COVID19 complications.

➡️ This was why football was cancelled— in addition to myocarditis found in 15% of Big 10 players (not 30%)
profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2020/09/09/col…

2) Earlier study: “cardiac M.R.I.s, an expensive and sparingly used tool, revealed an alarmingly high rate of myocarditis — heart inflammation that can lead to cardiac arrest with exertion — among college athletes who had recovered from the coronavirus...”

3) ...”The survey found myocarditis in close to 15% of athletes who had the virus, almost all of whom experienced mild or no symptoms, perhaps shedding more light on the uncertainties about the short- & long-term effects the virus may have on athletes.” nytimes.com/2020/08/23/spo…

4) Another study: “And [myocarditis] is not age-specific: In The Lancet, doctors recently reported on an 11-year-old child with multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C)—a rare illness—who died of myocarditis and heart failure.”

5) ...”At autopsy, pathologists were able to identify coronavirus particles present in child’s cardiac tissue, helping to explain the virus’ direct involvement in her death.”

6) “In fact, researchers are reporting the presence of viral protein in the actual heart muscle, of six deceased patients.” scientificamerican.com/article/covid-…

7) “Of note is the fact that these patients were documented to have died of lung failure, having had neither clinical signs of heart involvement, nor a prior history of cardiac disease.”

8) “Ossama Samuel, associate chief of cardiology at Mount Sinai Beth Israel in New York, told me about a cluster of younger adults developing myocarditis, some of them a month or so after they had recovered from COVID-19.”

9) “One patient, who developed myocarditis four weeks after believing he had recovered from the virus, responded to a course of steroid treatment only to develop a recurrence in the form of pericarditis (an inflammation of the sac surrounding the heart).”

10) “A second patient, in her 40s, now has reduced heart function from myocarditis, and a third—an athletic man in his 40s—is experiencing recurring and dangerous ventricular heart rhythms, necessitating that he wear a LifeVest defibrillator for protection.”

11) “His MRI also demonstrates fibrosis and scarring of his heart muscle, which may be permanent, and he may ultimately require placement of a permanent defibrillator.”

12) Unclear now. There’s been a retraction by some sources. It’s currently unconfirmed cause of death.

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