“So do you accept VAERS data or not? I am more than willing to accept it.”
VAERS was created by and is run by the CDC. The CDC and the FDA to be exact. Vaccine skeptics seem remarkably inconsistent about the CDC.
Here’s what the CDC itself says about their VAERS reporting system:
VAERS reports may contain information that is incomplete, inaccurate, coincidental, or unverifiable. Reports to VAERS can also be biased. As a result, there are limitations on how the data can be used scientifically. Data from VAERS reports should always be interpreted with these limitations in mind.
The strengths of VAERS are that it is national in scope and can often quickly detect an early hint or warning of a safety problem with a vaccine. VAERS is one component of CDC’s and FDA’s multifaceted approach to monitoring safety after vaccines are licensed or authorized for use. There are multiple, complementary systems that CDC and FDA use to capture and validate data from different sources. VAERS is designed to rapidly detect unusual or unexpected patterns of adverse events, also referred to as “safety signals.” If a possible safety signal is found in VAERS, further analysis is performed with other safety systems, such as the CDC’s Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD) and Clinical Immunization Safety Assessment(CISA) Project, or in the FDA BEST (Biologics Effectiveness and Safety) system. These systems are less impacted by the limitations of spontaneous and voluntary reporting in VAERS and can better assess possible links between vaccination and adverse events. Additionally, CDC and FDA cannot provide individual medical advice regarding any report to VAERS.
https://wonder.cdc.gov/wonder/help/vaers.html
You didn’t answer the question, weasel.
The CDC says: "... VAERS is designed to rapidly detect unusual or unexpected patterns of adverse events, also referred to as “safety signals.” If a possible safety signal is found in VAERS, further analysis is performed with other safety systems..."
If, by the CDC's own admission, VAERS is set up as a first alert system that "signals" the need for follow-up analysis on other "complementary systems," does it bother you that the CDC has refused to use their own primary system "intended to monitoring safety after vaccines are licensed or authorized for use?"
Does it bother you that it took at FOIA request to find this out?
-PJ