The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), is the principle government-funded system for reporting adverse vaccine reactions in the U.S. New data shows a total of 1,329,135 reports of adverse events following Covid vaccines submitted between December 14, 2020, and July 1, 2022. The data included a total of 29,273 reports of deaths, an increase of 111 over last week, and 241,910 serious injuries, including deaths, during the same time period. This was up 684 compared with last week. Of the 29,273 reported deaths, 18,937 cases are attributed to Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, 7,724 cases to Moderna and 2,545 cases to Johnson & Johnson (J&J). Excluding “foreign reports” to VAERS, there were 839,450 adverse events, including 13,547 deaths and 85,321 serious injuries, were reported between December 14, 2020, and July 1, 2022. VAERS has an under-reporting factor of between 41 and 100.
“The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today released new data showing a total of 1,329,135 reports of adverse events following COVID-19 vaccines were submitted between Dec. 14, 2020, and July 1, 2022, to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS). That’s an increase of 14,541 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 29,273 reports of deaths — an increase of 111 over the previous week — and 241,910 serious injuries, including deaths, during the same time period — up 684 compared with the previous week.
Of the 29,273 reported deaths, 18,937 cases are attributed to Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, 7,724 cases to Moderna and 2,545 cases to Johnson & Johnson (J&J).
Excluding “foreign reports” to VAERS, 839,450 adverse events, including 13,547 deaths and 85,321 serious injuries, were reported in the U.S. between Dec. 14, 2020, and July 1, 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 13,547 U.S. deaths reported as of July 1, 15% occurred within 24 hours of vaccination, 19% occurred within 48 hours of vaccination and 58% occurred in people who experienced an onset of symptoms within 48 hours of being vaccinated.
In the U.S., 596 million COVID-19 vaccine doses had been administered as of June 29, including 352 million doses of Pfizer, 225 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 1, 2022, for 6-month-olds to 5-year-olds show:
- 1,941 adverse events, including 64 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. - 13 reportsof blood clotting disorders.
U.S. VAERS data from Dec. 14, 2020, to July 1, 2022, for 5- to 11-year-olds show:
- 11,638 adverse events, including 300 rated as seriousand 7 reported deaths.
- 23 reportsof myocarditis and pericarditis.
- 46 reportsof blood clotting disorders.
U.S. VAERS data from Dec. 14, 2020, to July 1, 2022, for 12- to 17-year-olds show:
- 32,543 adverse events, including 1,843 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.
- 655 reportsof myocarditis and pericarditis with 643 cases attributed to Pfizer’s vaccine.
There was one less case reported attributed to Pfizer’s vaccine since the previous week. - 166 reportsof blood clotting disorders with all cases attributed to Pfizer. VAERS reported 167 cases of blood clotting disorders in the 12- to 17-year-old age group last week.
- 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 1, 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 1, 5,629 pregnant womenreported adverse events related to COVID-19 vaccines, including 1,761 reports of miscarriage or premature birth.
- Of the 3,623 cases of Bell’s Palsyreported, 51% were attributed to Pfizer vaccinations, 40% to Moderna and 8% to J&J.
- 895 reports of Guillain-Barré syndrome, with 42% of cases attributed to Pfizer, 30% to Modernaand 27% to J&J.
- 2,285 reportsof anaphylaxis where the reaction was life-threatening, required treatment or resulted in death.
- 1,733 reportsof myocardial infarction.
- 14,171 reportsof blood-clotting disorders in the U.S. Of those, 6,334 reports were attributed to Pfizer, 5,088 reports to Moderna and 2,713 reports to J&J.
- 4,251 casesof myocarditis and pericarditis with 2,606 cases attributed to Pfizer, 1,443 cases to Moderna and 187 cases to J&J.
- 13 casesof Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease with 7 cases attributed Pfizer, 5 cases to Moderna and 1 case to J&J.
- 268 casesof POTS with 165 cases attributed to Pfizer, 84 cases to Moderna and 17 cases to J&J.