How VAERS is actually usedAs the CDC explains here, the VAERS database was established in 1990 as part of a package of vaccine safety reforms. (The same law established a no-fault vaccine court to compensate people for vaccine injuries without having to sue pharmaceutical companies.) The idea is that if there is a problem with a vaccine, reports will start showing up in VAERS. The reports in VAERS can be an early tip-off if there are problems associated with a vaccine, or even a particular batch of vaccine. Pulling out a bunch of reports that say “death” and that mentioned a certain vaccine does not mean that the vaccine killed those people.

Source: The Nation March 19, 2021 20:07 UTC