VAERS reports of adverse reactions after Covid vaccination total more than 1.55 million and include 36,080 deaths
The database of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) in the US now lists 1,589,970 adverse event reports after Covid vaccination, but 35,613 reports are described as ‘no adverse event’.
According to the latest published data, 36,080 deaths after Covid vaccination have been reported to VAERS.
The statistics are dated up to August 25, 2023, and include adverse reactions reported after administration of the bivalent boosters.
Including adverse reactions reported after administration of the bivalent boosters 7,276,484 individual-symptom events are listed (many reports include more than one symptom).
There are 78,882 reports described as vaccination failure and 73,095 listed as “drug ineffective”. There are 38,662 reports of an expired product being administered, 34,482 reports of a product storage error, 30,383 reports of an inappropriate schedule of product administration, 26,493 reports of off-label use, 13,670 reports of a product being administered to patient of an inappropriate age, 11,420 reports of an incorrect dose being administered, 9,513 reports of an extra dose being administered, 8,431 reports of an incorrect product formulation being administered, and 7,609 reports of a “poor quality product” being administered.
VAERS now has a separate category, ‘COVID19-2’, which contains data about the bivalent boosters. In this category, there are 37,487 reports of adverse reactions up to August 25, but 5,850 reports are listed as ‘no adverse event’.
A total 143,899 individual-symptom events are listed.
There are a total 348 reports of death after booster vaccination, but in the ‘vaccine manufacturer category’ there are 200 reports listed after administration of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and 149 after administration of the Moderna vaccine (349 total).
There are 454 reports of permanent disability (276 after administration of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and 178 after administration of the Moderna vaccine).
In the ‘COVID19-2’ category, there are 5,784 cases of Covid-19 and 5,300 reports separately listed as a positive SARS-CoV-2 test, 5,331 reports of a product storage error, 3,704 reports of an expired product being administered, 2,108 reports of the incorrect product formulation being administered, 1,691 reports of underdosing, 1,429 separate reports of an incorrect dose being administered, 1,004 reports of the wrong product being administered, 802 reports of an extra dose being administered, 466 reports of an inappropriate schedule of product administration, 461 reports of a “poor quality product” being administered, 415 reports of a product being administered to patient of an inappropriate age, and 334 reports of a “product preparation issue”.
As of May 10, 2023, 56.4 million people in the US had received a bivalent booster dose.
The CDC said on the ‘COVID-19 Vaccinations in the United States’ web page that the update published on May 11 was the “final update” of vaccination statistics on that page.
It said that, from June 15, 2023, a new page displaying updated vaccination data would be available.
The data provided on CDC COVID Data Tracker: Vaccine Confidence and COVID VaxView is complex. The at-a-glance table provided on the ‘COVID-19 Vaccinations in the United States’ web page is not available on these pages. The May 10 data can be seen on the Vaccination in States and jurisdictions page.
ALL THE FOLLOWING DATA ARE FROM BOTH COVID VACCINE CATEGORIES COMBINED
There is now a disclaimer on the wonder.cdc.gov website that states the following: “At the request of European regulators, CDC and FDA have removed certain data fields (country codes; reported symptom case narrative free text; diagnostic laboratory data free text field; illness at time of vaccination free text field; chronic conditions free text medical history field; allergies free text field) from foreign VAERS reports which were submitted to VAERS and may not comply with European regulations. Domestic (U.S.) VAERS reports are not affected by this process.”
According to the latest data, VAERS received 18,015 reports of death after Covid vaccination from US states and territories or a location reported as unknown and 18,065 from foreign locations.
The 36,080 total includes the 200 reported deaths after administration of a Pfizer-BioNTech booster and 149 after administration of a Moderna booster.
According to VAERS, a total 22,764 deaths followed administration of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines, 10,451 followed administration of the Moderna vaccines, and 2,814 followed administration of the Janssen Biotech vaccine. In 256 cases, the name of the vaccine manufacturer was not specified in the report.
A total 4,210 of the reported deaths occurred on the same day as vaccination, 3,176 occurred the following day, 583 occurred within seven days, 1,634 occurred within ten to 14 days, and 2,813 occurred within 15 to 30 days.
According to Worldometers.info there had been 1,173,745 deaths from Covid-19 in the US as of September 3, 2023.
According to the CDC’s Covid data tracker, 676,728,782 Covid vaccine doses had been administered in the US as of May 10, 2023.
On VAERS 950,211 reports (up to August 25 and in all locations) relate to adverse events after administration of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines (4,559,399 individual-symptom events), 542,889 refer to the Moderna vaccines (2,278,272 individual-symptom events), 97,959 refer to the Janssen Biotech vaccine (444,336 individual-symptom events), 329 reports relate to the Novavax vaccine (1,410 individual-symptom events), and 12,722 relate to an unknown vaccine manufacturer (51,339 individual-symptom events).
The total number of reported adverse reactions resulting in permanent disability is put at 67,564. VAERS lists, as of August 25, 48,327 cases after administration of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines, 15,984 after administration of the Moderna vaccines, 3,336 after administration of the Janssen Biotech vaccine, and 12 after administration of the Novavax vaccine. In 389 cases, the vaccine manufacturer was not specified.
As of August 25 VAERS lists 11,540 reports of seizures after Covid vaccination. Some other adverse reactions such as generalised tonic-clonic seizure (1,308), seizure-like phenomena (652), and partial seizures (357) are listed separately.
There are 14,378 reports of a pulmonary embolism and 10,766 reports of thrombosis, with separate listings for specific types of thrombosis, such as deep vein thrombosis (9,446), pulmonary thrombosis (1,183) and cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (1,004). There are 211,847 reports of people being diagnosed with Covid-19 and 61,744 separate reports of a SARS-CoV-2 test being positive.
There are 10,000 reports of a cerebrovascular accident, 12,897 reports of sleep disorders, 14,232 reports of herpes zoster (plus 1,776 other herpes zoster reports listed separately, including herpes zoster reactivation), 2,451 reports of blindness, and 3,641 reports of deafness. As of August 25 there were 25,372 reports of tinnitus.
There are also 3,619 reports of spontaneous abortion (miscarriage) listed on VAERS as of August 25 along with 162 reports of stillbirth, 16,083 reports of heavy menstrual bleeding, 4,283 reports of intermenstrual bleeding, 9,501 reports of irregular menstruation, and 4,959 reports of delayed menstruation.
There are 3,399 reports of Guillain-Barré syndrome listed on VAERS as of August 25, along with 7,079 reports of Bell’s palsy, 9,442 reports categorised as facial paralysis, and 2,109 reports of facial paresis. There are also 229 cases of “facial asymmetry” listed on VAERS.
There are 17,134 reports of myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle) after Covid vaccination listed in the VAERS data up to August 25, 2023. VAERS lists 89 reports of viral myocarditis, 26 cases of eosinophilic myocarditis, 13 cases of giant cell myocarditis, nine cases of hypersensitivity myocarditis, nine cases of infectious myocarditis, six cases of immune-mediated myocarditis, six cases of chronic myocarditis, six reports of autoimmune myocarditis, four cases of septic myocarditis, three cases of post-infection myocarditis, three cases of mycotic myocarditis, two cases of bacterial myocarditis, two cases of coxsackie myocarditis, and one case of enterovirus myocarditis.
The VAERS data also includes 11,352 reports of pericarditis (inflammation of the tissue surrounding the heart), 764 cases of myopericarditis, 104 cases of pleuropericarditis, 63 cases of viral pericarditis, 41 cases of constrictive pericarditis, 16 cases of infective pericarditis, five cases of purulent pericarditis, three cases of adhesive pericarditis, two cases of bacterial pericarditis, two cases of autoimmune pericarditis, one case of uraemic pericarditis, one case of rheumatic pericarditis, one case of gonococcal pericarditis, one case of cytomegalovirus pericarditis, and one case of lupus pericarditis.
A total 8,944 reports of an anaphylactic reaction after Covid vaccination are listed up to August 25.
The CDC is no longer collecting adverse event reports on its v-safe app. It now directs those wishing to make a report about Covid vaccination to the VAERS website.
The CDC stated that it closed enrolment in v-safe for Covid-19 vaccines on May 19, 2023. V-safe, it noted, was developed specifically for Covid-19 vaccines.
“CDC is developing a new version of v-safe which will allow users to share their post-vaccination experiences with new vaccines,” the CDC added.
“CDC will continue to monitor the safety of Covid-19 vaccines through its other vaccine safety monitoring systems. V-safe users or others who get vaccinated can report any possible health problems or adverse events following vaccination to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS).”
There is more detail about the VAERS statistics on my Changing Times website along with data from other adverse event databases.
The World Health Organisation updates its VigiBase statistics every Sunday.
The EudraVigilance statistics are usually updated on Mondays.