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Originally Posted by Ramrod
Are you aware that the yellow card scheme is underreported to the tune of 90-99%? (They aren't sure of the exact number)
It's the same for VAERS in the USA.
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Did you watch the clip?
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Pretty startling if true. The report gives a figure of 145,086,498 doses given and 1,511,966 side effects reported which is pretty much 1%. If the actual figure is 100 times this, then everyone is getting side effects. I agree that there will be underreporting for the common already noted side effects such as fever, fatigue and headaches. If anything, there will be a bias towards more severe side effects being reported.
You can only work with the data you have of course. The Yellow Card scheme is not a clinical trial level of data collection as it relies on active reporting. However, it does give a guide to what is happening in the field.
I did watch the clip. She is claiming that the vaccine caused her issues. That may or may not have been the case. If it was, that is a terrible thing for her but all the evidence points to this type of side effect being very rare. No drug is without risk but that risk needs to be balanced against the clinical need.
No one is hiding the potential side effects of these vaccines, a leaflet was handed out at the time of administration. The Yellow Card scheme is useful to highlight rare but serious side effects that only are seen when the pool of people having the vaccine gets much larger.