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.
#228 most reported symptom for this vaccine
Respiratory failure has been reported 3,218 times in association with COVID-19 Vaccine vaccination in VAERS. This represents 0.3% of all 1,121,388 reports for this vaccine.
Among these reports, 1,148 mentioned death (35.67%) and 2,839 involved hospitalization (88.2%).
Respiratory failure is the #228 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.
Seeing 3,218 reports of Respiratory failure 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), Respiratory failure appears in only 0.3% of reports.
The 35.67% mortality rate among these reports is elevated, but this reflects the severity of the condition itself rather than vaccine causation.
This data comes from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), jointly managed by CDC and FDA.