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.
#405 most reported symptom for this vaccine
Generalised tonic-clonic seizure has been reported 70 times in association with Measles, Mumps & Rubella (MMR II) vaccination in VAERS. This represents 0.1% of all 89,976 reports for this vaccine.
Among these reports, 1 mentioned death (1.43%) and 29 involved hospitalization (41.4%).
Generalised tonic-clonic seizure is the #405 most frequently reported symptom for Measles, Mumps & Rubella (MMR II) out of 2292 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 70 reports of Generalised tonic-clonic seizure after Measles, Mumps & Rubella (MMR II) vaccination may seem alarming, but context is critical.
The mortality rate of 1.43% warrants monitoring, though VAERS deaths represent temporal associations, not confirmed causal links.
This data comes from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), jointly managed by CDC and FDA.