VAERS Summary for COVID-19 Vaccines through 5/14/2021

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All charts and tables below reflect data from the VAERS Database, including U.S. and foreign data, and is updated through: 5/14/2021.

High-Level Summary	COVID19 vaccines (Dec’2020 – present)	All other vaccines 2011-present	All other vaccines 1990-present
Number of Adverse Reactions	227,805	437,736	804,815
Number of Life-Threatening Events	3,868	5,638	13,153
Number of Hospitalizations	12,625	37,993	76,824
Number of Deaths	4,201*	4,076*	8,708
# of Permanent Disabilities after vaccination	2,719	8,716	18,532
Number of Office Visits	39,151	39,983	40,588
# of Emergency Room/Department Visits	29,669	74,830	208,060
# of Birth Defects after vaccination	121	116	117

*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 2011.

Deaths

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

[Note that COVID19 counts for years 2001, 2010, 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:

Adverse Events

[Note that 267 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 594 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	194	4
Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis	13	0
Transverse Myelitis	69	0
Encephalitis	217	26
Convulsions/Seizures	2032	61
Stroke	2056	163
Narcolepsy, Cataplexy	30	0
Anaphylaxis	11642	28
Acute Myocardial Infarction (Heart Attack)	454	184
Myocarditis/Pericarditis	291	2
Autoimmune Disease	108	5
Other Acute Demyelinating Diseases	25	1
Pregnancy and birth outcomes (Miscarriages)	347	4
Other Allergic Reactions	266	0
Thrombocytopenia	367	38
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation	17	10
Venous Thromboembolism	2321	149
Arthritis and Arthralgia/Joint Pain	14837	34
Kawasaki Disease	5	0
Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome	78	6

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 5/14/2021 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	155,251,852^[2]	4,201	1 in 36,956	0.002710%

Risk of dying from COVID vaccine is 49.8 times greater than Flu Vaccine

Vaccine Type	# of Vaccinations	# of Adverse Reactions	Risk of Adverse Reaction	Percentage
Flu	167,447,642	10,426	1 in 16,061	0.006226%
COVID19	155,251,852	227,805	1 in 682	0.1467%

Risk of adverse reaction from COVID vaccine is 23.5 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