The VAERS Database
What you should know about VAERS is that it is a passive reporting system. That means that there are no requirements by the government or any regulating body for physicians to report adverse vaccine reactions.
"It has been estimated that rarely more than 10% of serious ADRs (Adverse Reactions), and 2-4% of non-serious reactions, are reported to the British spontaneous reporting program. A similar estimate is that the FDA receives by direct report less than 1% of suspected serious ADRs." http://www.fda.gov/downloads/Safety/MedWatch/UCM168505.pdf
"The majority of VAERS reports are sent in by vaccine manufacturers (37%) and health care providers (36%). The remaining reports are obtained from state immunization programs (10%), vaccine recipients (or their parent/guardians, 7%) and other sources (10%)."http://vaers.hhs.gov/about/index#who_reports
I will pull the stats of adverse reactions associated with the DTaP vaccine. Specifically looking for "serious" adverse reactions occurring within 30 days of administration for the year 2010.
Results: 63 serious adverse events reported to VAERS for 2010 DTaP administration. If we assume that 1% of all serious adverse events are reported than the number of serious events post-DTaP vaccination in the year 2010 was 6300. If we look at deaths specifically, 5 were reported. So, according to the FDA, it is likely some 500 children died within 30 days of receiving the DTaP vaccine. Had all been reported, 415 would have been so by either the manufacturer, a physician, or the state health department.
According to the CDC Wonder, in 2007 there were 8 deaths from Pertussis, all were in children under 1 year of age.
Using the CDC's own data, I have just shown that a child has a significantly higher risk of dying post-vaccination than from the illness that the vaccine is supposed to be preventing.
"It has been estimated that rarely more than 10% of serious ADRs (Adverse Reactions), and 2-4% of non-serious reactions, are reported to the British spontaneous reporting program. A similar estimate is that the FDA receives by direct report less than 1% of suspected serious ADRs." http://www.fda.gov/downloads/Safety/MedWatch/UCM168505.pdf
"The majority of VAERS reports are sent in by vaccine manufacturers (37%) and health care providers (36%). The remaining reports are obtained from state immunization programs (10%), vaccine recipients (or their parent/guardians, 7%) and other sources (10%)."http://vaers.hhs.gov/about/index#who_reports
I will pull the stats of adverse reactions associated with the DTaP vaccine. Specifically looking for "serious" adverse reactions occurring within 30 days of administration for the year 2010.
Results: 63 serious adverse events reported to VAERS for 2010 DTaP administration. If we assume that 1% of all serious adverse events are reported than the number of serious events post-DTaP vaccination in the year 2010 was 6300. If we look at deaths specifically, 5 were reported. So, according to the FDA, it is likely some 500 children died within 30 days of receiving the DTaP vaccine. Had all been reported, 415 would have been so by either the manufacturer, a physician, or the state health department.
According to the CDC Wonder, in 2007 there were 8 deaths from Pertussis, all were in children under 1 year of age.
Using the CDC's own data, I have just shown that a child has a significantly higher risk of dying post-vaccination than from the illness that the vaccine is supposed to be preventing.