As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said, these vaccines have undergone and will continue to undergo the most intensive safety monitoring in U.S. history.. One grade 4 fever (>40.0C) was reported in the vaccine group. V-safe is a voluntary, smartphone-based system set up in 2020 specifically for monitoring reactions to COVID-19 and health effects after vaccination. RSV is a contagious virus and a common cause of respiratory illness.1 The virus can affect the lungs and breathing passages of an infected individual and can be potentially life-threatening for young infants, persons with certain chronic medical conditions, and older adults.2,3,4,5 In the United States alone, approximately 2.1 million outpatient visits and 58,000 hospitalizations due to RSV occur each year among children younger than five years old.6,7 Worldwide, RSV results in death of approximately 102,000 children annually, with about half of those in infants less than 6 months old and the vast majority in developing countries.8,9. 3.RESULTS 3.1.Safety Database 3.1.1.General Overview It is estimated that approximately doses of BNT162b2 were Some people have no side effects. 4 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. We leave it to the scientists and others to analyse.. Jaramillo, Catalina. Fever was more common after the second dose than after the first dose. CDC is not responsible for Section 508 compliance (accessibility) on other federal or private website. 16 Mar 2022. Within each age group, the frequency and severity of systemic adverse events was higher after dose 2 than dose 1. b Mild: decreased interest in eating; moderate: decreased oral intake; severe: refusal to feed; Grade 4: emergency room visit or hospitalization Health Feedback is a non-partisan, non-profit organization dedicated to science education. At that pace, all of the information will be released by the end of the summer. Accessed from Public Health and Medical Professionals for Transparencywebsite. This study was initiated in September 2021 and remains ongoing. 8 Li et al. About RSVpreF By signing up, you will create a Euro Weekly News account if you dont already have one. Therefore, claims that the vaccine is dangerous based on this document are unsupported. Based on this document, multiple posts and memes (see examples here, here, and here) claimed that the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine caused a lengthy list of serious side effects, ranging from epilepsy to liver injury to autoimmune diseases. CDC twenty four seven. The data request came from the Public Health and Medical Professionals, demanding more transparency, who sued the FDA under a Freedom of Information due to the FDAs initial request of only releasing a minimum of 500 pages a month. Among all vaccine recipients, 66.6% reported at least one systemic reaction in the 7 days after vaccination. Vomiting and diarrhea were exceptions, and similar between vaccine and placebo groups and regardless of dose. FOIA requests allow the public to access records from any federal agencies, which are legally obliged to disclose any information requested with few exceptions. Infants were followed for at least one year for safety and efficacy, with over half of the infants followed for two years. 6 Hall CB, et al. PHMPT, meanwhile,counteredthat that proposed rate would take nearly 55 years and it was difficult to imagine a greater need for transparency than making the vaccine documents available. ,7";b=b}seEu!EdMScqGf(d1PN{0rrs:0J,p va4y`XtHvaMwltiO1ug1eg(sra[byWb!6e;r
Traubs tweet, which has been shared over 10k times on the platform, is not the only example of peoples blaming the Covid vaccines for the side effects they have suffered following the jab. Overall, the median onset of local reactions in the vaccine group was 1 to 2 days after either dose, with a median duration of 1 day after onset. Accessed 18 Mar 2022. In the case of the COVID-19 vaccines, randomized controlled trials involving tens of thousands of people, which were reviewed by multiple groups of experts, revealed no serious safety issues and showed that the benefits outweigh the risks. 2022. REVIEW Privacy Policy for more information about our privacy practices. WebPfizer has also taken a multiple actionsto help alleviate the large increase of adverse eventreports. The reason that the documents were released on 1 March 2022 is because the court order itself set the due date on or before March 1, 2022. Accessed 18 Mar 2022. The challenge is to see whether the frequency of a particular event is elevated above the background rate, which could indicate a possible problem. Similar claims also spread via the U.K. tabloid Express and the website Rebel News, identified as promoting propaganda and conspiracy theories by Media Bias/Fact Check, as well as video platforms. WebThe overall incidence of unsolicited non-serious adverse events from dose 1 to data cutoff (April 29, 2022) were similar in the vaccine and placebo groups in both age groups: 29.1% vs. 26.3% for the younger age group and 18.5% vs. 18.5% in the older age group, after the agency gave full approval to the vaccine. RSV bronchiolitis is the leading cause of infant hospitalization due to viral respiratory illness, characterized by respiratory distress that can result in death. Its shocking. The median onset of local reactions in the vaccine group was 0 (day of vaccination) to 2 days after either dose and lasted a median duration between 1 and 3 days. The document is an analysis of adverse events, or health issues reported following vaccination, regardless of whether they were caused by the vaccine. Tuesday, Mar 1 2022 First Edition: March 1, 2022 Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations. There were no unusual patterns, she said. Of these side effects, 92% were considered "non-serious," with the most common being dizziness, fainting and fever, the CDC said. Any health problem that happens after vaccination is considered an adverse event following immunization, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, . But those arent dangerous and are signs that the vaccine is working and the body is beginning to mount a protective immune response. It essentially admits that this vaccine can cause you to miscarry your baby, this can cause you to die in any number of truly horrific ways., Apress releasefrom Childrens Health Defense, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.s anti-vaccination organization, similarly highlights the appendix and calls the document a bombshell that should put an immediate end to the Pfizer COVID vaccines., John Campbell, a nurse educator in the U.K., whom weve written about before, also discussed the document in a popular YouTube videoposted on March 9. Most cases of lymphadenopathy resolved in 10 days or less. Since the data doesnt provide evidence that the vaccine caused any new side effects or is unsafe, claims that Pfizer and the FDA tried to hide this information from the public are also unfounded. The law requires federal agencies to first respond to requests within 20 business days. Bells palsy was reported by four vaccine recipients and none of the placebo recipients. Many people experience temporary symptoms, such as fever, headache or pain at the site of injection. Swiss athlete Sarah Atcho shared on Instagram that she now suffers from pericarditis, an inflammation of the membrane that covers the heart, which was caused after she received the 3rd dose of the Covid vaccine. In a Januarycourt order, US District Judge Mark Pittman of the Northern District of Texas required the FDA to release around 12,000 documents immediately, and then 55,000 pages a month until all documents are released totaling more than 300,000 pages, On March 1, the FDA finally produced its first 10k pages of Pfizer clinical trial documents and after securing the release of the data, Aaron Siri, a lawyer working on the case told Endpoints News, Our job was to get the documents. Another monitoring system is the CDCs Vaccine Safety Datalink, which uses electronic health data from nine health care organizations in the U.S. to identify adverse events related to vaccination in near real time. But those arent dangerous and are signs that the vaccine is Fatigue, headache, chills, and new or worsened muscle pain were most common. Injection site redness and swelling following either dose were reported less frequently than injection site pain. All of these posts misunderstand what is being reported in the Pfizerdocument. Idaho Doctor Makes Baseless Claims About Safety of COVID-19 Vaccines. FactCheck.org. Accessed 18 Mar 2022. The information is. In the video, which garnered more than 1.5 million views in just three days, he incorrectly implies that the vaccine caused the reported health problems. This data is presented in Table 7 below. The median onset for most systemic events in the 6 23 month age group was 2 days after any dose and all events resolved with a duration of 1 to 2 days after onset. After dose 1, the older age group (2 4 years) reported pain/tenderness more frequently than the younger age group (6 23 months) (30.8% vs 16.6%); a similar pattern was observed after dose 2 and 3 (31.0% vs 15.0% and 26.7% vs 16.0%, respectively). with the plaintiff, concluding the request was of paramount public importance. He set the deadline for the first tranche of documents for Jan. 31, with another 55,000 pages to be released every month. The vast majority of people experience only minor, temporary side effects such as pain at the injection site, fatigue, headache, or muscle pain or no side effects at all. Pfizers document is titled Cumulative Analysis of Post-authorization Adverse Event Reports of PF-07302048 (BNT162B2) received through 28-Feb-2021. 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In contrast, rigorous evaluation by the FDA Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research concluded that the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine met the FDA safety standards required for approval. The CDC and FDA vaccine safety monitoring systems, which were expanded for the COVID-19 vaccines and also include a new smartphone-based reporting tool called v-safe, have subsequently identified only a few, very rare adverse events. Serious adverse events were defined as any untoward medical occurrence that resulted in death, was life-threatening, required inpatient hospitalization or prolongation of existing hospitalization, or resulted in persistent disability or incapacity. For more, see How safe are the vaccines?, More thanhalf a billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines have now been administered in the U.S. and only a few, very rare, safety concerns have emerged. Help us create a more trustworthy Internet! Pain at the injection site was the most frequent and severe solicited local reaction among vaccine recipients. No bells palsy or anaphylaxis was reported among vaccine recipients in this age group. The group asked the FDA for all of its documents related to the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine or. Pre-planned safety reviews conducted at regular intervals throughout the duration of the study by the DMC also indicate the investigational vaccine is well-tolerated with no safety concerns for both the vaccinated individuals and their newborns. This will literally include every scrap of paper that was submitted to FDA for the entirety of the pandemic, Zalewski told MedPage Today. Most SAEs were gastrointestinal or respiratory infections/illnesses that occur commonly in this age group. This release contains forward-looking information about Pfizers respiratory syncytial virus vaccine candidate (RSVpreF), including its potential benefits and planned regulatory submissions, that involves substantial risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. The FDA initially proposed to release the documents at a rate of 500 pages a month, arguing that a higher rate would leave little resources to process other FOIA requests, since the request involved more than 329,000 pages. The frequency and severity of systemic adverse events was higher after dose 2 than dose 1. USA As the war rages on in Ukraine and the eyes of the world are fixed on the tragic events in Europe, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has slowly started to release Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine data to the public something that they had originally wanted until 2096 to do. Download our media pack in either English or Spanish. Among all study vaccine recipients asked to complete diaries of their symptoms during the 7 days after vaccination, 84.7% reported at least one local injection site reaction. After more than 1 billion doses administered worldwide includingmore than325 million in the U.S. and more than a year of safety monitoring, thePfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is considered to be very safe. [emailprotected] 398 0 obj
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