VAERS Summary for COVID-19 Vaccines through 6/18/2021

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All charts and tables below reflect the data release on 6/25/2021 from the VAERS website, which includes U.S. and foreign data, and is updated through: 6/18/2021

High-Level Summary	COVID19 vaccines (Dec’2020 – present)	All other vaccines 2004-present	All other vaccines 1990-present
Number of Adverse Reactions	387,287	632,536	808,121
Number of Life-Threatening Events	6,449	9,632	13,239
Number of Hospitalizations	21,806	59,239	77,017
Number of Deaths	6,136*	6,048*	8,759
# of Permanent Disabilities after vaccination	5,194	13,259	18,699
Number of Office Visits	72,586	41,146	41,218
# of Emergency Room/Department Visits	51,527	141,931	208,393
# of Birth Defects after vaccination	191	123	125

*Note that the total number of deaths associated with the COVID-19 vaccines is greater than the number of deaths associated with all other vaccines combined since the year 2004.

Deaths

[Note that counts for weeks 2001-01-07, 2010-03-14, 2014-02-09. and 2020-05-31 are due to incorrect date data in the VAERS system]

**[Note that COVID19 counts for years 2001, 2010, and 2014 are due to incorrect date data in the VAERS system]**

Chart using comparable 6 month periods, since Covid-19 vaccines have only been available for approximately 6 months:

NOTE: IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE QUERY GENERATING THE ABOVE CHART IN PAST WEEKS HAD AN ERROR IN IT, PREVIOUSLY RESULTING IN HIGHER ABSOLUTE NUMBERS…THIS HAS BEEN CORRECTED FOR THIS WEEK (AND MOVING FORWARD). NOTICE HOWEVER, THAT EVEN WITH THE CORRECTION, THE OVERALL SHAPE AND PROFILE OF THE DATA DOES NOT LOOK DIFFERENT THAN BEFORE.

Adverse Events

**Note that 452 records for COVID19 were scattered throughout years earlier than 2020 due to incorrect date data in the VAERS system]**

Chart using comparable 6 month periods, since Covid-19 vaccines have only been available for approximately 6 months:

**[Note that 908 records for COVID19 were scattered throughout periods** **earlier than Dec’20-May’21 due to incorrect date** **data in the VAERS system]**

Symptoms

The slide below was taken from an FDA document from October 22, 2020 and provides a list of possible adverse event outcomes related to the Covid-19 vaccines.

Source: ‘Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee October 22,2020 Meeting Presentation”.

The following table lists the number of adverse events found in the VAERS data which match the outcomes listed above:

FDA Listed Symptom	Total (Non-Lethal) Adverse Events	Total Deaths
Guillain-Barre	349	7
Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis	19	0
Transverse Myelitis	120	0
Encephalitis	342	38
Convulsions/Seizures	4089	102
Stroke	3401	299
Narcolepsy, Cataplexy	48	0
Anaphylaxis	18840	44
Acute Myocardial Infarction (Heart Attack)	876	280
Myocarditis/Pericarditis	1340	10
Autoimmune Disease	210	7
Other Acute Demyelinating Diseases	51	1
Pregnancy and birth outcomes (Miscarriages)	728	9
Other Allergic Reactions	494	0
Thrombocytopenia	656	56
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation	36	13
Venous Thromboembolism	4374	209
Arthritis and Arthralgia/Joint Pain	24483	41
Kawasaki Disease	9	0
Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome	177	7

Vaccination Related Risks of COVID19 Vs. Flu

These set of figures compare the COVID19 vaccine to the traditional Flu vaccines. ‘Risk of Death’ percentages depend on the ‘# of Vaccinations’ data, which is only approximate, and was pulled from the CDC’s report on Flu vaccination coverage for the 2019-2020 season, and from Our World in Data for the COVID19 vaccinations.

Covid19 vaccinations through 5/31/2021 vs. Flu vaccinations 7/1/2019 – 5/31/2020 (last complete flu season)

Vaccine Type	# of Vaccinations	# of Deaths	Risk of Death	Percentage
Flu	167,447,642^[1]	91	1 in 1,840,083	0.000054%
COVID19	167,733,972^[2]	5,863	1 in 28,609	0.003495%

Risk of dying from COVID vaccine is 64.3 times greater than Flu Vaccine

Vaccine Type	# of Vaccinations	# of Adverse Reactions	Risk of Adverse Reaction	Percentage
Flu	167,447,642	10,431	1 in 16,053	0.006229%
COVID19	167,733,972	327,579	1 in 512	0.1953%

Risk of adverse reaction from COVID vaccine is 31.3 times greater than Flu Vaccine

^[1]number of flu vaccinations based on estimated flu vaccine coverage data from CDC and estimated population data from US Census. Yearly flu vaccination data covers a period of time from 7/1 to 5/31 of the following year.
^[2]number of covid19 vaccinations based on estimates from Our World in Data