U.S. Vaccines Safe, Say 20 Years of Data

Jul 28, 2020, 08:23 AM by MSDC Staff

Vaccines are one of the safest medical treatments in the U.S., according to new research.

An Israeli study published yesterday in the Annals of Internal Medicine shows that U.S. vaccines are safe.

"Our study shows that even if a potential vaccine has a rare or long-term side effect that isn't discovered in clinical trials, the surveillance program is in place to identify those issues as soon as possible," said the study's lead author, Dr. Daniel Shepshelovich, vice head of internal medicine at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, according to NBC News.

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Researchers used data from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS database) to analyze the safety of vaccines. Looking at reported data between 1995 and 2015, researchers found that most vaccines were safe and even post-vaccine approval issues were quickly identified by drug surveillance. The study's authors go so far to say that vaccines are actually safer than other medicines and medical devices.

The study comes as surveys show widespread distrust about a potential novel coronavirus vaccine. An AP-NORC poll in late May showed only half of Americans would get a COVID-19 vaccine. A recent Yahoo News poll showed 28% of those polled believed the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation planned to distribute a vaccine to implant microchips into the population. This is also on top of a vocal minority of the population trying to incorrectly blame vaccines for a variety of medical ailments.