Western Australia releases vaccine safety data: adverse events reported for covid vaccines 24x higher than for non-covid vaccines

Hat tip to Steve Kirsch and Rebekah Barnett

The vaccine injury clinics did a lot more business in 2021.

Rebekah Barnett’s substack. Steve Kirsch’s substack.

https://www.health.wa.gov.au/~/media/Corp/Documents/Health-for/Immunisation/Western-Australia-Vaccine-Safety-Surveillance-Annual-Report-2021.pdf

The Australian system for collecting adverse event reports is apparently about twice as sensitive as the US’ VAERS system:

Although there was a notable increase in AEFI reports, rates of AEFI across the three COVID-19 vaccines administered in WA in 2021 were similar to national rates reported by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA)1. In WA, the total AEFI rate following a COVID-19 vaccine was 264.1 per 100,000 doses. The AEFI rate per brand was: Vaxzevria (AstraZeneca) 306.1 per 100,000 doses, Comirnaty (Pfizer) 244.8 per 100,000 doses and Spikevax (Moderna) 281.4 per 100,000 doses.
These rates were compared to the WAVSS equivalent in the USA; the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS)2. In 2021 the national rate for AEFI following a COVID-19 vaccine was 148.3 per 100,000 doses3. The AEFI rates for comparable vaccines in the VAERS program were: Comirnaty (Pfizer) 122.0 per 100,000 doses and Spikevax (Moderna) 187.6 per 100,000 doses.

While these AEFI rates are lower than in WA, this likely reflects differences in the
sensitivity of passive adverse event reporting systems between the two jurisdictions…

In 2021, there were 1,125 appointments made at the adult vaccine safety clinic at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, up from seven in 2020. There were 439 appointments made at the Perth Children’s Hospital specialist immunisation clinic, up from 214 in 2020… !!!

There were seven times as many visits to the vaccine injury clinics as the year before, after the covid vaccine rollout. However, some of the visits were for vaccine hesitancy and needle phobia.

• Referrals to the adult vaccine safety clinic. The capacity of the adult clinic increased significantly in 2021 and was an essential service provided during the COVID-19 vaccination program.

There is absolutely no discussion of what injuries were treated at the vaccine injury clinics nor what benefit, if any, the treatments provided.