LogFAQs > #959435811

Notably, VAERS is useful primarily as a starting point for research. Researchers treat it as a list of possible associations that may exist, then work from there to discover if an association exists, how strong it is, and try to infer a causal mechanism if possible. For laypersons, its usefulness mostly consists of saying "maybe there's an association there, I should look for actual publications on that subject in the coming months." It does pretty much nothing to facilitate informed risk analysis.

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