Important: VAERS reports alone cannot determine if a vaccine caused an adverse event. Reports may contain incomplete, inaccurate, or unverified information. Correlation does not equal causation.
COVID-19 Reports for COVID-19 Vaccine
#5 most reported symptom for this vaccine
COVID-19 and COVID-19 Vaccine
COVID-19 has been reported 116,004 times in association with COVID-19 Vaccine vaccination in VAERS. This represents 10.3% of all 1,121,388 reports for this vaccine.
Among these reports, 9,718 mentioned death (8.38%) and 47,276 involved hospitalization (40.8%).
COVID-19 is the #5 most frequently reported symptom for COVID-19 Vaccine out of 9223 total symptoms.
Disclaimer: VAERS reports describe events that occurred after vaccination but do not establish that the vaccine caused the event. Many reported symptoms may be coincidental or related to underlying conditions.
What This Means
Seeing 116,004 reports of COVID-19 after COVID-19 Vaccine vaccination may seem alarming, but context is critical. With 1,121,388 total reports for this vaccine (representing many millions of doses), COVID-19 appears in only 10.3% of reports.
The 8.38% mortality rate among these reports is elevated, but this reflects the severity of the condition itself rather than vaccine causation.
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Data Source
This data comes from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), jointly managed by CDC and FDA.