VAERS reports of adverse reactions after Covid vaccination total more than 1.56 million and include 36,501 deaths
The database of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) in the US now lists 1,605,764 adverse event reports after Covid vaccination, but 36,159 reports are described as ‘no adverse event’.
According to the latest published data, 36,501 deaths after Covid vaccination have been reported to VAERS.
The statistics are dated up to October 27, 2023, and include adverse reactions reported after administration of the bivalent boosters.
The CDC is no longer updating VAERS data weekly. It has returned to monthly adverse event updates, which 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.”
There was no public announcement about the change. The update that was expected on October 13 was simply not made.
Including adverse reactions reported after administration of the bivalent boosters 7,337,519 individual-symptom events are now listed on VAERS (many reports include more than one symptom).
There are 79,100 reports described as vaccination failure and 74,423 listed as “drug ineffective”. There are 39,413 reports of an expired product being administered, 37,796 reports of a product storage error, 30,634 reports of an inappropriate schedule of product administration, 26,595 reports of off-label use, 13,793 reports of a product being administered to patient of an inappropriate age, 11,787 reports of an incorrect dose being administered, 9,567 reports of an extra dose being administered, 8,439 reports of an incorrect product formulation being administered, and 7,611 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 39,129 reports of adverse reactions up to October 27, but 6,084 reports are listed as ‘no adverse event’.
A total 150,182 individual-symptom events are listed.
There are a total 357 reports of death after booster vaccination, but, in the ‘vaccine manufacturer’ category, there are 209 reports listed after administration of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and 149 after administration of the Moderna vaccine (358 total).
There are 486 reports of permanent disability, but in the ‘vaccine manufacturer’ category, there are 295 reports listed after administration of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and 192 after administration of the Moderna vaccine (487 total).
In the ‘COVID19-2’ category, there are 5,924 cases of Covid-19 and 5,405 reports separately listed as a positive SARS-CoV-2 test, 5,418 reports of a product storage error, 4,024 reports of an expired product being administered, 2,114 reports of the incorrect product formulation being administered, 1,707 reports of underdosing, 1,469 separate reports of an incorrect dose being administered, 1,040 reports of the wrong product being administered, 817 reports of an extra dose being administered, 476 reports of an inappropriate schedule of product administration, 459 reports of a “poor quality product” being administered, 445 reports of a product being administered to patient of an inappropriate age, and 335 reports of a “product preparation issue”.
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 18,288 reports of death after Covid vaccination from US states and territories or a location reported as unknown and 18,213 from foreign locations.
The 36,501 total includes the 209 reported deaths after administration of a Pfizer-BioNTech booster and 149 after administration of a Moderna booster.
According to VAERS, a total 23,043 deaths followed administration of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines, 10,575 followed administration of the Moderna vaccines, and 2,825 followed administration of the Janssen Biotech vaccine. In 266 cases, the name of the vaccine manufacturer was not specified in the report.
A total 4,228 of the reported deaths occurred on the same day as vaccination, 3,191 occurred the following day, 583 occurred within seven days, 1,641 occurred within ten to 14 days, and 2,824 occurred within 15 to 30 days.
According to Worldometers.info there had been 1,181,289 deaths from Covid-19 in the US as of November 3, 2023.
On VAERS 958,938 reports (up to October 27 and in all locations) relate to adverse events after administration of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines (4,599,176 individual-symptom events), 549,701 refer to the Moderna vaccines (2,297,898 individual-symptom events), 98,213 refer to the Janssen Biotech vaccine (446,016 individual-symptom events), 373 reports relate to the Novavax vaccine (1,662 individual-symptom events), and 13,351 relate to an unknown vaccine manufacturer (53,381 individual-symptom events).
The total number of reported adverse reactions resulting in permanent disability is put at 68,416. VAERS lists, as of October 27, 48,959 cases after administration of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines, 16,175 after administration of the Moderna vaccines, 3,373 after administration of the Janssen Biotech vaccine, and 12 after administration of the Novavax vaccine. In 415 cases, the vaccine manufacturer was not specified.
As of October 27 VAERS lists 11,638 reports of seizures after Covid vaccination. Some other adverse reactions such as generalised tonic-clonic seizure (1,320), seizure-like phenomena (658), and partial seizures (362) are listed separately.
There are 14,484 reports of a pulmonary embolism and 10,833 reports of thrombosis, with separate listings for specific types of thrombosis, such as deep vein thrombosis (9,513), pulmonary thrombosis (1,186) and cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (1,007). There are 213,918 reports of people being diagnosed with Covid-19 and 62,225 separate reports of a SARS-CoV-2 test being positive.
There are 10,117 reports of a cerebrovascular accident, 13,050 reports of sleep disorders, 14,290 reports of herpes zoster (plus 1,795 other herpes zoster reports listed separately, including herpes zoster reactivation), 2,475 reports of blindness, and 3,684 reports of deafness. As of October 27 there were 25,600 reports of tinnitus.
There are also 3,635 reports of spontaneous abortion (miscarriage) listed on VAERS as of October 27 along with 162 reports of stillbirth, 16,142 reports of heavy menstrual bleeding, 4,299 reports of intermenstrual bleeding, 9,522 reports of irregular menstruation, and 4,970 reports of delayed menstruation.
There are 3,443 reports of Guillain-Barré syndrome listed on VAERS as of October 27, along with 7,117 reports of Bell’s palsy, 9,493 reports categorised as facial paralysis, and 2,122 reports of facial paresis. There are also 232 cases of “facial asymmetry” listed on VAERS.
There are 17,237 reports of myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle) after Covid vaccination listed in the VAERS data up to October 27, 2023. VAERS lists 90 reports of viral myocarditis, 26 cases of eosinophilic myocarditis, 13 cases of giant cell myocarditis, ten cases of infectious myocarditis, nine cases of hypersensitivity 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, three cases of bacterial myocarditis, two cases of coxsackie myocarditis, and one case of enterovirus myocarditis..
The VAERS data also includes 11,430 reports of pericarditis (inflammation of the tissue surrounding the heart), 789 cases of myopericarditis, 105 cases of pleuropericarditis, 64 cases of viral pericarditis, 41 cases of constrictive pericarditis, 16 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, and one case of lupus pericarditis.
A total 9,001 reports of an anaphylactic reaction and 1,551 reports of anaphylactic shock after Covid vaccination are listed up to October 27.
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 and the EudraVigilance statistics are usually updated on Mondays.