Dishonest media like CNN knows how to frame their narrative to make it legally not a lie but to be very misleading. They know that when people quote their carefully framed verbiage, the next will not be so careful. Soon a complete lie will be believed by leftist media consuming people.
“VAERS is not just A data reporting service, it is THE official data reporting service for reporting any [possible/suspected/likely] adverse reactions from getting one of the vaccines.”
The VAERS reports are leads for researchers.