Dr John Campbell Hits Home State, Western Australia
Western Australian Vaccine Safety Surveillance - Annual Report 2021
A quick post to share Dr John Campbell’s latest video uploaded a few hours ago reviewing our Western Australian Vaccine Safety Surveillance – Annual Report 2021
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Western Australian Vaccine Safety Surveillance – Annual Report 2021
https://www.health.wa.gov.au/~/media/...
Report describes adverse events following immunisation (AEFI)
Reported to Western Australian Vaccine Safety Surveillance (WAVSS) system
For vaccinations received in 2021.
The format of this Annual Report differs, to enable description of the impact of the program
COVID-19 vaccination started in February 2021
In 2021, Western Australia
5,756,723 vaccine doses were administered,
up from 2,071,167 in 2020.
Of this amount, 3,948,673 were COVID-19 vaccines
In 2021, a significant increase in reports of AEFI
10,726 individual AEFI reports in 2021,
up from 270 in 2020.
(200 reports from Influenza and routine vaccinations in 2021)
Of these AEFI, (adverse events following immunisation)
10,428 (97%) occurred after a COVID-19 vaccine
Similar volume of reports in the rest of Australia
(as reported by the Therapeutic Goods Administration)
https://www.tga.gov.au/resources/arti...[0]=type:189
In Western Australia
Total AEFI rate following a COVID-19 vaccine was 264.1 per 100,000 doses.
26.41 per 10 thousand
2.641 per thousand
0.241%
Non covid vaccinations, WA, 2021
11.1 events per 100,000 doses
0.0111%
Comparison with US in 2021
Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System
https://vaers.hhs.gov/data/datasets.html
148.3 per 100,000 doses
Vaxzevria (AstraZeneca)
306.1 per 100,000 doses
Comirnaty (Pfizer)
244.8 per 100,000 doses
(US, 122 per 100,000)
Spikevax (Moderna)
281.4 per 100,000 doses
(US, 187 per 100,000)
Why the difference?
This likely reflects differences in the sensitivity of passive adverse event reporting systems between the two jurisdictions.
Some of the important AEFI that have been specifically monitored
TGA-coordinated national surveillance vaccine safety program
Anaphylaxis
Thrombosis with thrombocytopaenia syndrome (TTS)
Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP)
Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS)
Myocarditis
Pericarditis
Myopericarditis
Chest pain
Deep venous thrombosis
Pulmonary embolism
Bell’s palsy
In 2021
1,125 appointments made at the adult vaccine safety clinic at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital,
up from seven in 2020.
439 appointments made at the Perth Children’s Hospital specialist immunisation clinic,
up from 214 in 2020.
In light of a shockingly honest Health department vaccine surveillance safety data report being published in Western Australia, I must honor some of the efforts I made against vaccine uptake. At times driven to desperation, near insanity, I skirted lines others treated as impenetrable cages.
In particular I remember marshalling a flash mob group of infuriated parents and other anti-covid-vaxxers on the same day that Premier Mark McGowan announced a Perth Zoo vaccination van for CHILDREN. He oh so flawlessly MARKeted that jabs are now available for 5-12? year old children based on a recent ATAGI recommendation for the same.
So to celebrate another age group cohort joining ranks of those risking injury and death, and with this being the most innocent and vulnerable cohort yet, WA HEALTH decided it'd be great to have our Premier Mark McGowan himself shilling a FREE MOVIE TICKET or PERTH ZOO ENTRY TICKER for your children when they get vaxxed at any of the city wide deployed mobile pop-up vaccination clinics.
Well, my mustering shut down the Perth pop-up clinic. Red paint was thrown and mainstream media coverage, along with any official rebuke from government or health agencies was conspicuously absent. I think other very effective psychological and communication strategies were deployed too and authorities didn't want its' successes to be publicized at all.
Now, to deeply sink back to that time, thinking, sinking, then awakening and recalling what strategies they could have been.
Oh My Mark McGowan, My "Tired" Mr Mark McGowan of Rockingham and Highgate.
Your bolt of conscience didn't strike early enough!