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VAERS (Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System) is used quite frequently, but usage varies depending on the context. Let me break it down clearly:
1. Who submits reports
- Anyone can submit a report: healthcare providers, patients, caregivers.
- Healthcare providers are encouraged and sometimes required to report certain events after vaccination (e.g., death, hospitalization, serious reactions).
2. Volume of reports
- Historically, tens of thousands of reports per year are submitted to VAERS in the U.S.
- For example:
- 2020–2021 (COVID vaccine rollout) saw a huge spike, with hundreds of thousands of reports due to the large number of vaccinations.
- In “normal” years, the system gets about 30,000–50,000 reports annually, but this includes all vaccines.
3. Purpose of VAERS
- VAERS is a passive reporting system, not a confirmation system.
- It is primarily used to detect unusual or unexpected patterns, which can then trigger further investigation by the CDC or FDA.
4. How often doctors use it
- Most reports are submitted by healthcare professionals, especially for serious events.
- Not all doctors submit every mild adverse event, but serious or required events are routinely reported.
Key points
- VAERS is widely used, especially by healthcare providers for serious events.
- Anyone can submit a report, which sometimes leads to over-reporting or incomplete information.
- It is a signal-detection tool, not a verified dataset of confirmed vaccine-caused injuries.