Coronavirus Injections: Weekly Summary of UK Yellow Card Reporting System

United Kingdom COVID injection adverse events. Updated report published 29th April 2021 from the MHRA Yellow Card Reporting up to 21st April 2021.

John Gideon Hartnett

May 3, 2021

2–3 minutes

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United Kingdom COVID injection adverse events

Updated report published 29th April 2021 from the MHRA Yellow Card Reporting up to 21st April 2021.
Cumulatively 19 weeks for Pfizer (approx 18 million doses) and 15 weeks for Astrazeneca (approx 26.4 million doses) and 2 weeks for Moderna (approx 0.1 million doses)

Reactions – 149,082 (Pfizer) + 573,650 (AZ) + 660 (Moderna) + 1687 (Unknown) = 725,079
Reports – 52,130 (Pfizer) + 153,098 (AZ) + 228 (Moderna) + 541 (Unknown) = 205,997
Fatal (deaths) – 347 (Pfizer) + 685 (AZ) + 2 (Moderna) + 13 (Unknown) = 1047
Acute Cardiac – 1901 (Pfizer) + 5798 (AZ) + 7 (Moderna) + 15 (Unknown) = 7721
Chest Pain – 871 (Pfizer) + 3182 (AZ) + 3 (Moderna) + 9 (Unknown) = 4065
Anaphylaxis – 275 (Pfizer) + 562 (AZ) + 1 (Moderna) = 838
Blood Disorders – 5071 (Pfizer) + 4652 (AZ) + 9 (Moderna) + 19 (Unknown) = 9751
Infections – 3545 (Pfizer) + 11,621 (AZ) + 12 (Moderna) + 37 (Unknown) = 15,215
Herpes – 689 (Pfizer) + 1175 (AZ) + 2 (Moderna) + 7 (Unknown) = 1873
Headaches – 13,107 (Pfizer) + 63,589 (AZ) + 45 (Moderna) + 155 (Unknown) = 76,896
Migraine – 1181 (Pfizer) + 5474 (AZ) + 1 (Moderna) + 13 (Unknown) = 6669
Amnesia + Memory Loss – 102 (Pfizer) + 330 (AZ) + 2 (Unknown) = 434
Eye Disorders – 2322 (Pfizer) + 8311 (AZ) + 8 (Moderna) + 26 (Unknown) = 10,667
Eye Pain – 406 (Pfizer) + 2455 (AZ) + 2 (Unknown) = 2863
Blindness – 31 (Pfizer) + 134 (AZ) + 1 (Unknown) = 166
Hearing Loss – 156 (Pfizer) + 333 (AZ) + 3 (Moderna) + 1 (Unknown) = 193
Psychiatric Disorders – 2417 (Pfizer) + 10,792 (AZ) + 13 (Moderna) + 37 (Unknown) = 13,259
Skin Disorders – 10,937 (Pfizer) + 34,074 (AZ) + 68 (Moderna) + 103 (Unknown) = 45,182
Spontaneous Abortions – 57 + 4 stillbirth/fetal death (Pfizer) + 30 + 3 stillbirth (AZ) = 94 + 7
Vomiting – 1831 (Pfizer) + 8897 (AZ) + 4 (Moderna) + 30 (Unknown) = 10,762
Abdominal Pain – 1337 (Pfizer) + 7238 (AZ) + 4 (Moderna) + 11 (Unknown) = 8590
Facial Paralysis – 341 (Pfizer) + 376 (AZ) + 1 (Moderna) + 2 (Unknown) = 720
Nervous System Disorders – 27,949 (Pfizer) + 124,324 (AZ) + 128 (Moderna) + 346 (Unknown) = 152,747
Disturbances in Consciousness – 2161 (Pfizer) + 7327 (AZ) + 9 (Moderna) + 29 (Unknown) = 9526
Dizziness – 4159 (Pfizer) + 17,444 (AZ) + 28 (Moderna) + 48 (Unknown) = 21,679
Fatigue & Malaise – 11,951 (Pfizer) + 45,942 (AZ) + 42 (Moderna) + 134 (Unknown) = 58,069
Crying, Moaning & Screaming – 43 (Pfizer) + 205 (AZ) + 1 (Moderna) + 1 (Unknown) = 250
Strokes and CNS haemorrhages – 271 (Pfizer) + 964 (AZ) + 1 (Moderna) + 4 (Unknown) = 1240
Thrombosis & Embolism (All types) – 419 (Pfizer) + 2638 (AZ) + 16 (Unknown) = 3073
Respiratory Disorders – 6271 (Pfizer) + 17,755 (AZ) + 22 (Moderna) + 48 (Unknown) = 24,096
Seizures – 315 (Pfizer) + 1155 (AZ) + 3 (Moderna) + 5 (Unknown) = 1478
Paralysis – 128 (Pfizer) + 432 (AZ) + 1 (Moderna) + 3 (Unknown) = 564
Haemorrhage (All types) – 440 (Pfizer) + 1480 (AZ) + 4 (Moderna) + 4 (Unknown) = 1928
Nosebleeds – 352 (Pfizer) + 1197 (AZ) + 4 (Moderna) + 2 (Unknown) = 1555
Inner Ear incl Vertigo/Tinnitis – 1108 (Pfizer) + 2993 (AZ) + 7 (Moderna) + 11 (Unknown) = 4119
Reproductive/Breast – 1012 (Pfizer) + 2401 (AZ) + 7 (Moderna) + 6 (Unknown) = 3426

33.3 million unique people received one or two doses
205,997 unique reports filed with Yellow Card

If MHRA reporting rate is 10% for serious AE (adverse event) and less for non-serious then this approximates 2 million people who should be filing a Yellow Card. This equates to one AE Yellow Card worthy injury or death for every 16 people injected….

So trading the slight risk of having a virus that has a 99.9% population survival rate with taking a 1-in-16 chance of a life impacting/limiting or worse risk with unknown long term implications.

GOV.UK (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-vaccine-adverse-reactions/coronavirus-vaccine-summary-of-yellow-card-reporting)