West Virginia Required Vaccines & Adverse Reactions or Death

Vaccines Required in West Virginia for School Admission-  Data from VAERS1 including reports up to 12/14/2017
        United States Adverse Reactions West Virginia Adverse Reactions
            Serious     Death       Serious     Death  
Vaccine Communicable? Age
Administered
Number
of Doses
(
Total 44-46)
Vaccines 2.0
Rating
(Scale 1-5)2
Total x203 Annual Total x203 Annual Pre-Vaccine
Deaths/year
Total x203 Annual Total x203 Annual
Hepatitus B No-by Sexual/IV Drug Use 2 mths to 5 yrs 3 -5 17083 341,660 12,655 1929 38,580 1429 394 58 1160 43 10 200 7
DTaP Diphtheria-yes; related to
poor sanitation

Tetanus- No-Skin Punctures;
poor sanitation
Pertussis-Yes-coughing, sneezing
2 mths to 5 yrs 6 x
3 vaccines =
18
-1
-3
3
25,169
25,476
23,463
503,380
509,520
469,260
18,643
18,871
17,380
2900
2921
2837

58,000
58,420
56,740
2148
2163
2101
2
472
1400
1874
114
116
109
2280
2320
2180
84
86
81
15
16
15
300
320
300
11
11
11
HIB Yes-minimally contagious 2 mths to 5 yrs 3 or 4 1 18,715 374,300 13,863 2551 51,020 1890 1000 78 1560 58 12 240 9
Polio Yes-spread through stool-
poor sanitation
2 mths to 5 yrs 3 -1 18,649 372,980 13,814 2547 50,940 1887 1043 78 1560 58 12 240 9
MMR Measles-Yes-respiratory droplets
Mumps-Yes-respiratory droplets
Rubella-Yes-respiratory droplets
15 mths to 5 yrs  2 x
3 vaccines =
6
2
-2
2
8527
8380
8485
170,540
167,600
169,700
6316
6207
6285
439
407
403
8780
8140
8060
325
301
299

380
25
62 Congenital
cases. Deaths?
36
36
36
720
720
720
27
27
27
0
0
0
-
-
-
-
-
-
Varicella Yes-respiratory droplets-skin 15 - 17 mths 1 or history -5 3784 75,680 2803 186 3720 138 100 21 420 16 1 20 1
Pneumococcal
(Prevnar)
Yes-respiratory droplets 2 mths to 5 yrs 4 -2 19,020 380,400 14,088 2080 41,600 1541 200 62 1240 46 10 200 7
Hepatitus A Yes-feces-poor sanitation 15 mths to 5 yrs 2 0 3916 78,320 2901 131 2620 97 3 7 140 5 0 - -
Rotavirus Yes-body fluids, feces 6 wks-14 wks 6d
or not at all
2 or 3 -4 7914 158,280 5862 650 13000 481 20 to 60 23 460 17 7 140 5
Meningococcal Yes-mucus, kissing very close
prolonged contact
12 yrs (7th gr)
17 yrs (12th gr)
2 0 3095 61,900 2293 158 3160 117 5 9 180 7 0 - -

1. VAERS is the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, available at http://www.medalerts.org/.
2. Vaccines 2.0 the Careful Parent's Guide to Making Safe Vaccination Choices for Your Family, by Mark Blaxill and Dan Olmsted.
3. Vaccine injuries are estimated to be under reported by a factor of 1% reported to 10% reported (10 times to 100 times under reported).  We have chosen an under reporting rate of 5% reported (under reporting of 20 times) for the chart above.

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