ACP45 wrote:
You say,
"Anti-vaccination fringe groups have attempted to spin false stories using VAERS data, adding to misinformation about the safety of COVID-19 vaccinations", and
"Reports are accepted from anyone". While that is technically true, it ignores the "common sense" reality of the situation, as well as real world evidence.
First, time is precious to doctors, nurses, and hospital officials. If it takes at least 1/2 hour for them to complete a VAERS form, it would take a lay person a lot longer. You have to be
SERIOUSLY motivated to go through the time and effort to complete the form.
Second, a review of the VERS report show at least 2/3 were completed by health service employees.
Third, as of May 25, 2022 "The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday, May 20, released new data showing a total of
1,268,008 reports of adverse events linked to the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines.The reports were submitted between December 14, 2020 and May 13, 2022 to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), the primary government-funded system for reporting adverse vaccine reactions in America."
Fourth, and finally,
the top 8 states with deaths from the Covid-19 vaccine were all red states shown on the map. California, arguably the most Blue State, had the least amount of Covid1- Vax deaths. This covid-19 batch information is available for anyone to verify for themself!
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/352837543_Analysis_of_COVID-19_vaccine_death_reports_from_the_Vaccine_Adverse_Events_Reporting_System_VAERS_Database_Interim_Results_and_Analysishttps://principia-scientific.com/how-bad-is-my-covid-vaccine-batch-2/You say, b "Anti-vaccination fringe groups h... (
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Your first paragraph above isn't quoting me. It uses the quotes FROM one of the gov't agencies your "articles" cited.
First, 1,268,008 "adverse event" reports doesn't mean all those reports were about death.
Second, regarding the time and effort it takes to submit a report:
I was one of those people who found the VAERS website after my SECOND (of the first series of 2) Moderna vac. I did it because at the time, what was being said was that people might have a "mild fever" and "slight" body aches. I was flat on my back for an entire day, felt as bad as if I had the flu. I knew it was my body doing what it was supposed to but I was concerned that unless people knew there was a chance for a severe reaction, they wouldn't understand and never get fully immunized and the country would never hit that 90% mark. Which is exactly what happened. 🥺
But it helped. Did you know that the 3rd dose of Moderna was lowered? I'm not a doctor but I know reporting by me and people like me helped make that difference. Even though we never quite got to the point of stopping the virus from mutating here, a lot fewer people died than would have if no one was vaccinated.
Third, re 2/3 of VAERS reports coming from doctors and nurses, in my very Red county there were many nurses who were in your far-red fringe camp, convinced that any 'jab' was bad and campaigned against being "forced" to get it as a condition if employment. Since slightly more than half the states are red, that stat doesn't surprise me at all.
But you're going to believe what you want to believe regardless of the facts. If I've learned nothing else on OPP, I've learned that is true of many members here.
It's unfortunate because Red states and counties during the second half of 2020 and through the first half of 2022 had more COVID deaths per thousand because...
a) ...more red state residents refused to "get the jab" or never went beyond the first after it became a red "thing" not to.
b)...refused to wear a mask to protect themselves OR THOSE AROUND THEM (would true Christians really do that?), because THAT was also a "red thing" to do.
The articles and studies on the JAMA and VAERS sites make it quite clear that barring a very few extreme incidents the vaccines are safe for almost everyone. But because you all have done an excellent job of convincing people otherwise, the ramifications will continue long into the future: not only in the deaths of today, but in the people who never got even one "jab" but continue to have the side effects of having the COVID virus.