Selected adverse events reported after COVID-19 vaccination

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (U.S.). Division of Viral Diseases.
• Description:
  Updated Sept. 20, 2021
  
  Results from safety monitoring efforts are reassuring. Some people have no side effects. Many people have reported only mild side effects after COVID-19 vaccination.
  
  What you need to know
  
  • COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective.
  
  • Millions of people in the United States have received COVID-19 vaccines under the most intense safety monitoring in U.S. history.
  
  • CDC recommends you get a COVID-19 vaccine as soon as you can.
  
  • Adverse events described on this page have been reported to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS)external icon.
  
  • VAERS accepts reports of any adverse event following vaccination, even if it is not clear the vaccine caused the problem.
  
  • After a temporary pause to investigate thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS) following vaccination with Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen (J&J/Janssen) COVID-19 Vaccine, the data show that TTS is a rare adverse event. The known and potential benefits of the J&J/Janssen vaccine outweigh its known and potential risks.
  
  • CDC, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and other federal agencies will continue to monitor the safety of COVID-19 vaccines.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Cause Of Death Coronavirus Infections/mortality COVID-19/mortality Death Certificates Heart Diseases/mortality Mortality Neoplasms/mortality Pandemics Vital Statistics
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  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
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