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.
#403 most reported symptom for this vaccine
Mental status changes has been reported 18 times in association with Smallpox (Acam2000) vaccination in VAERS. This represents 0.2% of all 8,768 reports for this vaccine.
Among these reports, 1 mentioned death (5.56%) and 16 involved hospitalization (88.9%).
Mental status changes is the #403 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 18 reports of Mental status changes after Smallpox (Acam2000) vaccination may seem alarming, but context is critical.
The 5.56% 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.