Brad Paquette returned home after playing hockey late on a Sunday night and felt “a huge vacuum” in his chest.
Two months earlier, Paquette, a Michigan state representative, received a second COVID-19 vaccine. He developed an irregular heartbeat after the shot and went to the emergency room.
“When I was told I had an irregular heartbeat, I asked the doctor if it could be related to the shot, and if it could be myocarditis. He was hesitant to connect it to the vaccine,” Paquette said.
At the time, Paquette was 33 and had no preexisting conditions. He soon learned that he had suffered a heart attack and had developed myocarditis….