dose of the covid vaccine. just to give you some context, hundreds of cases of myocarditis out of tens of millions of doses given. that s the degree of rare that we are talking about here. also, almost all of those cases, it was pretty mild. myocarditis, didn t lead to significant problems. also, typically, when people to develop myocarditis, it happened within a short time after receiving the vaccine as well. not something that happened far out from the vaccine. so, cardiomyopathy, like i was talking about, farmer likely that myocarditis in a case like this to cause these sorts of problems. doctor sanjay gupta, thank you so much for breaking that down for us. it is a really scary moment, it is hard for all of us mortals to see bronny james, the son of king james actually going through this, and he such a great athlete and it s so healthy, we all thought.
inflammation of the heart, especially after the second dose of the covid vaccine. but just to give you some context, hundreds of cases of myocarditis out of tens of millions of doses given. so that s the degree of rare that we re talking about here. also, in almost all those cases, it was pretty mild myocarditis, did not lead to significant problems. and also, typically, when people did develop myocarditis, it happened within a short time after receiving the vaccine as well. it s not something that happened far out from the vaccine. so cardiomyopathy, like i was talking about, far more likely than myocarditis in a case like this to cause these sorts of problems. dr. sanjay gupta, thank you so much for breaking that down for us. it is a really scary moment. it s hard for all of us mortals to see bronny james, the son of king james actually going through this.