Below is the latest COVID-19 adverse event statistics as provided by the VAERS website. No data has been modified in any way. This information is the latest data provided by the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS) system, which is released each Friday and is normally one week behind the current date. It includes all cases reported to the system, from all locations.
The data below is not presented to discourage or encourage anyone from getting a COVID vaccine. That should be a personal decision that you make.
It is important to consider that there have been over 500 million vaccines shots given as of the time of this writing, and as with any medication, certain individuals will experience side effects. While the statistical probability of suffering a serious adverse event is extremely low, there is still a risk. The great majority of adverse events reported are mild ones, such as injection site pain, redness, swelling, soreness, headache, chills and fever. However, there have also been thousands of cases of serious adverse events reported, including death, that you will not hear about through mainstream media outlets.
Note: VAERS accepts reports of adverse events and reactions that occur following vaccination. Healthcare providers, vaccine manufacturers, and the public can submit reports to VAERS. While very important in monitoring vaccine safety, VAERS reports alone cannot be used to determine if a vaccine caused or contributed to an adverse event or illness. The reports may contain information that is incomplete, inaccurate, coincidental, or unverifiable. Most reports to VAERS are voluntary, which means they are subject to biases. This creates specific limitations on how the data can be used scientifically. Data from VAERS reports should always be interpreted with these limitations in mind.
Statistics last updated on January 14th, 2022.
Total Adverse Events
| Sex | Events Reported | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Female | 695,733 | 66.02% |
| Male | 320,454 | 30.41% |
| Unknown | 37,643 | 3.57% |
| Total | 1,053,830 | 100.00% |
Total Deaths
Total Life Threatening Events
Total Hospitalizations
Notes: As mentioned on the CDC VAERS website, there are important considerations and limitations with VAERS data. This is taken verbatim from the VAERS site:
| Caveats: VAERS accepts reports of adverse events and reactions that occur following vaccination. Healthcare providers, vaccine manufacturers, and the public can submit reports to VAERS. While very important in monitoring vaccine safety, VAERS reports alone cannot be used to determine if a vaccine caused or contributed to an adverse event or illness. The reports may contain information that is incomplete, inaccurate, coincidental, or unverifiable. Most reports to VAERS are voluntary, which means they are subject to biases. This creates specific limitations on how the data can be used scientifically. Data from VAERS reports should always be interpreted with these limitations in mind.The strengths of VAERS are that it is national in scope and can quickly provide an early warning of a safety problem with a vaccine. As part of CDC and FDA’s multi-system approach to post-licensure vaccine safety monitoring, VAERS is designed to rapidly detect unusual or unexpected patterns of adverse events, also known as “safety signals.” If a safety signal is found in VAERS, further studies can be done in safety systems such as the CDC’s Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD) or the Clinical Immunization Safety Assessment (CISA) project. These systems do not have the same limitations as VAERS, and can better assess health risks and possible connections between adverse events and a vaccine. Key considerations and limitations of VAERS data: Vaccine providers are encouraged to report any clinically significant health problem following vaccination to VAERS, whether or not they believe the vaccine was the cause. Reports may include incomplete, inaccurate, coincidental and unverified information. The number of reports alone cannot be interpreted or used to reach conclusions about the existence, severity, frequency, or rates of problems associated with vaccines. VAERS data are limited to vaccine adverse event reports received between 1990 and the most recent date for which data are available. VAERS data do not represent all known safety information for a vaccine and should be interpreted in the context of other scientific information. |