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The following post was retrieved from How many people die from flu shots in the United States every year? :
Veronica Harvey
Answered 2 years ago· Upvoted by
Max Luedemann
, M.Sc Immunology & Biotechnology (2014) · Author has 110 answers and 194.8K answer views
No exact numbers seem to be available. However, the two most common causes of death due to a flu shot are anaphylaxis and Guillain-Barre Syndrome, and from the information given by the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) it is possible to work out an approximate number.
The CDC reports 1.31 cases of anaphylaxis per million flu shots given, so that would be about 183 cases per year in the US (on average, around 140 million Americans a year receive a flu shot). Anaphylaxis has a fatality rate of between 0.25% and 0.33%, so on average that would be one death every two or three years.
Guillain-Barre Syndrome is a reaction of the central nervous system to bacterial or viral infection, most commonly food poisoning. It causes paralysis, usually temporary, and may result in a hospital stay of up to six weeks. A small number of people are permanently impaired, and approximately 3% -5% die. According to the CDC, only one or two people in a million will develop GBS as a result of the flu shot. That gives a range of between 4 (140 x 3%) and 14 (280 x 5%) deaths a year from flu-shot related GBS.
Based on these calculations, the number of people dying from the flu shot in the US each year would be between 4 and 15, so probably an average of about 9, out of 140 million vaccines given, while anywhere from 12,000 to 56,000 die as a result of catching the flu, and the vast majority of flu-related deaths occur in people who are not vaccinated (CDC figures from 2010–11 through 2013–14).
Here’s where I got the basic figures, if you want to run the math for yourself: Estimating Seasonal Influenza-Associated Deaths in the United States Click through the menu on the left to get to the information about anaphylaxis and GBS - it’s all on the same site, just different pages.
I got the death rate from anaphylaxis here: Death from anaphylaxis is a reassuringly unusual outcome | AAAAI
The latest information from the CDC at: COVID-19 Vaccination shows that there have been 7899 deaths during the period from Dec 14, 2020 to September 20, 2021 shortly after receiving a Covid vaccination. This is only after 40 weeks, which factors out to 10,269 deaths per year.
So, that is an average of about 9 deaths per year due to flu vaccines and 10,269 deaths per year due to Covid vaccines. Keep in mind that these figures are only US figures, not worldwide figures. All of this translates into Covid vaccines being over 1000 times more deadly than flu shot vaccines, and this doesn't even count all of the serious adverse reactions to Covid vaccines which aren't deaths. So, rush right out and get vaccinated.
Veronica Harvey
Answered 2 years ago· Upvoted by
Max Luedemann
, M.Sc Immunology & Biotechnology (2014) · Author has 110 answers and 194.8K answer views
No exact numbers seem to be available. However, the two most common causes of death due to a flu shot are anaphylaxis and Guillain-Barre Syndrome, and from the information given by the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) it is possible to work out an approximate number.
The CDC reports 1.31 cases of anaphylaxis per million flu shots given, so that would be about 183 cases per year in the US (on average, around 140 million Americans a year receive a flu shot). Anaphylaxis has a fatality rate of between 0.25% and 0.33%, so on average that would be one death every two or three years.
Guillain-Barre Syndrome is a reaction of the central nervous system to bacterial or viral infection, most commonly food poisoning. It causes paralysis, usually temporary, and may result in a hospital stay of up to six weeks. A small number of people are permanently impaired, and approximately 3% -5% die. According to the CDC, only one or two people in a million will develop GBS as a result of the flu shot. That gives a range of between 4 (140 x 3%) and 14 (280 x 5%) deaths a year from flu-shot related GBS.
Based on these calculations, the number of people dying from the flu shot in the US each year would be between 4 and 15, so probably an average of about 9, out of 140 million vaccines given, while anywhere from 12,000 to 56,000 die as a result of catching the flu, and the vast majority of flu-related deaths occur in people who are not vaccinated (CDC figures from 2010–11 through 2013–14).
Here’s where I got the basic figures, if you want to run the math for yourself: Estimating Seasonal Influenza-Associated Deaths in the United States Click through the menu on the left to get to the information about anaphylaxis and GBS - it’s all on the same site, just different pages.
I got the death rate from anaphylaxis here: Death from anaphylaxis is a reassuringly unusual outcome | AAAAI
The latest information from the CDC at: COVID-19 Vaccination shows that there have been 7899 deaths during the period from Dec 14, 2020 to September 20, 2021 shortly after receiving a Covid vaccination. This is only after 40 weeks, which factors out to 10,269 deaths per year.
So, that is an average of about 9 deaths per year due to flu vaccines and 10,269 deaths per year due to Covid vaccines. Keep in mind that these figures are only US figures, not worldwide figures. All of this translates into Covid vaccines being over 1000 times more deadly than flu shot vaccines, and this doesn't even count all of the serious adverse reactions to Covid vaccines which aren't deaths. So, rush right out and get vaccinated.
