It’s also worth noting that VAERS is basically like Wikipedia or IMBD. Literally anyone can submit a report that they’ve had an adverse reaction. You could do it yourself right now if you wanted to. They lay out how easy it is on the site:

https://vaers.hhs.gov/reportevent.html

VAERS is designed so that medical professionals can look for trends and such. It’s completely raw data, and since literally anyone can submit a report, it’s not considered reliable data on its own. It needs to be processed and vetted by people who actually know how to use this kind of data.

Trusting VAERS as a reliable source on which to base your beliefs about vaccines is no different than basing your beliefs about Donald Trump completely upon whatever his Wikipedia page currently says. Except that Wikipedia is moderated and monitored, while VAERS just collects data from anyone who clicks the button.

It’s also worth noting that VAERS is basically like Wikipedia or IMBD. Literally anyone can submit a report that they’ve had an adverse reaction. You could do it yourself right now if you wanted to. They lay out how easy it is on the site:

https://vaers.hhs.gov/reportevent.html

VAERS is designed so that medical professionals can look for trends and such. It’s completely raw data, and since literally anyone can submit a report, it’s not considered reliable data on its own. It needs to be processed and vetted by people who actually know how to use this kind of data.

Trusting VAERS as a reliable source on which to base your beliefs about vaccines is no different than basing your beliefs about Donald Trump completely upon whatever is Wikipedia page currently says. Except that Wikipedia is moderated and monitored, while VAERS just collects data from anyone who clicks the button.