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.
Mechanical ventilation appears in 2,033 VAERS reports across all vaccines. Of these, 931 reports also mentioned death and 1,712 involved hospitalization. The severity rate (deaths + hospitalizations as a percentage of reports) is 100.0%. The top vaccines associated with this symptom are COVID19, FLU3, FLUX. Remember: VAERS reports show temporal association, not causation.
Mechanical ventilation has been reported 2,033 times in VAERS from 1990 to 2026.
Of these reports, 931 were associated with death (45.79%) and 1,712 involved hospitalization.
The overall serious outcome rate (death or hospitalization) for reports mentioning Mechanical ventilation is 100.0%.
This data comes from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), jointly managed by CDC and FDA.