Josh Hecht, 14, center, gets a COVID-19 vaccine as his mother Christy, left, watches at the Legacy Events Center in Farmington on Thursday, May 13, 2021. While recent reports that inflammation of the heart muscle may be a side effect of the COVID-19 vaccine in some adolescents and young adults around the country are being reviewed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it’s business as usual for Utah’s vaccination program.
Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
While recent reports that inflammation of the heart muscle may be a side effect of the COVID-19 vaccine in some adolescents and young adults around the country are being reviewed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it’s business as usual for Utah’s vaccination program.
While recent reports that inflammation of the heart muscle may be a side effect of the COVID-19 vaccine in some adolescents and young adults around the country are being reviewed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it’s business as usual for Utah’s vaccination program. “I haven’t heard any concern from the public regarding this,” Rich Lakin, Utah Department of Health immunization director, told the Deseret News Monday about the.
Jen Abouzelof took COVID-19 very seriously. The 35-year-old worked from home and was a firm mask believer, she says. I thought my risk was low as I never left the house. There s no way, I thought, I d ever have COVID.
In late August 2020, Jen s lungs felt painfully tight. I just couldn t breathe. Convinced she was having an asthma attack, she went to University of Utah Madsen Health Center to get tested, only to learn the next day she had COVID-19.
She was devastated and felt like a failure because even wearing a mask, she had still contracted it. On oxygen at home, she didn t improve, her long-term COVID symptoms evolving to include not only chest pain but also brain fog, headaches and interminable fatigue.