According to data released December 27, 2024 by the CDC, 7,128 adverse reactions, including 60 deaths and 477 hospitalizations, have been reported to the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS). Nearly 65 percent of adverse events occurred in persons 60 years of age and older.
Even though the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 legally required pediatricians and other vaccine providers to report serious health problems following vaccination to VAERS, many doctors and other medical workers giving vaccines to children and adults fail to report vaccine-related health problem to VAERS. There is evidence to suggest that only between 1 and 10 percent of serious health problems that occur after use of prescription drugs or vaccines in the U.S. are ever reported to federal health officials who are responsible for regulating the safety of drugs and vaccines and issue national vaccine policy recommendations.
