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.
Paralysis appears in 2,992 VAERS reports across all vaccines. Of these, 101 reports also mentioned death and 1,389 involved hospitalization. The severity rate (deaths + hospitalizations as a percentage of reports) is 49.8%. The top vaccines associated with this symptom are COVID19, FLU3, FLUX. Remember: VAERS reports show temporal association, not causation.
Paralysis has been reported 2,992 times in VAERS from 1990 to 2026.
Of these reports, 101 were associated with death (3.38%) and 1,389 involved hospitalization.
The overall serious outcome rate (death or hospitalization) for reports mentioning Paralysis is 49.8%.
This data comes from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), jointly managed by CDC and FDA.