>VAERS is an open database, it can be easily submitted to by anyone, it's not a good source of truth and may contain statistical bias.

This is 100% true, but it leaves out some context.

Prior to covid, it was thought that vaccine side effects were statistically underreported by a significant amount in VAERS. For the signal we are seeing in VAERS to be totally spurious seems highly unlikely, given this fact. It's also worth noting that effects which have a significant time-delay are unlikely to be captured.

All this is to say: yes the data are noisy, but we'd need to erase/explain away the numbers by at least an order of magnitude to erase the spike we are seeing, and that seems like a tall order.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK232983/

Other vaccines e.g. the common "childhood" ones are uncontroverisal and given on a rather steady basis as people reach the appropriate ages. The COVID vaccines were pushed to everybody in a time window of months, and with a huge amount of controversy and media attention. Given that, I would expect a spike not only in the raw number of adverse reactions, but also a higher proportion of them actually being reported.

> All this is to say: yes the data are noisy, but we'd need to erase/explain away the numbers by at least an order of magnitude to erase the spike we are seeing, and that seems like a tall order.

That's fairly easy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency_illusion

Interesting comment. It's so funny, whenever anyone posts a VAERS link (literally the only visibility the US public has into adverse events) people come out of the woodwork to mention that anyone can submit a report. Other than VAERS, we have public health authorities which routinely lie to the public simply to get vaccines in arms, regardless of the truth or consequences. Too many examples to list here but Fauci continuously upping the percentage of people that would need to get vaccinated to achieve herd immunity comes to mind. I guess he left out the part that herd immunity isn't even possible with the vaccines.

We're relying on proven liars to get our health information? These are our CHILDREN for God's sake.

I'll go ahead and list the whoppers from the mayo clinic site:

- A COVID-19 vaccine can prevent kids from getting and spreading the COVID-19 virus.

The vaccines in no way, shape or form prevent someone from getting or spreading COVID-19

- COVID-19 vaccines have not been linked to infertility or miscarriage.

Miscarriage data: https://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/foia-docs-reveal-pfizer-sh...

- These vaccines were approved quickly because the red tape was cut — not corners.

Please see the story of Pfizer whistle-blower Brook Jackson

- In the U.S., the delta (B.1.617.2) variant is now the most common COVID-19 variant.

Omicron is over 95% of cases. Why would they conceal that? Ahh, because the FAQ question was "Do COVID-19 vaccines protect against the variants?" You'd have to admit the vaccines do next to nothing versus Omicron unless you have had a booster in the last 10 weeks.