Reporting an Injury
Anyone can report a vaccine injury: health care providers (doctors, nurses, case workers), vaccine manufacturers (typically during studies), and vaccine recipients.
Per the CDC website, vaccine effects can be mild, such as discomfort at the injection site, to severe adverse reactions such as seizures, encephalitis, or even death in some cases.
Many members of the VSCM state that they were obtaining regular vaccinations for themselves or their child until an injury occurred. Many also report that their doctor wasn’t concerned about vaccine reactions (ranging from mild to severe), thus the injuries were never reported.
Report any medical event that occurs after vaccination, even if you cannot be certain that the event was caused by the vaccine. This directive comes direct from the CDC and FDA.
VAERS states: “Under-reporting is one of the main limitations of passive surveillance systems, including VAERS. The term, under-reporting refers to the fact that VAERS receives reports for only a small fraction of actual adverse events.”
Bearing this in mind, it is impossible to have a complete picture of vaccine safety. If you or a loved one experiences an injury, encourage them to report their reaction at using the resources below.
VAERS is the database created after the passing of the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986. It was intented to identify adverse reactions to vaccines post-licensure, when approved vaccines were in actual use by the public. Although doctors are required by law to report vaccine reactions, it is estimated that less than 1% of the true number of injuries and deaths are reported to VAERS. Reports can be made by anyone, not just doctors. So we encourage all who suffer harm from vaccines to file a report to VAERS.
HRSA provides information on injury compensation data, covered vaccines under the NVICP and CICP programs, and injury tables for these programs.
The Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program (CICP) provides compensation for covered injuries or deaths that occur as a result of the administration or use of certain countermeasures. A countermeasure is a vaccine, medication, device, or other item used to prevent, diagnose, or treat a public health emergency or a security threat.
CICP Injury Claims Filing Process
ICAN provides a method to report vaccine injuries, and may be able to connect injured parties to medical and legal assistance
Science based support for people suffering from long-term COVID-19 vaccine effects. If your or your loved one's injury has been reported to VAERS (the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System), registering with React19 will allow us to track your VAERS report, aid you in tracking your VAERS Report progress, and aid in advocating for others.
The federal Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) no longer provides a list of attorneys that handle vaccine injury claims on their website. However, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims provides an attorney list.
The Faces of Vaccine Injury
The personal accounts included in this booklet are just a few of the thousands of devastating stories told by Minnesotans who have suffered harm from vaccines.
The National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act (NCVIA)of 1986 requires health professionals and vaccine manufacturers to report to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) adverse events that occur after the administration of routinely recommended vaccines.
Vaccine Court
For vaccine injury victims seeking compensation for injury or death, they are often surprised to learn:
- Vaccine cases are only heard by one court in the country, the United States Court of Federal Claims.
- The vaccine manufacturer does not stand trial, nor do they attend or require representation at the hearing.
- Attorney’s fees for victims are paid by the vaccine court, which is funded by a special tax on vaccines; the consumer funds the court, not the vaccine manufacturer(s).
- Court cases take years to be heard; so any expenses for injured parties severely burden their caretakers.
- Several cases for vaccine-induced autism have been heard and rewarded; Hannah Poling made national headlines when her case was won in 2010.
