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.
#806 most reported symptom for this vaccine
Generalised tonic-clonic seizure has been reported 17 times in association with Influenza, Seasonal vaccination in VAERS. This represents 0.1% of all 32,816 reports for this vaccine.
Among these reports, 2 mentioned death (11.76%) and 4 involved hospitalization (23.5%).
Generalised tonic-clonic seizure is the #806 most frequently reported symptom for Influenza, Seasonal out of 2462 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 17 reports of Generalised tonic-clonic seizure after Influenza, Seasonal vaccination may seem alarming, but context is critical.
The 11.76% 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.