Stewart McSweyn DNF - still having serious breathing issues after getting Covid

And there was a massive spike in deaths for Americans age 25-44 in September, 2021. Yet no one is curious about what caused it. Most people are offended by the mere raising of the topic.

That's a good point best to trust the horses mouth when its a individual.

Why do you blame anti vaxxers for lies? Lying is not illegal so who do you trust?

“deaths involving COVID-19 for people who have had a third dose or booster were significantly lower than those for unvaccinated people in all months since booster introduction in September 2021.“

British Office for National Statistics

And even if your supposition were correct, it’s meaningless because that just means more people are vaccinated. For example, if everyone was vaccinated, and one person died, you’d say “100% of the deaths were among the vaccinated,” and we would rightly laugh you off the internet. Much as I’m laughing at you right now.

McSweyn’s breathless episode is put down to Covid booster

Stewart McSweyn has been diagnosed with periocarditus.

By SCOTT GULLAN
8:54PM MARCH 10, 2022

A Covid booster shot has been identified as the reason behind Stewart McSweyn’s dramatic ­episode during a race this week.

The Tokyo Olympic finalist was struggling to breath in a 5000m event at Box Hill on Tuesday night and was forced to stop with three laps remaining.

McSweyn’s team quickly assumed the incident was related to Covid which he’d contracted in January but further examination has found it was a booster shot last month which has caused the issue.

The Australian 1500m record holder has been diagnosed with periocarditus, which is inflammation around the heart and is a known side-effect of the Covid booster. McSweyn’s coach Nic Bideau said the alarming circumstances around what happened to the distance star was a warning to all athletes.

“What the doctors have told me is that you really shouldn’t be having a booster so close after having Covid because it is just too much,” Bideau said.

“It doesn’t serve as a vaccine then and it can make you sick again, which is what seems to have happened. It has got around his heart and obviously affected his breathing. He could certainly get through normal life without any issue but it’s only because we’re trying to make him compete against the best in the world that it has opened up.”

McSweyn was getting the booster to ensure he could travel to next week’s world indoor championships in Belgrade, Serbia. That is obviously now off his agenda and he will see a cardiologist on Friday for further tests.

“The first step is he sees his cardiologist for more blood tests and an ECG, which will tell us more,” Bideau said.

“If all this is fine he should be back training within 10 days.”

Next month’s national championships in Sydney remains on the schedule, pending his recovery, with his first international race marked down as the May 13 Diamond League meet, which takes place in Doha.