The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), government-funded system for reporting adverse vaccine reactions in the U.S. New data released for this week, shows a total of 1,350,950 reports of adverse events following Covid-19 vaccines were submitted between December 14, 2020, and July 15, 2022. A total of 29,635 reports of deaths — an increase of 175 over last week — and 246,676 serious injuries, including deaths, during the same time — an increase of 3,210 compared with lastweek. Of the 29,635 reported deaths, 19,150 cases are attributed to Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine, 7,850 cases to Moderna and 2,577 cases to Johnson & Johnson (J&J). The numbers increase each week.
“The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today released new data showing a total of 1,350,950 reports of adverse events following COVID-19 vaccines were submitted between Dec. 14, 2020, and July 15, 2022, to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS). That’s an increase of 9,342 adverse events over the previous week.
VAERS is the primary government-funded system for reporting adverse vaccine reactions in the U.S.
The data included a total of 29,635 reports of deaths — an increase of 175 over the previous week — and 246,676 serious injuries, including deaths, during the same time period — up 3,210 compared with the previous week.
Of the 29,635 reported deaths, 19,150 cases are attributed to Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, 7,850 cases to Moderna and 2,577 cases to Johnson & Johnson (J&J).
Excluding “foreign reports” to VAERS, 845,611 adverse events, including 13,705 deaths and 86,131 serious injuries, were reported in the U.S. between Dec. 14, 2020, and July 15, 2022.
Foreign reports are reports foreign subsidiaries send to U.S. vaccine manufacturers. Under U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, if a manufacturer is notified of a foreign case report that describes an event that is both serious and does not appear on the product’s labeling, the manufacturer is required to submit the report to VAERS.
Of the 13,705 U.S. deaths reported as of July 15, 7% occurred within 24 hours of vaccination, 15% occurred within 48 hours of vaccination and 54% occurred in people who experienced an onset of symptoms within 48 hours of being vaccinated.
In the U.S., 599 million COVID-19 vaccine doses had been administered as of July 13, including 354 million doses of Pfizer, 226 million doses of Moderna and 19 million doses of Johnson & Johnson (J&J).
Every Friday, VAERS publishes vaccine injury reports received as of a specified date. Reports submitted to VAERS require further investigation before a causal relationship can be confirmed.
Historically, VAERS has been shown to report only 1% of actual vaccine adverse events.
U.S. VAERS data from Dec. 14, 2020, to July 15, 2022, for 6-month-olds to 5-year-olds show:
- 2,252 adverse events, including 76 cases rated as seriousand 3 reported deaths.
- 4 reportsof myocarditis and pericarditis (heart inflammation).
The CDC uses a narrowed case definition of “myocarditis,” which excludes cases of cardiac arrest, ischemic strokes and deaths due to heart problems that occur before one has the chance to go to the emergency department.
- 14 reportsof blood clotting disorders.
- 20 reportsof seizures.
U.S. VAERS data from Dec. 14, 2020, to July 15, 2022, for 5- to 11-year-olds show:
- 12,112 adverse events, including 309 rated as seriousand 8 reported deaths.
- 24 reportsof myocarditis and pericarditis.
- 47 reportsof blood clotting disorders.
- 100 reportsof seizures.
U.S. VAERS data from Dec. 14, 2020, to July 15, 2022, for 12- to 17-year-olds show:
- 32,734 adverse events, including 1,844 rated as seriousand 44 reported deaths.
- 62 reportsof anaphylaxis among 12- to 17-year-olds where the reaction was life-threatening, required treatment or resulted in death — with 97% of cases attributed to Pfizer’s vaccine.
- 656 reportsof myocarditis and pericarditis with 644 cases attributed to Pfizer’s vaccine.
- 164 reportsof blood clotting disorders with all cases attributed to Pfizer.
- 20 casesof postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) with all cases attributed to Pfizer’s vaccine.
U.S. VAERS data from Dec. 14, 2020, to July 15, 2022, for all age groups combined, show:
- 20% of deaths were related to cardiac disorders.
- 54% of those who died were male, 41% were female and the remaining death reports did not include the gender of the deceased.
- The average ageof death was 73.
- As of July 15, 5,657 pregnant womenreported adverse events related to COVID-19 vaccines, including 1,766 reports of miscarriage or premature birth.
- Of the 3,625 cases of Bell’s Palsyreported, 51% were attributed to Pfizer vaccinations, 40% to Moderna and 8% to J&J.
- 901 reports of Guillain-Barré syndrome, with 42% of cases attributed to Pfizer, 30% to Modernaand 27% to J&J.
- 2,290 reportsof anaphylaxis where the reaction was life-threatening, required treatment or resulted in death.
- 1,738 reportsof myocardial infarction.
- 14,223 reportsof blood-clotting disorders in the U.S. Of those, 6,360 reports were attributed to Pfizer, 5,108 reports to Moderna and 2,719 reports to J&J.
- 4,266 casesof myocarditis and pericarditis with 2,615 cases attributed to Pfizer, 1,448 cases to Moderna and 187 cases to J&J.
- 14 casesof Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease with 8 cases attributed to Pfizer, 5 cases to Moderna and 1 case to J&J.
- 269 casesof POTS with 164 cases attributed to Pfizer, 87 cases to Moderna and 17 cases to J&J.”