{"id":9045,"date":"2021-01-17T04:44:01","date_gmt":"2021-01-17T09:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/?p=9045"},"modified":"2021-01-17T04:44:01","modified_gmt":"2021-01-17T09:44:01","slug":"55-people-died-in-us-after-receiving-covid-19-vaccines-reporting-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/55-people-died-in-us-after-receiving-covid-19-vaccines-reporting-system\/","title":{"rendered":"55 People Died in US After Receiving COVID-19 Vaccines: Reporting System"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Source: 55 People Died in US After Receiving COVID-19 Vaccines: Reporting System<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

BY\u00a0ZACHARY STIEBER<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
January 16, 2021<\/span>\u00a0Updated: January 16, 2021<\/span><\/div>\n
\nFifty-five people in the United States have died after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine, according to reports submitted to a federal system.<\/p>\n

Deaths have occurred among people receiving both the Moderna and the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines, according to the reports.<\/p>\n

The reporting system, the\u00a0Vaccine<\/a>\u00a0Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), is a federal database. The system is passive, meaning reports aren\u2019t automatically collected and must be filed. VAERS reports can be filed by anyone, including health care providers, patients, or family members.<\/p>\n

VAERS reports \u201coften lack details and sometimes can have information that contains errors,\u201d according to the reporting system\u2019s website. Still, reports on VAERS represent \u201conly a small fraction of actual adverse events,\u201d the site states, though underreporting is believed to be less common for serious events.<\/p>\n

In some cases, patients died within days of receiving a COVID-19 vaccine.<\/p>\n

One man, a 66-year-old senior home resident in Colorado, was sleepy and stayed in bed a day after getting Moderna\u2019s vaccine. Early the next morning, on Christmas Day, the resident \u201cwas observed in bed lying still, pale, eyes half open and foam coming from mouth and unresponsive,\u201d the VAERS report states. \u201cHe was not breathing and with no pulse.\u201d<\/p>\n

In another case, a 93-year-old South Dakota man was injected with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine on Jan. 4 around 11 a.m. About two hours later, he said he was tired and couldn\u2019t continue with the physical therapy he was doing any longer. He was taken back to his room, where he said his legs felt heavy. Soon after, he stopped breathing. A nurse declared a do-not-resuscitate order.<\/p>\n

Moderna and Pfizer didn\u2019t respond to requests for comment. Abigail Capobianco, a spokeswoman for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), told The Epoch Times via email, \u201cAny reports of death following the administration of vaccines are promptly and rigorously investigated jointly by FDA\u201d and the\u00a0Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).<\/p>\n

Officials at the agencies work with health care providers to obtain medical histories and clinical follow-up information and conduct a clinical case review, she said, adding, \u201cIt is important to note that it is generally not possible to find out from VAERS data if a vaccine caused an adverse event.\u201d<\/p>\n

Health officials on the VAERS website caution that a report to the system doesn\u2019t prove a vaccine caused the adverse event, and that no proof that the event was caused by the vaccine is required in order for the system to accept the report.<\/p>\n

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A COVID-19 vaccine bottle is seen in New York City on Jan. 4, 2021. (Shannon Stapleton\/Pool\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In addition to the\u00a0deaths<\/a>, people have reported 96 life-threatening events following COVID-19 vaccinations, as well as 24 permanent disabilities, 225 hospitalizations, and 1,388 emergency room visits.<\/p>\n

COVID-19 is the disease caused by the\u00a0CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Neither the CDC nor the FDA has a central database of reported adverse events.\u00a0Nancy Messonnier, director of the CDC\u2019s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases,\u00a0said on Jan. 6<\/a>\u00a0that severe allergic reactions to COVID-19 vaccines were happening at a rate of 11.1 per million vaccinations, compared to the rate of 1.3 per 1 million flu shots.<\/p>\n

As of Jan. 15, 10.5 million Americans have received a COVID-19 vaccine. Federal health officials have said that adverse events are being investigated but that the vaccines are still safe to get.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are safe and effective vaccines. We have good data to show that,\u201d Messonnier said.<\/p>\n

One death following a vaccination attracted attention earlier this week. Gregory Michael, a 56-year-old medical worker at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami, Florida, was injected on Dec. 18, 2020. Sixteen days later, he died.<\/p>\n

Michael\u2019s wife Heidi Neckelmann\u00a0said<\/a>\u00a0on Facebook that her husband was \u201cvery healthy\u201d before being vaccinated. She said he was admitted to an intensive care unit with a diagnosis of\u00a0acute idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, a blood disorder, caused by a reaction to the vaccine. He eventually passed away.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was a pro-vaccine advocate, that is why he got it himself,\u201d Neckelmann wrote. \u201cI believe that people should be aware that side effects can happen, that it is not good for everyone and in this case destroyed a beautiful life, a perfect family, and has affected so many people in the community. Do not let his death be in vain, please save more lives by making this information news.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pfizer told news outlets in a statement that no evidence currently shows a link between the death and its vaccine.<\/p>\n

\u201cPfizer and BioNTech are aware of the death of a health care professional 16 days after receiving a first dose of BNT162b2,\u201d Pfizer said in a statement. \u201cIt is a highly unusual clinical case of severe thrombocytopenia, a condition that decreases the body\u2019s ability to clot blood and stop internal bleeding.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are actively investigating this case, but we don\u2019t believe at this time that there is any direct connection to the vaccine,\u201d the company added. \u201cThere have been no related safety signals identified in our clinical trials, the post-marketing experience thus far, or with the mRNA vaccine platform. To date, millions of people have been vaccinated and we are closely monitoring all adverse events in individuals receiving our vaccine. It is important to note that serious adverse events, including deaths that are unrelated to the vaccine, are unfortunately likely to occur at a similar rate as they would in the general population.\u201d<\/p>\n

A Pfizer spokesperson told The Epoch Times via email earlier this month that the company \u201cclosely monitor[s]\u00a0all reports following vaccination.\u201d Moderna hasn\u2019t responded to requests for comment on its involvement in monitoring serious adverse events in people who get its vaccine.<\/p>\n

The updated VAERS data came after Norway\u00a0changed its COVID-19 vaccination guide<\/a>\u00a0to direct officials not to give \u201cvery frail\u201d people one of the vaccines, citing 13 deaths among people who were vaccinated.<\/p>\n

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