Thursday, July 22 Alabama Governor Kay Ivey was interviewed by reporters and was pleading with Alabamians to get vaccinated. Here is what she had to say. “Folks supposed to have common sense, but it’s time to start blaming the unvaccinated folks, not the regular folks. It’s the unvaccinated folks that are letting us down. These folks are choosing a horrible lifestyle of self-inflicted pain. It’s their job to take care of themselves and us as well.” I am no expert, but this is probably not the way to get people to listen to you. Dividing people into classes has never worked. You can see the adverse reaction data for vaccines in 2021 and watch the video of her statement below.
The Governor said this as there is currently a rise in Covid-19 cases from the Delta variant. There have also been many “breakthrough cases” reported amongst people who have already been vaccinated. What the Governor forgot to mention is there have been 421,068 reports of adverse reactions between all 3 vaccine types in 2021 according to the CDC’s VAERS data. While this number is a small percentage of those vaccinated, it is still a rather large number.
To put the VAERS data into perspective, here is the total number of adverse reactions for some of the different vaccine types in 2021. While all of these reports vary in severity, the sheer number of reports is enough to make you really weigh your options. It is rather interesting that vaccines with higher numbers of adverse reactions reported are the most controversial.
- Covid-19 (Pfizer/Biontech)-187,950
- Covid-19(Moderna)-190,137
- Covid-19 (Janssen)-42,981
- Zoster Live (Zostavax)-161
- Zoster (Zostavax)-464
- Yellow Fever-3
- Varicella-64
- Tetanus-7
- TDAP-92
- Rotavirus-53
- Polio-24
- Pneumo-247
- Influenza-1,080
To be clear this article is not trying to sway anyone in either direction as far as their own medical choices, it is just to provide the facts and help everyone make informed decisions and not be coerced into doing something they are not comfortable with.
All of this data is publicly available at https://vaers.hhs.gov/