The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has deemed a report of a 2-year-old dying after getting a COVID-19 shot to be untrue.
The agency runs the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) with the Food and Drug Administration. VAERS is a passive system to which anyone can submit reports of adverse reactions following vaccinations, with the bulk of the reports relating to COVID-19 vaccines. Health officials, including CDC officials, have encouraged people to report adverse reactions following vaccination to VAERS.
