Posted on 01/17/2021 1:07:32 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
Fifty-five people in the United States have died after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine, according to reports submitted to a federal system.
Deaths have occurred among people receiving both the Moderna and the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines, according to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), a federal database. The system is passive, meaning reports aren’t automatically collected and must be filed. VAERS reports can be filed by anyone, including health care providers, patients, or family members.
VAERS reports “often lack details and sometimes can have information that contains errors,” according to the reporting system’s website. Still, reports on VAERS represent “only a small fraction of actual adverse events,” the site states, although underreporting is believed to be less common for serious events.
In some cases, patients died within days of being vaccinated.
One man, a 66-year-old senior home resident in Colorado, was sleepy and stayed in bed a day after getting Moderna’s vaccine. Early the next morning, he “was observed in bed lying still, pale, eyes half open and foam coming from mouth and unresponsive,” the VAERS report states. “He was not breathing and with no pulse.”
In another case, a 93-year-old South Dakota man was injected with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine on Jan. 4 around 11 a.m. About two hours later, he said he was tired and couldn’t continue with the physical therapy he was doing. He was taken back to his room, where he said his legs felt heavy. Soon after, he stopped breathing. A nurse declared a do-not-resuscitate order.
While Moderna and Pfizer didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment, Abigail Capobianco, a spokeswoman for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), told The Epoch Times via email, “Any reports of death following the administration of vaccines are promptly and rigorously investigated jointly by FDA” and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Officials at the agencies work with health care providers to obtain medical histories and clinical follow-up information and conduct a clinical case review, she said, adding, “It is important to note that it is generally not possible to find out from VAERS data if a vaccine caused an adverse event.”
Health officials on the VAERS website caution that a report to the system doesn’t prove a vaccine caused the adverse event; no proof that the event was caused by the vaccine is required in order for the system to accept the report.
In addition to the deaths, people have reported 96 life-threatening events following COVID-19 vaccinations, as well as 24 permanent disabilities, 225 hospitalizations, and 1,388 emergency room visits.
COVID-19 is the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus.
Neither the CDC nor the FDA has a central database of reported adverse events. Nancy Messonnier, director of the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, said on Jan. 6 that severe allergic reactions to COVID-19 vaccines were happening at a rate of 11.1 per million vaccinations, compared to the rate of 1.3 per 1 million flu shots.
As of Jan. 15, 10.5 million Americans have received a COVID-19 vaccine. Federal health officials have said that adverse events are being investigated but that the vaccines are still safe.
“These are safe and effective vaccines. We have good data to show that,” Messonnier said.
One death following a vaccination attracted attention earlier this week. Gregory Michael, a 56-year-old medical worker at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami, was injected on Dec. 18, 2020. Sixteen days later, he died.
Michael’s wife Heidi Neckelmann said on Facebook that her husband was “very healthy” before being vaccinated. She said he was admitted to an intensive care unit with a diagnosis of acute idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, a blood disorder, caused by a reaction to the vaccine. He eventually died.
“He was a pro-vaccine advocate, that is why he got it himself,” Neckelmann wrote. “I believe that people should be aware that side effects can happen, that it is not good for everyone, and in this case destroyed a beautiful life, a perfect family, and has affected so many people in the community. Do not let his death be in vain, please save more lives by making this information news.”
Pfizer told news outlets in a statement that no evidence currently shows a link between that death and its vaccine.
“Pfizer and BioNTech are aware of the death of a health care professional 16 days after receiving a first dose of BNT162b2,” Pfizer said in a statement. “It is a highly unusual clinical case of severe thrombocytopenia, a condition that decreases the body’s ability to clot blood and stop internal bleeding.”
“We are actively investigating this case, but we don’t believe at this time that there is any direct connection to the vaccine,” the company added. “There have been no related safety signals identified in our clinical trials, the post-marketing experience thus far, or with the mRNA vaccine platform. To date, millions of people have been vaccinated and we are closely monitoring all adverse events in individuals receiving our vaccine. It is important to note that serious adverse events, including deaths that are unrelated to the vaccine, are unfortunately likely to occur at a similar rate as they would in the general population.”
A Pfizer spokesperson told The Epoch Times via email earlier this month that the company “closely monitor[s] all reports following vaccination.” Moderna hasn’t responded to requests for comment on its involvement in monitoring serious adverse events in people who get its vaccine.
The updated VAERS data came after Norway changed its COVID-19 vaccination guide to direct officials not to give “very frail” people one of the vaccines, citing 13 deaths among people who were vaccinated.
“We don’t believe there is any connection between the death of this perfectly healthy person and our vaccine, well, except for the part about him dying very shortly after taking it”
“55 permanent ‘vacations’ it appears...”
55 new Socialist Democrat voters! ;)
I’m 70 and would rate myself in relatively good health. My wife and I always get the flu shot and I knew someone who had shingles, so I damned sure I got that one.
If I could just throw away any data that didn’t agree with my narrative, I’d be rich. Clearly my bank “has been politicized” looking at my balance, so now I’m a millionaire, right?
Or does reality not work that way?
CDC operates under President Trump for the time being. President Trump has stated that he took action to prevent the deaths of “millions”. Further, President Trump stated he initiated Operation Warp Speed to save lives.
People have died. The only question is how many didn’t need to die. How many would have lived if governors like Cuomo and Newsom hadn’t forced nursing homes to accept known infected patients? How many would have lived if they had directed ANY resources to helping protect those vulnerable residents from this disease? There are plenty of other questions that remain, but to claim at this point that no net increase in deaths have occurred is absurd. The net increase is roughly 400,000 from 2019 to 2020, or 14%.
All the hand-waving in the world isn’t changing that. This isn’t a magic show and you’re no Houdini.
In related news, thousands dead in the US over the past few weeks after drinking a glass of water.
“Have you ever seen a Commie drink a glass of water?”
;-) https://youtu.be/J67wKhddWu4
You give hundreds of thousands of vaccinations to the “over 75 crowd” and you are bound to have a few deaths in the weeks afterwards.
You’re a conspiracy theorist who uses misinformation to peddle fear against President Trump’s initiatives. I disagree with you.
You are an uncritical big government, Big Pharma shill who replaces faith for Convenience. At least your attacks on me do not require dissertations. That is the 1 thing I commend you for
I’ve never questioned your faith. I would ask you not question mine.
We can have disagreements on policy all day long. But there’s a line.
You are being disingenuous. There is nothing more invasive than receiving vaccines derived from aborted fetal tissue, or DNA altering vaccines. Your faith is clearly in man. My faith is in God given therapeutics and Healing/ immunities. If your shoe fits, wear it! Don’t cry foul on me
Fetal stem cells were not used for the development of the Pfizer or the Moderna vaccines.
"DNA altering vaccines"
There is no vaccine that alters DNA. None.
"My faith is in God"
If whatever "god" you're praying to requires you to spread lies in order to demonstrate your faith, it might be time to look to a Christian church. The God I pray to requires me to tell the truth, even when it doesn't fit a neat little narrative I've concocted in my mind.
"If your shoe fits, wear it! Don’t cry foul on me"
I've tried to be nice and polite, providing accurate information intended to inform reasonable discussion. If that's not what you want, fine.
Condolences on the loss of your Father. Its tough no matter the cause.
Two weeks ago, a friend with a heredity blood clotting abnormality called Factor V Leiden (FVL) received a vaccine shot and became rather sick afterwards. I worry that they will get even sicker with the 2nd shot, and they are in their thirties. It then occurred to me that blacks also have a blood abnormality called Sickle Cell Disease. In both cases a person can get a gene from one parent and often does not even know they have it. Rarely, a person get get a gene from both parents. Especially with SCD, there is often a lot of illness with 2 genes. The FVL incidence can range from 3% to 8% of people with European (white) heritage. The SCD incidence can be up to 1/5%. Since many “black” people have a certain percentage of “white” genes, they can have both types of genes. The links below give more details.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1829476/ [Info on Factor V Leiden.]
https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/sicklecell/features/keyfinding-trait.html
Many people with only one gene of these blood disorders do not even know they have it. If you suspect you or a loved one might, then talk with your doctor and see about testing for the gene(s). I suspect that those who have died unexpectedly should have their genetics tested, and also see if venous or arterial thrombosis may have been a killing factor. These conditions are more likely to occur in the veins than arteries, and especially in the smaller veins which can be blocked by even a small clot. A lot of the post Covid long term illness seems to be clotting related. Maybe people with those symptoms should check their genes. Specifically taking Vitamins of the C complex family and Vitamin D3 may be helpful.
California (yes I know...) has ordered one lot of Maderna’s
vaccine to not be used any longer. They were having too
many reactions.
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