Re:AAP statement on Poling case - VAERS

[Guest guest]

Sheri - I'm on a few blogs and last week I was stunned to have witnessed in a

public forum a health professional make the following statement: (paraphrasing)

- 'we vaccinated over 1200 women (with Gardasil) and NONE of them had an adverse

reaction. There were some complaints, but our evaluation team looked at them and

determined they weren't from the vaccine so we didn't report them (referring to

VAERS).

So this morning, I decided to go to VAERS website and thoroughly read through

this. I'm going to point out items of interest on just how conflicting this

system is within itself.

I'll start with this statement first (Note the word " requires) (now to the

initial health professional, Gardasil is not listed on this table yet (it's

apparently a little out of date).

What events should I report to VAERS?

The National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act (NCVIA) requires health care

providers to report:

Any event listed by the vaccine manufacturer as a contraindication to

subsequent doses of the vaccine.

Any event listed in the Reportable Events Table that occurs within the

specified time period after vaccination.

A copy of the Reportable Events Table can be obtained by calling VAERS at

1-800-822-7967 or by downloading it from http://vaers.hhs.gov/pubs.htm.

However, the paragraph directly above it states (note the word " encourages "

and " should " ):

VAERS encourages the reporting of any clinically significant adverse event

that occurs after the administration of any vaccine licensed in the United

States. You should report clinically significant adverse events even if you are

unsure whether a vaccine caused the event.

What if I can't tell if a reaction was caused by a vaccine or another

medication top

(Note the word " encourage " )

We encourage you to report any reaction following vaccination to VAERS,

regardless of whether or not you can tell if the vaccine or another product

caused it. Reports sent to the VAERS program that also make reference to

non-vaccine pharmaceutical products are shared with MedWatch, the FDA's drug

safety surveillance system.

So we have a required system that's passive whose sole responsibility is

monitoring/ analyzing adverse events to prove or disprove vaccine safety.

Things that make you go hmm.....