The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has deemed a report of a 2-year-old dying after getting a COVID-19 shot not true. The agency, known as the CDC, runs the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) with the Food and Drug Administration. VAERS is a passive system to which anyone can submit reports of adverse reactions following vaccinations, with the bulk of the reports relating to COVID-19 vaccines. Health officials, including CDC officials, have encouraged people to report adverse reactions following vaccination to VAERS. One of the latest reports claimed a 2-year-old died after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine. A CDC spokeswoman told The Epoch Times in an email that as with all reports of post-vaccination deaths, investigators probed the report, including requesting medical records, autopsy reports, and death certificates. “It was during that process that CDC discovered that the report submitted to VAERS was false. The report was therefore removed from …