Ichabod Stain
Was it me?
if you asked a doctor you would know it was rarely used.1. What VAERS is
- VAERS (Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System) is a U.S. national system for monitoring vaccine safety.
- It is co-managed by the CDC and FDA.
- Anyone can submit a report: doctors, nurses, patients, or caregivers.
2. “No doctors used it”
- This is false. Many reports are submitted by healthcare professionals.
- Doctors are encouraged, and in some cases required, to report certain adverse events following vaccination.
3. “VAERS is a joke”
- This is misleading. VAERS is not perfect, but it is a real and legitimate early warning systemfor vaccine safety:
- Strengths: Helps detect rare adverse events that might not appear in clinical trials.
- Limitations:
- Reports are unverified and do not prove causation.
- Anyone can submit, so data quality varies.
- Misrepresenting VAERS as “proof that vaccines are dangerous” is a common anti-vaccine tactic.
Bottom line
- VAERS is real, used by doctors and public health authorities, and is important for safety monitoring.
- It is not a database of confirmed vaccine-caused injuries, and using it that way is misleading.
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