According to new data released today, as of Feb. 12, 15,923 adverse reactions to COVID vaccines, including 929 deaths,have been reportedto the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC)Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System(VAERS) since Dec. 14, 2020.
VAERS is the primary mechanism in the U.S. for reporting adverse vaccine reactions. Reports submitted to VAERS require further investigation before a determination can be made as to whether the reported adverse event was directly or indirectly caused by the vaccine.
The latest VAERS data show that 799 of the deaths were reported in the U.S., and that about one-third of those deaths occurred within 48 hours of the individual receiving the vaccination.
As is consistent withprevious VAERS data reports, 192 of the reported deaths — or 21% — were cardiac-related. AsThe Defender reportedearlier this month, Dr. J. Patrick Whelan, a pediatric rheumatologist, warned the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in December thatmRNA vaccineslike those developed byPfizerandModernacould cause heart attacks and other injuries in ways not assessed in safety trials.
Of the 929 deaths reported since Dec. 14, 2020, the average age of the deceased was 77.8 and the youngest was 23. Fifty-two percent of the reported deaths were among men, 45% were women and 3% are unknown. Fifty-eight percent of the deaths were reported in people who received the Pfizer vaccine, and 41% were related to the Moderna vaccine.
States with thehighest reported numberof deaths were: California (71); Florida (50); Ohio (38); New York (31); Kentucky (41); Michigan (31); and Texas (31).
CBS Detroit reportedthis week that a 68-year old news anchor died one day after being vaccinated for COVID of asuspected stroke.
Reports of deaths among elderly people after being vaccinated for COVID continue to surface, includingthe articlepublished this week by The Defender about 46 nursing home residents in Spain who died within one month of receiving the Pfizer vaccine.
According to the latest data,3,126 “serious” adverse reactionshave been reported. Adverse reaction reports from the latest CDC data also include:
So far, only Pfizer and Moderna vaccines — approved foremergency use, but not fully licensed — are being used in the U.S.
AstraZeneca’s COVID vaccine, which does not use mRNA technology, was approved for emergency use this week by the World Health Organization, paving the way for some countries to start using it. However, asThe Defender reportedthis week, some nations have said they won’t use it, citing safety and efficacy concerns.
FiercePharma reported todaythat the FDA may reject the AstraZeneca vaccine over concerns relating to efficacy, especially against new COVID variants, and manufacturing issues.
News reports indicate that a growing number of people, includingnearly 30% of healthcare workers, now say they don’t want the COVID vaccine, citing safety concerns.
The Washington Post reportedthis week that nearly a third of military personnel are opting out of the vaccines, andESPN reportedthat top NBA players are reluctant to promote the vaccine.
Meanwhile, the FDA has not yet implemented systems to monitor the safety of theexperimentalCOVID vaccines. FDA officialstold The New York Timesthey don’t expect the systems to be up and running before the Biden administration reaches its goal of vaccinating 100 million Americans — nearly one third of the U.S. population.
As of Feb. 19, about56.3 million peoplein the U.S. had received one or both doses of a COVID vaccine.
While the VAERS database numbers may seem sobering, according to a U.S. Department of Health and Human Servicesstudy, the actual number ofadverse eventsis likely significantly higher. VAERS is apassive surveillance systemthat relies on the willingness of individuals to submit reports voluntarily.
According to the VAERS website, healthcare providers are required by law to report to VAERS:
- Any adverse event listed in the VAERS Table of Reportable Events Following Vaccination that occurs within the specified time period after vaccination
- An adverse event listed by the vaccine manufacturer as a contraindication to further doses of the vaccine
The CDC sayshealthcare providers are strongly encouraged to report:
- Any adverse event that occurs after the administration of a vaccine licensed in the United States, whether or not it is clear that a vaccine caused the adverse event
- Vaccine administration errors
However, “within the specified time” means that reactions occurring outside that timeframe may not be reported, in addition to reactions suffered hours or days later by people who don’t report those reactions to their healthcare provider.
Vaccine manufacturers are required to report to VAERS “all adverse events that come to their attention.”
Historically, however, fewer thanfewer than 1%of adverse events have ever been reported to VAERS, a system that Children’s Health Defense has previously referred to as an “abjectfailure,” including in a December 2020letterto Dr. David Kessler, former FDA director and now co-chair of the COVID-19 Advisory Board and President Biden’sversionof Operation Warp Speed.
A critic familiar with VAERS’ shortcomings bluntly condemned VAERS inThe BMJas “nothing more than window dressing, and a part of U.S. authorities’ systematic effort to reassure/deceive us about vaccine safety.”
CHD is calling for complete transparency. The children’s health organization is asking Kessler and the federal government to release all of the data from the clinical trials and suspend COVID-19 vaccine use in any group not adequately represented in the clinical trials, including the elderly, frail and anyone with comorbidities.
CHD is also asking for full transparency in post-marketing data that reports all health outcomes, including new diagnoses of autoimmune disorders, adverse events and deaths from COVID vaccines.
Children’s Health Defense asks anyone who has experienced an adverse reaction, to any vaccine, to file a report followingthese three steps.
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/latest-data-cdc-vaers/
