My platelets have always been normal. I have taken many blood samples due to high cholesterol and platelets were always normal. My last normal reading was before I took my first Covid vaccine.

I took my first Moderna vaccine in January 2021 and my next blood draw showed my platelets were above normal. The Doc didn't say anything about, but they've been rising ever since, up to the point I went to an Oncologist. Found out I had the Jak2 mutation and on Hydrea now.

I could have gotten the mutation in Desert Storm or many other areas of operation I deployed to while in the Military. Or, it could have been introduced thru the vaccine. At the very least I do believe it was at least triggered by the vaccine.