The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), is the principal government-funded system for reporting adverse vaccine reactions in the U.S. New data shows a total of 1,205,755 reports of adverse events following Covid vaccines between December 14, 2020, and March 25, 2022, including a total of 26,396 reports of deaths, an increase of 337 over last week, and 214,521 of serious injuries, including deaths, during the same time period, an increase of 2,937 compared with the previous week.
“The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today released new data showing a total of 1,205,755 reports of adverse events following COVID vaccines were submitted between Dec. 14, 2020, and March 25, 2022, to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS). VAERS is the primary government-funded system for reporting adverse vaccine reactions in the U.S.
The data included a total of 26,396 reports of deaths — an increase of 337 over the previous week — and 214,521 of serious injuries, including deaths, during the same time period — up 2,937 compared with the previous week.
Excluding “foreign reports” to VAERS, 799,732 adverse events, including 12,103 deaths and 78,227 serious injuries, were reported in the U.S. between Dec. 14, 2020, and March 25, 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 12,103 U.S. deaths reported as of March 25, 17% occurred within 24 hours of vaccination, 21% occurred within 48 hours of vaccination and 59% occurred in people who experienced an onset of symptoms within 48 hours of being vaccinated.
In the U.S., 559 million COVID vaccine doses had been administered as of March 18, including 330 million doses of Pfizer, 210 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 March 25, 2022, for 5- to 11-year-olds show:
- 9,771 adverse events, including 234 rated as seriousand 5 reported deaths. The most recent death involves a 7-year-old boy (VAERS I.D. 2152560) from Washington who died 13 days after receiving his first dose of Pfizer’s COVID vaccine when he went into shock and suffered cardiac arrest. He was unable to be resuscitated and died in the emergency department.
- 17 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.
- 37 reportsof blood clotting disorders.
U.S. VAERS data from Dec. 14, 2020, to March 25, 2022, for 12- to 17-year-olds show:
- 30,771 adverse events, including 1,771 rated as seriousand 43 reported deaths.
The most recent death involves a 17-year-old boy (VAERS I.D. 2189006) from Georgia who “suddenly died in his sleep” six months after receiving his second dose of Pfizer’s COVID vaccine. The boy had an autopsy but the results were not disclosed. He had no underlying health conditions. - 68 reportsof anaphylaxis among 12- to 17-year-olds where the reaction was life-threatening, required treatment or resulted in death — with 96% of cases attributed to Pfizer’s vaccine.
- 650 reportsof myocarditis and pericarditis, with 638 cases attributed to Pfizer’s vaccine.
- 165 reportsof blood clotting disorders, with all cases attributed to Pfizer.
U.S. VAERS data from Dec. 14, 2020, to March 25, 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 72.7.
- As of March 25, 5,341 pregnant womenreported adverse events related to COVID vaccines, including 1,687 reports of miscarriage or premature birth.
- Of the 3,637 cases of Bell’s Palsyreported, 51% were attributed to Pfizer vaccinations, 40% to Moderna and 8% to J&J.
- 874 reports of Guillain-Barré syndrome, with 42% of cases attributed to Pfizer, 30% to Modernaand 28% to J&J.
- 2,373 reportsof anaphylaxis where the reaction was life-threatening, required treatment or resulted in death.
- 1,655 reportsof myocardial infarction.
- 13,657 reportsof blood-clotting disorders in the U.S. Of those, 6,104 reports were attributed to Pfizer, 4,871 reports to Moderna and 2,638 reports to J&J.
- 4,088 casesof myocarditis and pericarditis with 2,511 cases attributed to Pfizer, 1,388 cases to Moderna and 179 cases to J&J’s COVID vaccine.”