The MedAlerts Blog

January 2011: Guillain-Barré Syndrome

• Does the Flu vaccine cause Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)?
• A search of VAERS shows that 65% of the reports that list GBS symptoms were given a Flu vaccine! . . . → Read More

December 2010: Yearly wrapup

• 2010 is done and VAERS reports continue to appear in near-record numbers.
• There are many reasons for the high number of VAERS reports.
• Over the past two years, nearly half of all VAERS reports have been associated with the Flu vaccines! . . . → Read More

November 2010: H1N1 Flu and miscarriages

• Does the H1N1 flu vaccine cause miscarriages?
• VAERS data shows that many more miscarriages are associated with H1N1 than with the Seasonal Flu vaccine.
• But the vaccine associated with the most miscarriages is Gardasil! . . . → Read More

October 2010: HPV and H1N1 Flu

• The first report of a boy dying after a Gardasil vaccination.
• New data on H1N1 Flu from a foreign country: 14 more vaccine-related deaths. . . . → Read More

September 2010: Flu season preview

• Seasonal Flu events are starting their regular yearly spike.
• Last year’s Flu season was the worst to date thanks to H1N1 scares.
• Why is this year looking even worse? . . . → Read More

August 2010: Onset intervals

• Analysis of onset intervals shows how long it may take for an adverse reaction to appear.
• The varicella vaccine (chicken pox) can take years to cause an adverse reaction. . . . → Read More

July 2010: Countries that banned H1N1 Flu vaccine

• This season’s flu shot will include last year’s H1N1 strain.
• But some countries have banned the H1N1 flu vaccine.
• VAERS data shows that these countries are right: their reasons for banning H1N1 are happening here! . . . → Read More

June 2010: Autism and VAERS data

• Autism rates are growing all the time.
• Is there a connection between the MMR vaccine and autism?
• VAERS data shows a strong connection! . . . → Read More

May 2010: VAERS maps and state population

• Making a map of the number of VAERS events tells you very little, because more events happen in highly-populated states.
• Adjusting the map to show VAERS events per person shows interesting patterns.
• One correlation in the patterns is that as the number of hospitals goes up, more vaccine reactions are filed! . . . → Read More