VAERS reports of adverse reactions after Covid vaccination total more than 1.55 million and include 36,231 deaths
The database of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) in the US now lists 1,593,415 adverse event reports after Covid vaccination, but 35,890 reports are described as ‘no adverse event’.
According to the latest published data, 36,231 deaths after Covid vaccination have been reported to VAERS.
The statistics are dated up to September 15, 2023, and include adverse reactions reported after administration of the bivalent boosters.
Including adverse reactions reported after administration of the bivalent boosters 7,290,406 individual-symptom events are listed (many reports include more than one symptom).
There are 78,947 reports described as vaccination failure and 73,515 listed as “drug ineffective”. There are 39,192 reports of an expired product being administered, 34,968 reports of a product storage error, 30,457 reports of an inappropriate schedule of product administration, 26,553 reports of off-label use, 13,681 reports of a product being administered to patient of an inappropriate age, 11,472 reports of an incorrect dose being administered, 9,523 reports of an extra dose being administered, 8,433 reports of an incorrect product formulation being administered, and 7,608 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 38,031 reports of adverse reactions up to September 15, but 6,036 reports are listed as ‘no adverse event’.
A total 145,313 individual-symptom events are listed.
There are a total 352 reports of death after booster vaccination, but, in the ‘vaccine manufacturer’ category, there are 204 reports listed after administration of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and 149 after administration of the Moderna vaccine (353 total).
There are 461 reports of permanent disability, but in the ‘vaccine manufacturer’ category, there are 280 reports listed after administration of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and 182 after administration of the Moderna vaccine (462 total).
In the ‘COVID19-2’ category, there are 5,816 cases of Covid-19 and 5,321 reports separately listed as a positive SARS-CoV-2 test, 5,411 reports of a product storage error, 3,886 reports of an expired product being administered, 2,109 reports of the incorrect product formulation being administered, 1,696 reports of underdosing, 1,456 separate reports of an incorrect dose being administered, 1,024 reports of the wrong product being administered, 811 reports of an extra dose being administered, 468 reports of an inappropriate schedule of product administration, 459 reports of a “poor quality product” being administered, 422 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 18,136 reports of death after Covid vaccination from US states and territories or a location reported as unknown and 18,095 from foreign locations.
The 36,231 total includes the 204 reported deaths after administration of a Pfizer-BioNTech booster and 149 after administration of a Moderna booster.
According to VAERS, a total 22,856 deaths followed administration of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines, 10,502 followed administration of the Moderna vaccines, and 2,818 followed administration of the Janssen Biotech vaccine. In 262 cases, the name of the vaccine manufacturer was not specified in the report.
A total 4,214 of the reported deaths occurred on the same day as vaccination, 3,178 occurred the following day, 584 occurred within seven days, 1,635 occurred within ten to 14 days, and 2,816 occurred within 15 to 30 days.
According to Worldometers.info there had been 1,176,092 deaths from Covid-19 in the US as of September 24, 2023.
On VAERS 952,429 reports (up to September 15 and in all locations) relate to adverse events after administration of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines (4,568,753 individual-symptom events), 544,045 refer to the Moderna vaccines (2,282,350 individual-symptom events), 98,043 refer to the Janssen Biotech vaccine (444,903 individual-symptom events), 332 reports relate to the Novavax vaccine (1,458 individual-symptom events), and 12,915 relate to an unknown vaccine manufacturer (52,020 individual-symptom events).
The total number of reported adverse reactions resulting in permanent disability is put at 67,812. VAERS lists, as of September 15, 48,510 cases after administration of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines, 16,039 after administration of the Moderna vaccines, 3,349 after administration of the Janssen Biotech vaccine, and 12 after administration of the Novavax vaccine. In 400 cases, the vaccine manufacturer was not specified.
As of September 15 VAERS lists 11,560 reports of seizures after Covid vaccination. Some other adverse reactions such as generalised tonic-clonic seizure (1,310), seizure-like phenomena (654), and partial seizures (359) are listed separately.
There are 14,409 reports of a pulmonary embolism and 10,791 reports of thrombosis, with separate listings for specific types of thrombosis, such as deep vein thrombosis (9,474), pulmonary thrombosis (1,181) and cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (1,004). There are 212,473 reports of people being diagnosed with Covid-19 and 61,913 separate reports of a SARS-CoV-2 test being positive.
There are 10,027 reports of a cerebrovascular accident, 12,927 reports of sleep disorders, 14,243 reports of herpes zoster (plus 1,781 other herpes zoster reports listed separately, including herpes zoster reactivation), 2,457 reports of blindness, and 3,654 reports of deafness. As of September 15 there were 25,420 reports of tinnitus.
There are also 3,624 reports of spontaneous abortion (miscarriage) listed on VAERS as of September 15 along with 162 reports of stillbirth, 16,096 reports of heavy menstrual bleeding, 4,286 reports of intermenstrual bleeding, 9,511 reports of irregular menstruation, and 4,962 reports of delayed menstruation.
There are 3,415 reports of Guillain-Barré syndrome listed on VAERS as of September 15, along with 7,082 reports of Bell’s palsy, 9,455 reports categorised as facial paralysis, and 2,111 reports of facial paresis. There are also 230 cases of “facial asymmetry” listed on VAERS.
There are 17,164 reports of myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle) after Covid vaccination listed in the VAERS data up to September 15, 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 11,378 reports of pericarditis (inflammation of the tissue surrounding the heart), 778 cases of myopericarditis, 105 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, 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 8,951 reports of an anaphylactic reaction after Covid vaccination are listed up to September 15.
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. I will be writing Substacks about these two new sets of data shortly.