What a stupid thing to keep repeating.
“Warning: Knowingly filing a false VAERS report with the intent to mislead the Department of Health and Human Services is a violation of Federal law (18 U.S. Code § 1001) punishable by fine and imprisonment.”
https://vaers.hhs.gov/esub/index.jsp
“Healthcare providers are required by law to report to VAERS:” https://vaers.hhs.gov/reportevent.html
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“Report an Adverse Event to VAERS
VAERS is a passive reporting system, meaning it relies on individuals to send in reports of their experiences. Anyone can submit a report to VAERS, including parents and patients....
...Online reporting is strongly encouraged. Please report clinically important adverse events that occur after vaccination of adults and children, even if you are not sure whether the vaccine caused the adverse event....”
https://vaers.hhs.gov/reportevent.html
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Two weeks after getting my 2nd Moderna shot, I came down with about a half hour fit of sneezing. My wife tried to convince me that it happened because I was down in the cellar cleaning, stirring up and breathing in lots of accumulated dust.
Since my final dose of the COVID-19 vaccine was taken a mere two weeks before the sneezing fit I blamed that vaccination and not the dust.
I responsibly reported it to VAERS as an adverse reaction to the vaccine.
Well the way these vaccines are being distributed it’s probably impossible to accurately track this information. I have friends that drove 40 miles to get the JnJ vaccine. Drove home. The next day one of them had 102 degree fever, chills, aches etc. That ‘should have’ been reported to the VAERS but how exactly should she have done that? Drive back to the vaccination site (a fairground)? Go to a doctor? Call a doctor?
So, whatever one may think of these numbers, they are probably all under-reported.