A disruptive syndrome may be caused by one of the COVID-19 vaccines available in the United States, U.S. officials said in a new study.
Seventy-three cases of Guillain-Barré Syndrome, which causes the immune system to attack parts of the nervous system, were confirmed in adults within 42 days of vaccination with Johnson & Johnson’s shot, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported in the Feb. 1 paper.
Only 31 cases were expected, based on the typical annual rate of the syndrome.
Approximately 3,000 to 6,000 cases of the syndrome are diagnosed in the United States in a typical year.
Several non-COVID vaccines have been linked to Guillain-Barré Syndrome, including the swine flu vaccine….