![\\"logo\\"](\\"/img/logo-dpa-factchecking.svg\\"/) * WhatsApp service * About Us ![\\"IFCN](\\"/img/ifcn-certificate.png\\"/) ![\\"EFCSN](\\"/img/efcsn- certificate.png\\"/) # No evidence of alleged death of a two-year-old after vaccination - study started later April 23, 2021, 1:16 p.m. (CEST) In the USA, a two-year-old is said to have died after being hit by a child clinical trial received the corona vaccine from Biontech and Pfizer has. This is what a Facebook page claims. As evidence, a Screenshot from US Suspected Adverse Reaction Reporting System shown. EVALUATION: The message shown is not one confirmed by the authorities Death - reports of suspected deaths can be entered into the system by anyone and everyone Side effects or incidents occur after vaccinations. That the Report is authentic, seems doubtful: for regular vaccinations The vaccine has not yet been approved for this age group. For the The clinical study with children in this case had the claimed time of death Age hasn't even started yet. FACTS: The screenshot has been circulating among anti-vaccination activists for weeks and shows one Anti-vaccination website. This takes over reports from, among other things, the Official database operated by the US health authority CDC Suspected cases of side effects or medical abnormalities Vaccinations and publishes them again. In the CDC database you can query the same data using the ID number of the message. According to the information, a two-year-old girl was said to be with the on February 25, 2021 Coronavirus vaccine from Biontech and Pfizer has been vaccinated and died on March 1st. Further information, for example on a possible causal However, the connection cannot be determined from the data. The official US reporting system called VAERS is basically available to everyone people openly. This means that users submit a report online about a suspected case. The authorities expressly point out points out that false reports are punishable by law. Like the magazine “Vice” Reportedly, however, VAERS is also repeatedly used improperly. The messages in the system are initially undocumented and can be viewed in the Do not use the reverse conclusion as evidence - especially not for individual cases. Health authorities operate such databases in many countries - including Germany \- especially to find statistical anomalies, i.e. for Example of particularly frequently suspected side effects. In order to draw conclusions about causal relationships with vaccinations but additional investigations into the incidents are always necessary. About such There were increasing suspicions that the Astrazeneca vaccine was... In very rare cases it can cause cerebral vein thrombosis. In the screenshot that is now circulating, the data for the individual message is already thrown Doubts arise. On the one hand, it is not clear where and by whom the vaccination was carried out should have been. The specified vaccine from Biontech and Pfizer is available The USA has not yet approved it for people under the age of 16. Also the addition in the Facebook post that it was part of a clinical study came to the alleged incident does not resolve this contradiction: The corresponding study with children between the ages of six and eleven Years began, according to the manufacturers, only in the twelfth calendar week - i.e. around a month after the vaccination date claimed in the suspicious transaction report. \--- Left: CDC suspected adverse reaction database: (archived: US reporting system VAERS: (archived: “Vice” article about misuse of VAERS (02/03/2021): falsely-claim-covid-vaccines-are-dangerous (archived: German reporting system: (archived: dpa report about cerebral vein thrombosis after Astrazeneca vaccinations (April 21, 2021): Cerebral thrombosis-after-AstraZeneca-vaccination.html (archived: US approval of the Biontech/Pfizer vaccine: (archived: Biontech and Pfizer on studies with children (March 31, 2021): and-pfizer-give-positive-results (archived: “Snopes” fact check on the topic: old-virginia-die-vaccine/ (archived: Post on Facebook: (archived: \--- Contact the dpa fact check team: faktencheck@dpa.com powered by dpa-newslab | Imprint | Privacy | About:
In the US state of Virginia a twoyearold girl died after being vaccinated with BiontechPfizer during a study