During the COVID-19 pandemic, some U.S. states mandated COVID-19 vaccinations to increase vaccination numbers, while other states enacted legislation preventing mandates. Research shows vaccine mandates didn’t work and actually caused more people to reject boosters and other vaccinations. A study in PNAS found that governmental restrictions had unintended negative consequences and no influence on COVID-19 […]
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Latest VAERS Data Show 1.6 Million Adverse Events Following COVID-19 Vaccination
The latest VAERS data released in March show 1,630,913 adverse events following COVID-19 vaccines were reported between Dec. 14, 2020, and Feb. 23, 2024, including 312,237 reports of serious injuries and 37,231 deaths. VAERS is a voluntary reporting system co-managed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and CDC designed to detect vaccine safety signals, but it is estimated to represent only 1% […]
62-Year-Old Man Purposely Got 217 COVID-19 Vaccinations
A 62-year-old man from Magdeburg, Germany, purposely received 217 COVID-19 vaccine doses of eight different vaccine types within 29 months. That’s more than one vaccine dose every four days. In a case report published on March 4 in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, researchers said the shots didn’t have a significant positive or negative effect on […]
CDC Recommends Older Adults Recieve Ninth COVID-19 Vaccine Dose
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is now advising people over 65 to receive yet another COVID-19 vaccine dose since the first eight didn’t work. The agency on Feb. 28 said data continues to show that vaccines protect those most at risk for severe outcomes of COVID-19, so the agency is recommending an […]
Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19 Have Higher Risk of Mortality if Vaccinated
Among hospitalized patients with COVID-19, a new study found that vaccinated patients had a significantly higher risk of mortality, suggesting vaccination may not prevent severe outcomes among hospitalized patients. The February study published in Frontiers in Immunology found mortality among vaccinated and unvaccinated patients was 70 percent and 37 percent, respectively—and the overall survival rate was […]