Reid Stewart
General Practice, Retired.
N Z Med J. 2020 Feb 21;133(1510):83-87.
The purpose of this article is to offer evidence that vaccine safety is taken very seriously and various examples to support this premise are described. The article covers adverse event reporting following vaccination, the difference between events which occur after vaccination and events which are caused by vaccination, the comprehensive safety monitoring required when vaccines are first introduced, international vaccine withdrawals because of safety concerns and some vaccine changes in New Zealand where safety was an important consideration. Finally, recent developments in vaccine safety monitoring are outlined. It is hoped that this will be a useful resource for those involved in the complex issue of counteracting vaccine hesitancy.
本文旨在提供证据，证明疫苗安全受到高度重视，并描述了支持这一前提的各种实例。文章涵盖了疫苗接种后的不良事件报告、接种后发生的事件与由疫苗引起的事件之间的差异、首次引入疫苗时所需的全面安全监测、因安全问题导致的国际疫苗撤市以及新西兰一些将安全性作为重要考量因素的疫苗变更。最后，概述了疫苗安全监测的最新进展。希望这将为那些处理应对疫苗犹豫这一复杂问题的人提供有用的参考资源。
