Oh, this will be fun. An Antivaxer thinks I've never heard of #VAERS.Apparently she's blissfully unaware that I've only been writing about #VAERS for around 14 years or so. Time to educate her. 1/https://twitter.com/TVRauth/status/1123576310981378049 …
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Since I just wrote a thread about
#VAERS less than two weeks ago, I'll include it here for@TVRauth's edification. Be sure to read all 7 Tweets! 2/https://twitter.com/gorskon/status/1119646949446246400 …David Gorski, MD, PhD added,
David Gorski, MD, PhDVerified account @gorskonHere's yet another example why the VAERS database is not a reliable tool to establish adverse events as caused by vaccines or to estimate their frequency. It was never intended for that purpose. Rather, it was intended as an early warning system to alert health officials. 1/ https://twitter.com/doritmi/status/1119380832999763971 …Show this thread2 replies 2 retweets 13 likesShow this thread -
A couple of points are worth repeating. First, I bet that
@TVRauth doesn't realize that ANYTHING that happens after vaccination can be reported to#VAERS. 12 years ago one pro-vaccine activist reported that a vaccine turned him into the Incredible Hulk. VAERS accepted it. 3/1 reply 5 retweets 16 likesShow this thread -
Indeed, if this activist had insisted on leaving his report of vaccine-induced Hulkness in the database when questioned, it would still be there, warning antivaxers that the flu vaccine might turn you into the Hulk. 4/
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This is, of course, why antivaxers like
@TVRauth love to point to#VAERS. So do attorneys trying to sue for "vaccine injury." (Yes, I wrote this 11 years ago.) 5/https://respectfulinsolence.com/2008/01/18/how-vaccine-litigation-distorts-the-vaer/ …1 reply 2 retweets 10 likesShow this thread -
Now here's a question for
@TVRauth. Can she name the active surveillance systems in place to monitor vaccine safety in a far more rigorous manner? (If she clicked on the link to my Twitter thread above, she should be able to, but I bet that she didn't bother.) 6/1 reply 2 retweets 12 likesShow this thread -
Because I'm a benevolent science advocate, I'll provide the answer for
@TVRauth. There's the Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD). Also the Clinical Immunization Safety Assessment Project (CISA) and@US_FDA's Post-licensure Rapid Immunization Safety Monitoring System (PRISM). 7/1 reply 2 retweets 12 likesShow this thread -
What antivaxers like
@TVRauth don't understand is that#VAERS was never meant to be the be-all and end-all of vaccine safety surveillance. It functions more like a "canary in the coalmine," to identify concerns that need to be followed up on using more rigorous methods. 8/1 reply 2 retweets 12 likesShow this thread -
Because
#VAERS is so easily manipulated by antivaxers, who've mounted campaigns to have parents report their children's autism, antivaxers love o dumpster dive it to produce crappy studies with bogus inflated risks of vaccine-related harms. 9/1 reply 2 retweets 10 likesShow this thread -
Indeed, I've been writing about such "dumpster diving" for 13+ years now. Here's an oldie by Mark and David Geier. 10/https://respectfulinsolence.com/2006/03/06/the-geiers-go-dumpsterdiving-y-1/ …
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Here's a more recent example of dumpster diving by Stephanie Seneff. 11/https://respectfulinsolence.com/2012/11/20/dumpster-diving-in-the-vaers-database-again/ …
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I could go on, because I've written about several of these "dumpster diving" studies over the years, but non-antivaxers will get the idea. I do thank
@TVRauth for amusing the hell out of me with her assumption that I don't know what the#VAERS database is.
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