Canadian Adverse Health Events from COVID-19 Vaccines and COVID-19 Statistics – March 8, 2021

 

Author: Tracey Young. (March 8, 2021). Canadian Adverse Health Events from COVID-19 Vaccines and COVID-19 Statistics – March 8 2021. Canadian Advocacy Centre for Health, Safety and Justice. Retrieved from: https://canadianadvocacycentre.blogspot.com/2021/03/canadian-adverse-health-events-from.html. 

Note: European and U.S. Statistical data on Adverse Health Events also included. 

Introduction

COVID-19 Vaccines have been getting administered in Canada since December 2020. Around the world countries are reporting Adverse Health events, and deaths post-vaccine. 

Now in the third month of COVID vaccine administration in Canada, the federal government has still failed to report a single COVID Vaccine related death, unlike most other jurisdictions. This defies scientific credibility. It also puts the integrity of Canada's Adverse Health event and vaccine injury reporting systems into serious question. Canada continues to report statistical data and information about hundreds of serious and non-serious reactions in those who have received these experimental vaccines.  

In this article I will provide a round up of Canadian data and information about Adverse Health events, vaccine injuries and reactions that have been associated with COVID vaccines up to February 26th, 2021, the last date these statistics were reported. I will also provide Adverse Health event and reaction statistical data and information from Europe and the United States. 

                      Most Commonly Reported Canadian Adverse Events 

                    Following Immunization (AEFI) (Government of Canada)

Canada: COVID Vaccines: Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFI) Statistical Data and Information

COVID-19 Vaccine Safety - Government of Canada

Source: https://health-infobase.canada.ca/covid-19/vaccine-safety

Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFI) Statistical Data

Dates: From mid-December 2020 – February 26^th, 2021

• COVD Vaccine Doses Administered in Canada: 1,778,405 (Feb. 12th: 1,221,539; Feb. 19th: 1,402,139)

• 1591 AEFI’s (.09% of all doses administered); (Feb. 12th: 957; Feb. 19th: 1235)

• 194 Serious AEFI’s (.01% of all doses administered); (Feb. 12th: 140; Feb. 19th: 167)

• 1397 Non-serious AEFI’s (.08% of all doses administered); (Feb. 12th: 817Feb. 19th:1068)

• # of reported adverse events was highest among females and those aged 18 to 49.

• 89.5 reports per 100,000 doses administered (out of a total of 1,591 reports) up to and including February 26, 2021.

Definition of Serious AEFI:

An event is considered serious if it:

• results in death
• is life-threatening (an event/reaction in which the patient was at real, rather than hypothetical, risk of death at the time of the event/reaction)
• requires in-patient hospitalization or prolongation of existing hospitalization
• results in persistent or significant disability/incapacity, or
• results in a congenital anomaly/birth defect

Anaphylaxis: Among the 167 serious reports, the most frequently reported adverse event was anaphylaxis.

Canadian COVID-19 Statistics: March 8, 2021

➤ 2% of Canadians have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in 1+ year

➤️.08% Active cases in the Canadian population

➤ 94% Recovered 

➤ 5.5% hospitalization rate

➤️ 3.7% + rate for 19+ million Canadians tested

➤️ .06% of Canadian population have been reported to die with COVID-19

➤ 96% of those who have died with CV-19 were over 60 years old, with pre-existing health conditions that are associated with more severe cases

Source: Government of Canada. (March 8, 2021). Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): Epidemiology update. Retrieved from: https://health-infobase.canada.ca/covid-19/epidemiological-summary-covid-19-cases.html.

European Medicines Agencies: Reported Adverse Reactions to COVID-19 Vaccine in Europe

EudraVigilance COVID-19 Vaccine Information. Retrieved from: https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/human-regulatory/overview/public-health-threats/coronavirus-disease-covid-19/treatments-vaccines/covid-19-vaccines.

United States

Open VAERS Adverse Health Events Statistical Data for COVID-19 Vaccines 

Date: Up to February 26, 2021

Medical office visits: 3889; Hospitalizations: 2743; Urgent care: 4930

Anaphylaxis: 278; Bell's Palsy: 278

Deaths: 1265

Source: https://www.openvaers.com/covid-data

Informed Consent and COVID Vaccines

Being able to exercise Informed Consent requires having adequate information to weigh the potential benefits, costs, and risks of having a vaccine versus the risk of having a particular health condition and illness, such as COVID-19. 

Because COVID vaccines are still experimental for the next 2+ years, and have only received interim, or emergency authorization from regulators in different countries, there is a great deal more safety data and information that is still being gathered. 

An important note: 

Canada is not conducting research, or randomized clinical experimental (RCT) studies on the vaccines that have been approved for Interim authorization and use Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, and AstraZeneca.

Therefore, we are relying on the research being done in other countries. This means the responsibility is on health care participants to ensure they have reviewed information to conduct their own personal risk assessments that takes into consideration their own unique health profile and needs. 

Previous COVID Vaccine Adverse Health Events Reports

Canadian Updates: Adverse Health Events from COVID Vaccines and #COVID19Canada Statistics – Feb 26 2021.

Link: https://canadianadvocacycentre.blogspot.com/2021/02/canadian-updates-adverse-health-events.html.

Update on Global Reports of Adverse Health Events from COVID Vaccines - Feb 19 2021, for previous Canadian, UK, and US data, information and statistics.

Link: https://canadianadvocacycentre.blogspot.com/2021/02/update-on-global-reports-of-adverse.html.

COVID Vaccine Adverse Health Events, Injury & Death Tracker Sites

COVID-19 Vaccine Side Effects World Map 

• Description: An overview of Covid-19 Vaccine Side Effects, Allergic Reactions and Deaths worldwide.

Source: https://hpv-vaccine-side-effects.com/covid-19-vaccine-side-effects-world-map/.

Open VAERS Data

• An open source developer-created searchable data and information site to learn more about Adverse Health events related to the COVID vaccines. Events include reactions and deaths following vaccination. 

Source: https://www.openvaers.com/covid-data

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