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.
#319 most reported symptom for this vaccine
Platelet count decreased has been reported 176 times in association with Influenza, Seasonal (Fluvirin) vaccination in VAERS. This represents 0.1% of all 119,695 reports for this vaccine.
Among these reports, 9 mentioned death (5.11%) and 108 involved hospitalization (61.4%).
Platelet count decreased is the #319 most frequently reported symptom for Influenza, Seasonal (Fluvirin) out of 3021 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 176 reports of Platelet count decreased after Influenza, Seasonal (Fluvirin) vaccination may seem alarming, but context is critical. With 119,695 total reports for this vaccine (representing many millions of doses), Platelet count decreased appears in only 0.1% of reports.
The 5.11% 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.