Row 736

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https://archive.is/9wC1N

For some reason the archive doesn't feature the meme, so here it is:

https://i.redd.it/ppvq2cwv2ho71.jpg (backup: https://imgur.com/a/JLZzcMZ)

It's probably common knowledge by now, but here's the truth about VAERS anyway: The VAERS database records health issues people suffered shortly after receiving a vaccination. This data should *not* be taken at face value. It merely records correlation. [Correlation does not imply causation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correlation_does_not_imply_causation). The number of adverse effects that were *caused* by the vaccines is significantly lower.

Moreover, the claim that adverse effects are severely under-reported which people who willfully misinterpret VAERS often make, some of them in the `r/conspiracy` thread, is completely evidence-free and has no basis in reality. It is, in other words, a lie as well.

Since VAERS has become heavily politicized and since it has few safeguards against manipulation, it should also be assumed that at least some of the data is fake. How much, we do not know yet. Here is an example of how vulnerable VAERS is: [In 2004 a man filed a report that the measles/mumps/rubella vaccine turned him into the Hulk](https://www.medalerts.org/vaersdb/findfield.php?IDNUMBER=541193-1).

Even worse than VAERS is OpenVAERS. OpenVAERS is not a government-run web site. It was set up by disinformation peddlers. It may contain a lot of reports VAERS wouldn't accept. The main purpose of OpenVAERS is to "accidentally" omit [VAERS' disclaimer](https://vaers.hhs.gov/data.html):

> [...] While very important in monitoring vaccine safety, VAERS reports alone cannot be used to determine if a vaccine caused or contributed to an adverse event or illness. The reports may contain information that is incomplete, inaccurate, coincidental, or unverifiable. In large part, reports to VAERS are voluntary, which means they are subject to biases. This creates specific limitations on how the data can be used scientifically. Data from VAERS reports should always be interpreted with these limitations in mind.

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The meme in this submission willfully misinterprets the VAERS data to dramatically over-inflate the number of adverse effects from COVID-19 vaccines. Every data point in this meme is a lie. See also: https://www.science.org/news/2021/05/antivaccine-activists-use-government-database-side-effects-scare-public

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