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.
Parosmia appears in 2,062 VAERS reports across all vaccines. Of these, 4 reports also mentioned death and 86 involved hospitalization. The severity rate (deaths + hospitalizations as a percentage of reports) is 4.4%. The top vaccines associated with this symptom are COVID-19, Unknown Vaccine, COVID-19 (Bivalent). Remember: VAERS reports show temporal association, not causation.
Parosmia has been reported 2,062 times in VAERS from 1990 to 2026.
Of these reports, 4 were associated with death (0.19%) and 86 involved hospitalization.
The overall serious outcome rate (death or hospitalization) for reports mentioning Parosmia is 4.4%.
This data comes from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), jointly managed by CDC and FDA.