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Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS)
& "Hot Lots"
NVIC has served as a consumer watchdog on
the implementation of The National Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, (PL99-660),
which among other things created a centralized surveillance system to which
parents, physicians and vaccine manufacturers could report adverse events
occurring within thirty days of vaccination. NVIC has assisted many parents in
reporting adverse events following vaccination as many doctors refuse to make a
report. It is estimated that only 10% of all doctors report a severe health
problem which occurs after a drug or vaccine is given to a patient.
In May 1990 we started to track DPT vaccine
lot numbers when parents reported their child’s hospitalization, injury or
death following vaccination to NVIC. Evaluating adverse event reports from more
than 90 families, we found multiple serious reports were from the same vaccine
lot numbers. NVIC made three separate presentations to government advisory
committees between 1990 and 1993, but no substantive action was ever taken by
the FDA or CDC.
Upon further investigation when the VAERS
computer data became available through the Freedom of Information Act, we found
(1) a lack of reporting by health care providers; (2) a lag time between when
the adverse event occurred and when the report is filed; (3) data entry errors;
(4) duplicate reports; (5) inadequate follow-up by the government of reported
serious injuries and deaths; (6) many lots with very high numbers of reports;
and (7) no recall of any lot of vaccine. We do not know how many doses of
vaccine are in each lot because the FDA and the drug companies do not release
this information to the public. Therefore, it is impossible to precisely
compare one lot to another for reactivity.
There currently are DPT lots on the market
that have been associated with large numbers of reports including
hospitalizations, injuries and deaths. Vaccine manufacturers and the FDA
will not release the number of doses in each lot of DPT vaccine to the public.
Therefore it is not possible to totally, accurately compare the reactivity of
one lot to another lot. In the past fifty years reports of "hot lots"
of vaccines, those that appear to be associated with more injuries and deaths
than others, have been reported in the United States and Europe.
Based on the data we have analyzed, we have
identified MANY lot numbers that are associated with a higher number of serious
injury and death reports. A complete print-out is available for $25. Many
parents order the report and check on the lot number their child might receive
with the lot numbers in the report.
WHAT
CAN I DO?
Become
a member of the National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) and a subscriber
to THE VACCINE REACTION. You will be kept up to date on hot-lot numbers and the
latest developments in vaccine research, policymaking and laws. You will
receive newsletters and action alerts that allow you to participate at the
national, state and local level in the growing vaccine safety movement. As a
member, you will receive the satisfaction of knowing you are part of this
historic movement launched in 1982 by the founding parents of NVIC to help
educate other parents and save children from vaccine death and injury.
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