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.
#227 most reported symptom for this vaccine
Exposure to vaccinated person has been reported 35 times in association with Smallpox (Acam2000) vaccination in VAERS. This represents 0.4% of all 8,768 reports for this vaccine.
Among these reports, 0 mentioned death (0.00%) and 1 involved hospitalization (2.9%).
Exposure to vaccinated person is the #227 most frequently reported symptom for Smallpox (Acam2000) out of 1393 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 35 reports of Exposure to vaccinated person after Smallpox (Acam2000) vaccination may seem alarming, but context is critical.
The mortality rate among these reports is very low at 0.00%, suggesting most cases are non-fatal.
This data comes from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), jointly managed by CDC and FDA.