Will it be safe? Vaccine safety science from the cow pock to COVID-19 is a University of Auckland TEDx Talk by Helen Petousis-Harris on how vaccines are assessed for their safety and effectiveness.
Assessment of vaccine mediated enhanced disease (VMED) in epidemiologic studies monitoring COVID-19 vaccines is a webinar by the Vaccine monitoring Collaboration for Europe (VAC4EU) and the Brighton Collaboration Safety Platform for Emergency Vaccines (SPEAC) Project.
Given the breadth and magnitude of vaccine safety activities, it is surprising how wide the belief is that the world relies on voluntary reports of adverse events, even among health professionals. That this science is so misunderstood provides fertile ground for anti-vaccine messages to propagate. Here is some information to help challenge the misconceptions.
