Examples
The first example involves checking a specific vaccine.
Any question can be asked of a vaccine.
In this example we ask to see a graph of the number of events over time.
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In Section 1 of the Search Form,
make sure that Show Graph is checked.
Set Graph to "Month of Vaccination".
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| In Section 3 of the Search Form,
select the vaccine of interest.
You can select more than one by holding control and selecting another.
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| Click any Find button.
You will get a graph showing the number of events that were reported by month.
If you move the mouse over a point on the graph, details of that point will pop-up.
If you click-and-drag an area of the graph, the graph will zoom into that area.
You can also zoom by click-and-dragging an area in the Zoom thumbnail in the lower-right.
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Vaccination Density Maps
This example focuses on a specific vaccine and asks for
a map showing where the patients live.
To see such a map:
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In Section 1 of the Search Form,
make sure that Show Map is checked.
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| In Section 3, select the desired vaccine.
You can select more than one by holding control and selecting another.
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| Click any Find button.
The map shows state-by-state density of occurrence of the selected vaccine.
Below the map is a table of results.
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Hot Vaccinations
In this example, we find out which vaccines caused the most VAERS events.
This type of analysis can identify vaccines that may be "hot".
To do a hot-vaccination analysis:
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In Section 1 of the Search Form,
make sure that Show Table is checked, and then set Tabulate to "Vaccine/Manufacturer".
If you select "Vaccine/Manufacturer/Lot," you will get a detailed lot analysis,
but it will run much more slowly.
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| Click any Find button. You will get a long table.
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| Click the green Down-Arrow in the upper-right of the table to sort the results in descending order.
The list is now sorted by number of times a vaccine appears,
so the vaccines with the most appearances are shown first.
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Vaccinations that Kill
Let's answer the question: which vaccine has killed the most people?
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In Section 1 of the Search Form,
make sure that Show Graph is checked.
Set Graph to "Vaccine".
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| Click any Find button. You will get a graph with all vaccinations listed down the side.
Those vaccines with the largest spike have the most deaths.
Try setting the Chart type to "Bar" to show this as a bar-graph.
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Are Vaccines gender-specific?
Here is an unusual question: are there vaccines that affect more men than women?
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In Section 1 of the Search Form,
make sure that Show Graph is checked.
Set Graph to "Vaccine" and set the second grouping (And) to "Gender".
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| Click any Find button. You will get a graph with all vaccinations listed down the side.
Three lines show the count of Events by gender (male/female/unknown).
Note that some vaccines have a more predominant yellow line (Male) and others have a predominant blue line (Female).
Hover the mouse cursor over a datapoint to see the value explained.
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