Important: VAERS reports alone cannot determine if a vaccine caused an adverse event. Reports may contain incomplete, inaccurate, or unverified information. Correlation does not equal causation.
Guillain-Barre syndrome appears in 7,685 VAERS reports across all vaccines. Of these, 199 reports also mentioned death and 5,643 involved hospitalization. The severity rate (deaths + hospitalizations as a percentage of reports) is 76.0%. The top vaccines associated with this symptom are COVID-19, Flu (Trivalent), Flu (Seasonal). Remember: VAERS reports show temporal association, not causation.
Guillain-Barre syndrome has been reported 7,685 times in VAERS from 1990 to 2026.
Of these reports, 199 were associated with death (2.59%) and 5,643 involved hospitalization.
The overall serious outcome rate (death or hospitalization) for reports mentioning Guillain-Barre syndrome is 76.0%.
This data comes from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), jointly managed by CDC and FDA.