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.
#145 most reported symptom for this vaccine
Immediate post-injection reaction has been reported 61 times in association with Td vaccination in VAERS. This represents 0.3% of all 20,366 reports for this vaccine.
Among these reports, 0 mentioned death (0.00%) and 1 involved hospitalization (1.6%).
Immediate post-injection reaction is the #145 most frequently reported symptom for Td out of 950 total symptoms.
Disclaimer: VAERS reports describe events that occurred after vaccination but do not establish that the vaccine caused the event. Many reported symptoms may be coincidental or related to underlying conditions.
Seeing 61 reports of Immediate post-injection reaction after Td vaccination may seem alarming, but context is critical.
The mortality rate among these reports is very low at 0.00%, suggesting most cases are non-fatal.
This data comes from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), jointly managed by CDC and FDA.