I mean, it is reliable for what it’s used for. Getting an indication of something going wrong. And the transparency is there so nobody can be accused of hiding things. VAERS is good because it lets people crawl over the data and determine if something should be investigated further or not.
But as for treating each one as an actual factual for reals statement of fact and tying it directly to covid vaccines? Nah. And it actually says all over it that it’s not. These lie peddlers literally have to click through multiple screens saying just that to get to the info.
It’s useful for academic assessment, for mass data gathering to look for patterns, etc. It is also very useful for deniers and FUD peddlers. I have no idea how many times I have had to address the “many kids killed by the HPV vaccine” lie. “But it’s right there in VAERS! Checkmate, you pharma shill!” Car wrecks, drownings, suicides. And at equal (or slightly less) frequency than unvaccinated peers. But hey, why let facts get in the way of a good story? I appreciate VAERS for what it is there for, but I despise how much harder it makes my job some days.
a bunch of new stores have started union drives after the buffalo one succeeded. i can easily imagine this helping that along… at the retail job i left last year, 95% of people were vaccinated and 5% were “but my freedoms”
Breaking news: Austria is introducing a general coronavirus vaccination requirement. Parliament voted for it. The national assemblyState ChamberFederal Council has yet to confirm the law.
This is huge. Austria has some lesser sensibilities about the Nazi era, but still.
When patients can’t get the services they need, the system is not functional. Before COVID, the broken parts affected only the un(der)insured. The powers that be were okay with that. Now, it’s broken for everyone, and people still seem to be okay with it.
When I was young, my parents warned me away from medicine. “By the time you’d be a doctor, it’ll all be run by the government.” I really wish they’d been right.
Wait, so you’re saying that running a health care system in a way that maximizes health for ordinary people is not a good idea, while running it in a way that enriches a few fat cats even further at the expense of everyone else IS a good idea?
i approve!
