Statement
The UK, Europe and the US have official, public-data, schemes that allow reporting of vaccine adverse effects. These are:
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- UK: the “Yellow card ” reporting system operated by the MHRA (Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Authority);
- EU: the EudraVigilance database of suspected adverse drug reaction reports operated by the European Union;
- US: the VAERS (Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System) database operated by the CDC (Centre for Disease’s Control).
As, these sites usually require registration and the data can be hard to access and read, UK Column News provides a concise analysis of the Yellow Card data that is updated monthly. Data filters enable break-downs by type of side effect that is not available on the MHRA site.