{"id":10791,"date":"2023-03-09T15:21:25","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T21:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/?post_type=jtf_topics&#038;p=10791"},"modified":"2024-08-10T15:29:08","modified_gmt":"2024-08-10T20:29:08","slug":"more-misuse-of-vaers-data","status":"publish","type":"jtf_topics","link":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/jtf_topics\/more-misuse-of-vaers-data\/","title":{"rendered":"More Misuse of VAERS Data"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row source=&#8221;&#8221; text=&#8221;Clinical Trials&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Abril%20Fatface%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal&#8221; link=&#8221;&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1708910874436{border-top-width: 1px !important;border-right-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 1px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;The Claim:&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]\n<div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid\">\n<div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<p>An anti-vaxxer\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stkirsch\/status\/1627758305778229248?cxt=HHwWgIDTwcHj-pYtAAAA\">tweets<\/a> an article reporting VAERS data to claim that 76% of vaccine-related miscarriages over the past 30 years occurred once pregnant women began receiving the COVID vaccine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;The Facts:&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]When you hear claims like these, it\u2019s important to remember that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/publichealth.jhu.edu\/2022\/what-vaers-is-and-isnt\">VAERS<\/a>\u00a0is not a database of vaccine reactions, but of unverified claims. This is a distinction that anti-vaxxers constantly conflate. In fact, anyone can file a report with VAERS claiming a vaccine injury without any proof that the injury was actually caused by the vaccine. Also, keep in mind that increased\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.factcheck.org\/2021\/12\/scicheck-increase-in-covid-19-vaers-reports-due-to-reporting-requirements-intense-scrutiny-of-widely-given-vaccines\/\">awareness<\/a>\u00a0of VAERS, combined with vaccine fears spread by anti-vaccine advocates, has prompted a rise in VAERS claims since the COVID vaccine rollout.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/books\/NBK532992\/\">miscarriage<\/a>\u00a0is the most common way to lose a pregnancy; up to 26% of all pregnancies end in miscarriage. Clinical research has found no evidentiary link between miscarriages and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-022-33937-y\">vaccination<\/a>. However, we have plenty of evidence from studies of pregnant vaccinated individuals demonstrating that the mRNA COVID vaccines are safe during pregnancy\u2014and offer protection to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mmwr\/volumes\/71\/wr\/mm7107e3.htm\">newborn<\/a>\u00a0after birth.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The claim that most vaccine-related miscarriages occurred after the COVID vaccine is based on misinterpreted, unverified VAERS data, while studies show COVID vaccines are safe during pregnancy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"template":"","jtf_topic_subjects":[189,209,188,218],"class_list":["post-10791","jtf_topics","type-jtf_topics","status-publish","hentry","jtf_topic_subjects-covid-19","jtf_topic_subjects-fertility","jtf_topic_subjects-mrna-vaccines","jtf_topic_subjects-vaccine-safety","entry","no-media"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics\/10791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/jtf_topics"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics\/10791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10796,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics\/10791\/revisions\/10796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"jtf_topic_subjects","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topic_subjects?post=10791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}