What are Adverse Effects of mRNA Vaccines? Acute? Long Term? Is it safe? 

April 1, 2021

For 8 weeks I have been researching data on short term and long term adverse effects of mRNA vaccines.  I found the literature to be expansive and not entirely complete in order to come to any definitive conclusions as to mRNA vaccine’s short term or long term safety.

The bottom line is, it is too early to tell long term adverse effects.  Short term adverse effects are found within the government’s VAERS (Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System) which is cumbersome relying on voluntary information edited by VAERS staff at the CDC and FDA. Adverse effects are also being collected by V-Safe via text messaging.   Let’s look at what we do know.

 

Acute Adverse Effects of mRNA Vaccines

On December 13, 2020, the CDC published the FDA Briefing Document from Pfizer’s clinical trial of 38,000 people listing the incidence of mild to serious adverse effects compared to a placebo.  Since that time, updated data on short term adverse effects from Pfizer has not been published, even though 1.25 million more doses have been given.  Pfizer is following all patients for long term adverse effects for 2 years.*

 

More Adverse Effects from mRNA Vaccines than  Flu Vaccines

We definitely know mRNA vaccines have more adverse effects than flu vaccines.  In Pfizer’s clinical trial 75% of participants reported a systemic reaction such as headache, fever, or chills, whereas 34% of participants complained of systemic reaction after a flu shot.  “Side effects may affect your ability to do daily activities, but they should go away in a few days.”******  The second shot elicits more side effects than the first shot as seen in the below pictures from V-safe.

 

V-Safe Tracking Short Term Adverse Effects of mRNA Vaccines

The below picture shows data from V-Safe, ‘a smart phone-based tool using voluntary text messaging and web surveys to provide personalized health check-ins after receiving a Covid 10 vaccination’.   Percentages of listed short term adverse effects after the first and second doses of Pfizer and Moderna vaccine are noted.

 

Since the clinical trials were published, severe allergic reactions culminating in anaphylactic shock occur in approximately 2-5 people per million within 30 min of vaccine administration.  It is hypothesized people are reacting to the adjuvant polyethylene glycol found in the vaccine.  Companies are exploring new adjuvants using non-reactive polymers.  No mention is made of any deaths from anaphylactic shock or any deaths due to the vaccine in Pfizer clinical trials.

 

There are No Deaths after Vaccine Administration According to the CDC

“126 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines were administered in the United States from December 14, 2020, through March 22, 2021. During this time, VAERS received 2,216 reports of death (0.0018%) among people who received a COVID-19 vaccine. CDC and FDA physicians review each case report of death as soon as notified and CDC requests medical records to further assess reports. A review of available clinical information including death certificates, autopsy, and medical records revealed no evidence that vaccination contributed to patient deaths. CDC and FDA will continue to investigate reports of adverse events, including deaths, reported to VAERS.” ***

 

VAERS Data of Adverse Effects and Full Reports of Deaths after Vaccine Administration

OpenVaers.com is a website dedicated to collecting and presenting weekly VAERS data dumps in a comprehensible format along with publishing the full original accounts of patient deaths after vaccination. Out of 38,444 adverse reaction reports through

Subtracting the 1739 reported deaths from OpenVAERS data on March 12, 2021, from CDC’s 2216 reported deaths on March 22, 2021; equals 477 deaths in 10 days, an average of 48 deaths a day after a mRNA vaccine administration.  Putting this in perspective, the number of deaths from Covid-19 at the height of the pandemic was approximately 4000 deaths a day.  Currently, there are approximately 1300 deaths a day due to Covid, plus 48 deaths a day after mRNA vaccine administration.

Above are two pictures from the openvaers.com website showing a clear presentation of data obtained from VAERS, as well as an example of the full original reports.  The full reports are interesting as they give you a sense of how incomplete the data collection is.  Compare Openvaers.com to Vaers.hhs.gov to see the difference between the two reporting systems.  VAERS is a complicated, lengthy, hard to navigate, voluntary report system filled out by either the patient or doctor.  Go to both websites and see for yourself. Try entering in your own data into the VAERS system!

In reading the full reports, few autopsies were done making it impossible to determine the immediate cause of death.   Medications may or may not be listed.  How the patient was discovered dead is often missing. It is difficult at best to turn incomplete information into reliable data.

Next week will be a review of mRNA vaccine animal studies!  Do they give us a clue as to long term adverse effects of mRNA vaccines?  Are there other vaccines with lower adverse effects coming soon?

Have an awesome day!  Dr. D

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