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.
Polymerase chain reaction appears in 2,126 VAERS reports across all vaccines. Of these, 100 reports also mentioned death and 768 involved hospitalization. The severity rate (deaths + hospitalizations as a percentage of reports) is 40.8%. The top vaccines associated with this symptom are COVID19, VARCEL, DTAPIPVHIB. Remember: VAERS reports show temporal association, not causation.
Polymerase chain reaction has been reported 2,126 times in VAERS from 1990 to 2026.
Of these reports, 100 were associated with death (4.70%) and 768 involved hospitalization.
The overall serious outcome rate (death or hospitalization) for reports mentioning Polymerase chain reaction is 40.8%.
This data comes from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), jointly managed by CDC and FDA.