Source: VAERS.HHS.GOV
VAERS accepts reports of adverse events and reactions that occur following vaccination. Healthcare providers, vaccine manufacturers, and the public can submit reports to the system. While very important in monitoring vaccine safety, VAERS reports alone cannot be used to determine if a vaccine caused or contributed to an adverse event or illness. The reports may contain information that is incomplete, inaccurate, coincidental, or unverifiable. In large part, reports to VAERS are voluntary, which means they are subject to biases. This creates specific limitations on how the data can be used scientifically. Data from VAERS reports should always be interpreted with these limitations in mind.
The strengths of VAERS are that it is national in scope and can quickly provide an early warning of a safety problem with a vaccine. As part of CDC and FDA’s multi-system approach to post-licensure vaccine safety monitoring, VAERS is designed to rapidly detect unusual or unexpected patterns of adverse events, also known as “safety signals.” If a safety signal is found in VAERS, further studies can be done in safety systems such as the CDC’s Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD) or the Clinical Immunization Safety Assessment (CISA) project. These systems do not have the same scientific limitations as VAERS, and can better assess health risks and possible connections between adverse events and a vaccine.
Key considerations and limitations of VAERS data:
VAERS data available to the public include only the initial report data to VAERS. Updated data which contains data from medical records and corrections reported during follow up are used by the government for analysis. However, for numerous reasons including data consistency, these amended data are not available to the public.
Death; UTIs; vomiting; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable other healthcare professional. This is a report received from the Regulatory authority report number GB-MHRA-WEBCOVID-202101281914030060, Safety Report Unique Identifier GB-MHRA-ADR 24663167. A 82-year-old male patient received BNT162B2 (PFIZER COVID-19 VACCINE, lot: Ab002), via an unspecified route of administration on 17Jan2021 at single dose for COVID-19 immunization. Medical history included Parkinsons and dementia. Patient has not had symptoms associated with COVID-19. Patient is not enrolled in clinical trial. The concomitant medications were not reported. The patient vaccinated on 17Jan2021. On 18Jan2021, the patient had unresponsive vomiting. On 19Jan2021, the doctor prescribed antibiotics as known to have frequent urinary tract infection(UTIs). On 21Jan2021, Antibiotics and all meds stopped as no swallow reflex and COVID test was negative. On 23Jan2021, the patient passed away/death. The lab tests included COVID-19 virus test with results as no - negative covid-19 test on 15Jan2021. The patient died on 23Jan2021. It was not reported if an autopsy was performed. The outcome of other events was unknown. No follow-up activities are possible. No further information is expected.; Reported Cause(s) of Death: Death
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