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.
Respiratory failure appears in 3,422 VAERS reports across all vaccines. Of these, 1,064 reports also mentioned death and 2,980 involved hospitalization. The severity rate (deaths + hospitalizations as a percentage of reports) is 100.0%. The top vaccines associated with this symptom are COVID-19, COVID-19 (Bivalent), Flu (Trivalent). Remember: VAERS reports show temporal association, not causation.
Respiratory failure has been reported 3,422 times in VAERS from 1990 to 2026.
Of these reports, 1,064 were associated with death (31.09%) and 2,980 involved hospitalization.
The overall serious outcome rate (death or hospitalization) for reports mentioning Respiratory failure is 100.0%.
This data comes from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), jointly managed by CDC and FDA.