Epub 2020 Jul 21. !F+% H30Dif>$cBT1n0 "|G I fully expect that, just as soon as a COVID-19 vaccine is approved for use in children, antivaxxers will start claiming that the vaccine causes autism and SIDS. So, roughly the baseline death rate is roughly 2.4/100,000 per day. Now, add this to the mix, for comparison: how many people are dying of COVID in the US per day? In 2008, patients seeking a hip or knee replacement in Stockholm County faced wait times of up to two years of sometimes debilitating pain, intermittent missed work and income, and the trials of disability. VAERS reports can be submitted voluntarily by anyone, including healthcare First, lets get back to the question of the denominator. * Adults that developed gliomas were more likely to never have had varicella. Since follow-up is not conducted, it may be argued that some reports may not be attributed to or associated with vaccination and therefore the true rate of adverse events is essentially unknown. hbbd``b`$Oo@UHYWY 0 I There is no confirmed evidence of a COVID-19 vaccine causing the death of even one child. and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). In the letter, the lawmakers said a whistleblower alleged in sworn testimony that deaths and injuries recorded in the CDC's Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System "may be underreported by a factor of five.". My topic here is not VAERS generally, but a number that recurs often in discussions about the vaccine injury reports VAERS contains. Intern. No, seriously, look at the stupidity on display here: For over three weeks, the website of the US government Vaccination Adverse Reporting System (VAERS) has been inaccessible to most users. The global reach of the CDC VAERS misinformation should not be underestimated, with print copies of the data having been placed into letterboxes as far away as Brisbane, Australia. It was the waiting that drew the attention of the Stockholm County Council. 14. This type of propaganda is so harmful to our County residents, with The Mountaineer reporting 84 people who have lost their lives and over 3600 who have contracted Covid-19 right here in Haywood. During the same The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new data showing that a total of 965,843 adverse event reports following COVID vaccines were submitted between December 14, 2020, and December 10, 2021, to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS). One observation that Ive made about how antivaxxers have joined the COVID-19 cranks and conspiracy theorists and started casting doubt on COVID-19 vaccines is that everything old is new again. We developed an open-source, generalizable clinical decision support system called Electronic Support for Public Health-Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (ESP-VAERS) to assist clinicians with AE . LEE SY, KOMP DM, ANDIMAN W: Thrombocytopenic Purpura following varicella-zoster vaccination. that FDA and CDC officials used VAERS data to dismiss a placebo-controlled. The coding of VAERS reports requires careful interpretation. Clinical descriptions of five different serious adverse affects that followed varicella vaccination are given below. The US Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) is "overwhelmed" with reports of vaccine adverse effects in the wake of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign, cardiologist Dr. Peter. On any given 12-hour shift, I am seeing patients be admitted to the ICU within days or weeks of receiving the vaccines after suffering . As of today, the online database alleges 1349 U.S. deaths attributable to COVID-19 vaccines. Thats 1.3/100,000. This site needs JavaScript to work properly. Indeed, I long ago discussed how lawyers have long gamed VAERS to support their litigation, reporting lots of cases of autism as supposedly an adverse reaction to vaccines. The degree of underreporting varies widely. We know according to a Harvard study that VAERS is only thought to represent 1% of actual injuries." Mercola, just a few paragraphs below that, emphasizes the point: Studies have indicated it could be as low as 1%.6,7. Anyone can submit a report to VAERS, including parents and patients. Pediatrics (27.2.23) Die dunklen Seiten von grnen Technologien - Seit 2020 sind die Preise fr kritische Rohstoffe rapide angestiegen und halten sich seit Ende 2022 auf hohem Niveau. Physicians and patients understand that minor side effects of vaccinations often include this kind of discomfort, as well as low fevers. On June 12, 2003 (age 5), he had a unilateral shingles eruption on the back of his neck. She was seen by her physician because of an irregular heart rate and an ECG revealed supra ventricular extra systoles and left ventricular hypertrophy. How can there possibly be over 16,000 reported in VAERS if nothing is going on? Methods: We estimated VAERS reporting rates following vaccination for anaphylaxis and GBS. Basically, the 1% gambit with respect to what percentage of adverse reactions are reported to VAERS has entered the realm of antivax talking points, as RFK Jr.s article demonstrates. It is a near certainty that scurrilous and outlandish claims around the COVID-19 vaccines will be shared online in any case, but for now, malign actors transmit this information with a veneer of credibility offered by the CDC VAERS database. Based on the law of large numbers, in which very small percentages translate into a large number of actual cases or people, we would expect a lot more deaths within a couple of weeks after vaccination by random chance alone. Her symptoms worsened at the age of 6. J Pers Med. whether or not they believe the vaccination was the cause. A CDC database that was mostly unknown except to a small segment of the population is now regularly in the news. As with all antivax talking points, its meant to deceive. They also allow users to verify that they are connected to the real web site, rather than a hackers web site. Still, its limitations aside, VAERS has its place if you understand its intended purpose. Adverse event; Passive surveillance; Vaccine; Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS); Vaccine safety. (I realize that that 22 million figure includes an additional week of vaccinations and does not break down how many people had received one or both doses, but this is a back-of-the-envelope) calculation. According to the VAERS website, only a "small fraction" of vaccine injuries are reported (2). Signals and trends of Guillain-Barr syndrome after the introduction of live-attenuated vaccines for influenza in the US and South Korean adverse event reporting systems. Thats not to say that only severe or serious adverse reactions should be reported. Box 847, Pearblossom, CA 93553 USA, Copyright 2023 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, Womens, childrens & adolescents health, Adverse Reactions to Varicella Vaccination are Grossly Under-Reported. A federal agency seeking to disabuse citizens of the expectation that government health databases are accurate should be an indicator for the CDC that VAERS has a serious problem. VAERS is a passive reporting system, meaning that reports about adverse events are not automatically collected, but require a report to be filed to VAERS. NARUSE H, MIWATA H, OZAKI T, ASANO Y, NAMAZUE J, YAMANISHI K: Varicella infection complicated with meningitis after immunization. This is true, and EXACTLY why scientists prefer to measure EXCESS MORTALITY to assess the true toll of the pandemicwhich counts how many deaths from any cause there have been ABOVE AND BEYOND what is expected. Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS). (1989) 160(3):535-537. Background Users can access data pertaining to clinically significant medical events that occur after vaccination in the United States. As of today, the online database alleges 1349 U.S. deaths attributable to COVID-19 vaccines. Wu, a former . With the authority of the CDC, whose official seal adorns the webpage, VAERS packs a shock. The easily-abused nature of VAERS data is one huge reason why those of us whove been following the antivaccine movement a long time like to refer to the bad scientific studies published by antivaccine physicians and scientists that use VAERS as their data source as dumpster diving. Case "C" An adult female, age 47, became disabled following varicella vaccination. VAERS reports can be submitted voluntarily by anyone, including healthcare providers, patients, or family members. The CDC acknowledges the quality and completeness of reports often lack details and sometimes can have information that contains errors. Beyond that disclaimer, the CDC tries to ensure its readers know the data is inaccurate by offering users terms and conditions, which are presumably mostly unread, and a checkbox to acknowledge their contents. Have you heard the claim that only 1% of serious vaccine reactions are reported to VAERS? official website and that any information you provide is encrypted The findings, the researchers said, affirm the overall safety of the vaccine and underscore . The coalition formed . Of the US primary reports received between 2012 and 2016, 0.4% reported death as the outcome; 5% reported a serious nonfatal adverse event (as defined above), and 94.6% reported non-serious events (CDC, unpublished data). The true figure is likely to be significantly higher as Keyhole excludes Instagram and private Facebook groups from its analytics. Of course, whenever you see these sorts of numbers, two questions should come straight to you mind right away. VAERS sensitivity for capturing anaphylaxis after seven different vaccines ranged from 13 to 76%; sensitivity for capturing GBS after three different vaccines ranged from 12 to 64%. providers, patients, or family members. VAERS is a postmarketing surveillance program, collecting information about adverse events (possible harmful side effects) that occur after administration of vaccines to ascertain . Oncol. Vaccine. The credits awarded are as follows: CME, 2.0; CNE, 2.0; CEU, .20; CHES, 2.0; and CVE, 2.0. Competing interests: The lot number associated with each vaccine is recorded in the VAERS data base. Deaths definitely get ones attention and are far more likely to be reported than any other AE. Then, with respect to antivaccine disinformation, truly everything old will be new again. When evaluating data from VAERS, it is important to note that for any reported event, no cause-and-effect relationship has been established. Case "B" A man who was vaccinated against varicella in 1995 developed encephalomyloneuritis and required hospitalization for months. That is, of course, the generic author that RFK Jr.s Childrens Health Defense gives to articles in The Defender that could include almost anyone on the team, all of whom are antivaccine to the core and the vast majority of whom are not scientists. Please enable it to take advantage of the complete set of features! Singh RB, Parmar UPS, Kahale F, Agarwal A, Tsui E. Ophthalmology. months old, when suspicion for vaccine adverse effects should be Given that anyone can report any suspected adverse event, VAERS is intended to be an early warning system. Q ZO!G("p Disease in children under 5 were reported to VAERS. Copyright The President and Fellows of Harvard College, Administration for Children and Families Database, Harvard T.H. and transmitted securely. Covid-19 was the eighth leading cause of death among children in recent months, according to a study published Monday. It would be a dramatic improvement over the current health-care-worker-initiated reports. The degree of underreporting varies widely. Certainly, it doesnt help that there is at least one person who proclaims himself so very, very, very pro-vaccine is out there pointing to anecdotes to support his pet hypothesis that its dangerous to vaccinate people who have pre-existing COVID-19 antibodies. According to the VAERS data, of the 329 reported deaths, 285 were from the U.S., and 44 were from other countries. Spoiler alert: Excess mortality during the pandemic has been VERY high. Nonetheless, previous reports demonstrate substantial case capture for clinically severe adverse events (AEs), including 47% of intussusception cases after rotavirus vaccine, and 68% of vaccine associated paralytic polio after oral polio vaccine. Attackers might be trying to steal your information from www.vaers.hhs.gov (for example, passwords, messages, or credit cards). The only browser that seems to consistently connect properly is Safari, used by only around a quarter of people accessing . A 35-year old female who had never had varicella, was exposed to infected children. Bardenheier BH, Duderstadt SK, Engler RJ, McNeil MM. (1999) 127(6):733-734. Patients, parents and caregivers are encouraged to report "any clinically important medical event or health problem that. The website address, www.vaers.hhs.gov, is printed on the vaccine information statements (VISs), short documents listing the benefits and risks of vaccines that are required by law to be distributed with every vaccine dose administered in the US.1, But the website link leads anybody using the web browsers Chrome, Firefox, and some versions of Internet Explorer to a warning page. Unsurprisingly, RFK Jr. fails to mention that the BMJ article to which he refers is a BMJ Rapid Response, which is basically a comment section that is not peer-reviewed that cranks love to use to post their ramblings and then cite them as though they were legitimate articles in The BMJ. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), Prevention of Varicella Updated Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), May 28, 1999; 48(RR06):1-5. VAERS accepts reports from anyone, including patients, family members, healthcare providers and vaccine manufacturers. The patient's nausea decreased and her fever subsided. If you look at the CHD scientific advisory board, youll soon see that its a whos-who of antivaccine cranks, including Richard Deth (what a blast from the past!) ones, especially when they occur soon after vaccination, even if they may be coincidental and related to other causes. * Authors report that a healthy 5-year-old girl developed HZ in the dermatome supplied by the ophthalmic branch of the fifth cranial nerve 40 months after varicella vaccination. annually The report of an adverse event to VAERS is not documentation that a vaccine caused the event. The newly installed CDC Director urged Americans to not let down their guard, saying she is scared a fourth wave of the coronavirus may batter the country before vaccinations can reach a critical mass. Nevropatol. I dont know. He had moderate pain and the lesions were tender and sensitive to clothing. Exploring issues and controversies in the relationship between science and medicine. There is no citation for that sentence. Epub 2016 Jul 19. MeSH Clipboard, Search History, and several other advanced features are temporarily unavailable. it varies but in the past 4 weeks, about 0.9-1 per 100k *per day* pic.twitter.com/NVz2MXmFIx. As an amusing aside, whenever I discuss VAERS, I like to recount the tale of how in 2006 Jim Laidler infamously reported to VAERS that the flu vaccine had turned him into The Incredible Hulk and VAERS accepted the report. Ds mother was initially fearful and refused the varicella vaccine for her daughter. She was told that her collagenous colitis was autoimmune in nature. On the other hand, more serious and unexpected medical events are probably more likely to be reported than minor ones, especially when they occur soon after vaccination, even if they may be coincidental and related to other causes. Because of this mismatch, the browser is rejecting it. The department then gives the example of injection-site soreness,. The Harvard Pilgraim study is here for all to see: https://digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r18hs017045-lazarus-final-report-2011.pdf, Naturopathic physician, licensed acupuncturist, medical researcher. Zhou W, Pool V, Iskander JK, English-Bullard R, Ball R, Wise RP, Haber P, Pless RP, Mootrey G, Ellenberg SS, Braun MM, Chen RT. Examples abound, including a study claiming to find a link between the H1N1 vaccine and miscarriages or one of the earliest examples that I ever encountered, Mark and David Geiers epically bad study trying to link thimerosal-containing vaccines to autism. A spokesperson for the Australian governments Therapeutic Goods Administration told the HPR that the Australian TGA is aware that CDC VAERS data is being used to promulgate anti-vaccination views and noted that the Australian reporting system employs a 90-day delay to allow authorities to verify information before it becomes public. In 2008, patients seeking a hip or knee replacement in Stockholm County faced wait times of up to two years of sometimes debilitating pain, intermittent missed work and income, and the trials of disability. In normal times Norway typically sees 45 deaths among nursing residents each week. Indeed, antivaxxers have long loved to portray VAERS as the be-all and end-all of the databases monitoring vaccine safety. An HPR Keyhole analysis of social media indicates that over a 24-hour period in March, an expected 350,000 people had viewed or interacted with anti-vaccine information originating from the VAERS database. To reach such a critical mass, the federal government is in a race against time. Pediatr. It might be true that such a small percentage of adverse events is reported for self-limited minor events, such as sore arms, fever, nausea, and the like. The VAERS dataset was created to manage reports of vaccine-associated side effects. Bethesda, MD 20894, Web Policies It is a statement of fact that there are over 3,000 reports of deaths in VAERS among people who received a Covid vaccine. While the VAERS database numbers are sobering, according to a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services study, the actual number of adverse events is likely significantly higher. VAERS Symptoms lists the symptoms of the adverse event. In a yearlong period from August 2021 to July 2022, 821 children ages 0 to 19 died from covid-19 at a rate of 1 per 100,000. The second is: What is the baseline rate for such adverse events in the population studied? 2023 Jan 4:S0161-6420(22)00929-0. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2022.11.023. Mercolas reference #7 is superfluous, because it also references #6. She noticed some bruises and had aching in her knees, hands and feet. The term, underreporting refers to the fact that VAERS receives reports for only a small fraction of actual adverse events. InDepthNH.org - The New Hampshire Center for Public Interest . This, of course, is intended to increase reporting of adverse events to VAERS. Data is also available through the CDC wonder interface by clicking on the CDC wonder link at the top of the page. I assume the claim from Kirsch is based on a 10 year old report from Harvard-Pilgrim insurance showing that only ~1% of drug related adverse effects are reported. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) states, "VAERS data are limited by underreporting and unknown sensitivity of the reporting system, making it difficult to compare adverse event rates following vaccination reported to VAERS with those from complications following natural disease. (2003) 135(3):415-417. Information needs to be . However, real data transmissions of non-physician approved reports to the CDC was unable to commence, as by the end of this project, the . Image by Mat Napo is licensed under the Unsplash License. "Underreporting" is one of the main limitations of passive surveillance systems, including VAERS. At the end of the document is not a list of supporting citations, but only a list of publications by the organization on the topic of the automated adverse event reporting. 8. Here users can create their own charts and graphs. To determine the sensitivity of VAERS in capturing AE reports of anaphylaxis and Guillain-Barr syndrome (GBS) following vaccination and whether this is consistent with previous estimates for other severe AEs. J. Ophthalmol. 5. Hematol. COVID-19 Vaccines and Myopericarditis: A Nuanced Story. apply Nevertheless, the magnitude of these differences makes it likely that serious adverse events following vaccination occur at a substantially lower rate than following natural disease [15]." She underwent a colonoscopy and was diagnosed with the rare and more serious collagenous colitis. J. Ophthalmol. (1986) 8(1):78-80. J. Pediatr. especially The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the As is stated on the VAERS website: Underreporting is one of the main limitations of passive surveillance systems, including VAERS. J Clin Pharm Ther. Between 2000-2020, VAERS received 1,005 reports of death after vaccination, according to a USA TODAY analysis of VAERS data. This may sound similar to another argument that many COVID-19 deaths in older adults are deaths that would have happened anyway. Flora J, Khan W, Jin J, Jin D, Hussain A, Dajani K, Khan B. Int J Mol Sci. Some infants will experience these medical events shortly after a vaccination by coincidence. in young children. Two months later on May 13, 2004 he had still another recurrence with moderate pain, in the same location as previously mentioned. The CDC blocked both the data collection by the Harvard Pilgrim group, and also any implementation that could have followed from their findings. The first report of an adverse reaction following varicella vaccination was filed with VAERS (ID 74221) on May 26, 1995. J. Background: Reporting of adverse events (AEs) following vaccination can help identify rare or unexpected complications of immunizations and aid in characterizing potential vaccine safety signals. The CDC told Reuters. A certain number of 80+ year olds die every day. Im. This time around, theyve resurrected the old antivaccine trick of deceptively misusing the VAERS database to imply causation from VAERS reports. It simply contains whatever people have voluntarily reported. Sadly, those over 80, especially those already frail enough to be a nursing home, already have high BASELINE mortality. between Harvard and Constella. possibilities of Each of the three occurrences of the shingles rash was on his left side. Thus, if you vaccinated 40,000 80+ year olds, you would expect about 80 deaths out of that group within one week *just by coincidence*. They also dont understand how the antivaccine movement has always been about more than just vaccines. During the 18-year period from 1990 through 2007 just 88 cases of Kawasaki Disease in children under 5 were reported to VAERS. Her physician recommended prompt vaccination and she received a first dose of varicella vaccine on May 18, 1998. 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