A popular anti-vaccine website that has repeatedly misrepresented VAERS data to discourage vaccination is now attempting to dispute the fact that VAERS data is being misused by vaccine opponents. An article posted to the site falsely claims that fact-checkers dismiss VAERS data as “unreliable” and “useless.” VAERS data is not unreliable when it is used for its intended purpose. However, the data is frequently used without appropriate context to draw conclusions about the safety of specific vaccines. The misleading use of VAERS data by sites like the one that posted the article is the reason that fact-checkers caution against reliance on VAERS.
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