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		erichanson on Nov 15, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Is the US's vaccine adverse event reporting system... Reporting to it is entirely voluntary, so that's a broken premise.

giantg2 on Nov 15, 2023 [–]

Not exactly. Specific events are required by law to be reported by medical professionals. Anecdata says this gets missed fairly often as there's no real enforcement.

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