VAERS reports of adverse reactions after Covid vaccination total more than 1.6 million and include 37,734 deaths

The database of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) in the US now lists 1,642,634 adverse event reports after Covid vaccination, but 37,454 reports are described as ‘no adverse event’.

The statistics are dated up to June 28, 2024, and include adverse reactions reported after administration of the bivalent boosters.

According to the latest published data, 37,734 deaths after Covid vaccination have been reported to VAERS. Of these deaths, 541 were reported after booster vaccination.

A total 4,326 of the reported deaths occurred on the same day as vaccination, 3,267 occurred the following day, 591 occurred within seven days, 1,667 occurred within ten to 14 days, and 2,891 occurred within 15 to 30 days.

VAERS received 18,951 reports of death after Covid vaccination from US states and territories or a location reported as unknown and 18,783 from foreign locations.

The total number of reported adverse reactions resulting in permanent disability is put at 71,219.

Including adverse reactions reported after administration of the bivalent boosters 7,515,006 individual-symptom events are now listed on VAERS (many reports include more than one symptom).

There are 3,626 reports of Guillain-Barré syndrome listed on VAERS as of June 28, along with 7,336 reports of Bell’s palsy, 9,681 reports categorised as facial paralysis, and 2,144 reports of facial paresis.

There are 17,656 reports of myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle) after Covid vaccination listed in the VAERS data up to June 28. VAERS lists 95 reports of viral myocarditis, 29 cases of eosinophilic myocarditis, 19 cases of giant cell myocarditis, ten cases of infectious myocarditis, ten cases of hypersensitivity myocarditis, seven cases of chronic myocarditis, six cases of immune-mediated myocarditis, six reports of autoimmune myocarditis, four cases of septic myocarditis, four cases of post-infection myocarditis, three cases of mycotic myocarditis, three cases of bacterial myocarditis, two cases of coxsackie myocarditis, and one case of enterovirus myocarditis.

The VAERS data also includes 11,791 reports of pericarditis (inflammation of the tissue surrounding the heart), 858 cases of myopericarditis, 111 cases of pleuropericarditis,  67 cases of viral pericarditis, 47 cases of constrictive pericarditis, 17 cases of infective pericarditis, five cases of purulent pericarditis, three cases of adhesive pericarditis, three cases of rheumatic pericarditis, two cases of bacterial pericarditis, two cases of autoimmune pericarditis, one case of uraemic pericarditis, one case of gonococcal pericarditis, one case of cytomegalovirus pericarditis, one case of lupus pericarditis, and one case of fungal pericarditis.

There are also 3,686 reports of spontaneous abortion (miscarriage) listed on VAERS as of June 28 along with 169 reports of stillbirth, 16,327 reports of heavy menstrual bleeding, 4,340 reports of intermenstrual bleeding, 9,628 reports of irregular menstruation, and 5,000 reports of delayed menstruation.

A total 9,202 reports of an anaphylactic reaction and 1,581 reports of anaphylactic shock after Covid vaccination are listed up to June 28.

There are 221,089 reports of cases of Covid-19 and 63,049 reports separately listed as a positive SARS-CoV-2 test.

VAERS has a separate category, ‘COVID19-2’, which contains data about the bivalent boosters. In this category, there are 43,775 reports of adverse reactions up to June 28, but 6,271 reports are listed as ‘no adverse event’.

A total 174,125 individual-symptom events are listed.

The CDC is no longer updating VAERS data weekly. It returned to monthly adverse event updates in October last year.

There was no public announcement about the change. The update that was expected on October 13 was simply not made.

Updates are now on the first Friday of each month.

“During the Covid-19 vaccination campaign, the volume of reporting warranted updates on a weekly basis,” a CDC spokeswoman said.

“With the end of the public health emergency and reduced reporting volume to VAERS overall, CDC has transitioned back to providing updates monthly (on the first Friday of the month), as it was in pre-pandemic times.”