2011 VAERS Blog Entries

January 2011: Guillain-Barré Syndrome

• Does the Flu vaccine cause Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)?
• A search of VAERS shows that 65% of the reports that list GBS symptoms were given a Flu vaccine!

February 2011: In praise of the VAERS workers

• A word of praise for the people working at VAERS.
• They take special care with FLU and HPV data.

March 2011: Gender and VAERS data

• A look at vaccines and gender.
• Some vaccines seem to affect females more than males.

April 2011: Age and VAERS data

• A look at vaccine-related deaths and age.
• More deaths occur among 3-month-olds than any other age!

May 2011: Flaws in VAERS data

• A look at mistakes in VAERS data, specifically:
• Confusion about whether or not the patient was hospitalized.
• Confusion about whether or not Gardasil was given.

July 2011: Per-dose analysis

• A new MedAlerts feature considers the number of doses given.
• Anthrax has the highest rate of VAERS reports per vaccination.
• Lyme and Rotavirus are also bad, but these were withdrawn from the market.

August 2011: Children's recommended vaccines

• A look at recommended children's vaccinations.
• For 0-6 year olds, the DTP vaccine appears most often.
• For 7-18 year olds, the HPV vaccination appears most often.

September 2011: Flu season preview

• An examination of Flu-related VAERS reports.
• This year is the worst year on record (so far).

October 2011: Pregnant women and vaccines

• Is it safe to get a vaccination when pregnant?
• Gardasil shows up in more pregnancy-related VAERS reports than any other vaccine.
• The H1N1 Flu vaccine seems to be 20 times as bad as the Seasonal Flu vaccine.

November 2011: Pregnant women and HPV

• A continued look at pregnant women who got the HPV vaccine.
• Detailed symptom analysis of the VAERS reports shows substantial pregnancy-related difficulties.

December, 2011: Yearly wrapup

• For the first time, the number of new VAERS events went down in 2011.
• It seems to be due to significantly fewer Flu-related VAERS events.