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Dear Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency,

I would like to see a graph showing the total number of vaccine deaths and adverse reactions you have records for the last 20 years, or for as long your records go back, or for as long as you are able to produce within the 20 hour limit for FOI requests, whichever is greatest.

For example: 2021: number of deaths: xx number of adverse reactions: xx
2020: number of deaths: xx number of adverse reactions: xx
And so on.

Yours faithfully,

Ian Dalton

MHRA Customer Services, Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency

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RE:  REQUEST UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000
        
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From: Ian Dalton <[FOI #784164 email]>
Sent: 22 August 2021 10:14
To: MHRA Customer Services <[email address]>
Subject: FOI 21/986 CSC 64287 Freedom of Information request - Annual reports

Dear Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency,

I would like to see a graph showing the total number of vaccine deaths and adverse reactions you have records for the last 20 years, or for as long your records go back, or for as long as you are able to produce within the 20 hour limit for FOI requests, whichever is greatest.

For example: 2021: number of deaths: xx number of adverse reactions: xx
2020: number of deaths: xx number of adverse reactions: xx And so on.

Yours faithfully,

Ian Dalton

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Dear Ian Dalton,

 

Please find the attached in response to your FOI requests.

 

Kind regards,

FOI Team
Vigilance and Risk Management of Medicines Division

Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency
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-----Original Message-----
From: Ian Dalton <[1][FOI #784164 email]>
Sent: 22 August 2021 10:14
To: MHRA Customer Services <[2][email address]>
Subject: FOI 21/986 CSC 64287 Freedom of Information request - Annual
reports

 

Dear Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency,

 

I would like to see a graph showing the total number of vaccine deaths and
adverse reactions you have records for the last 20 years, or for as long
your records go back, or for as long as you are able to produce within the
20 hour limit for FOI requests, whichever is greatest.

 

For example: 2021: number of deaths: xx number of adverse reactions: xx

2020: number of deaths: xx number of adverse reactions: xx And so on.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Ian Dalton

 

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Dear Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency's handling of my FOI request 'Annual reports'.

The response you have provided does not in any way answer the question I asked about how many of the total adverse reactions get reported to you. My question was:

"I am aware that the yellow card reporting system is a voluntary reporting system, presumably a proportion of the total vaccine adverse reactions do not get reported to the yellow card system, or get misdiagnosed as something else. I would like to know roughly what percentage of the total adverse reactions to vaccines do get reported to you."

At no point did I mention anything about covid vaccines yet your response refers to them. The closest you got to answering my question was to say that the percentage of reports is "variable". That's not a valid answer. I would like to know roughly what percentage of the total vaccine adverse reactions get reported to you.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/a...

And here: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/y...

Yours faithfully,

Ian Dalton

MHRA Customer Services, Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency

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________________________________________ From: Ian Dalton
<[FOI #784164 email]> Sent: Thursday, September 16,
2021 6:44:22 PM To: MHRA Customer Services Subject: Internal review of
Freedom of Information request - Annual reports Dear Medicines and
Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, Please pass this on to the person
who conducts Freedom of Information reviews. I am writing to request an
internal review of Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency's
handling of my FOI request 'Annual reports'. The response you have
provided does not in any way answer the question I asked about how many of
the total adverse reactions get reported to you. My question was: "I am
aware that the yellow card reporting system is a voluntary reporting
system, presumably a proportion of the total vaccine adverse reactions do
not get reported to the yellow card system, or get misdiagnosed as
something else. I would like to know roughly what percentage of the total
adverse reactions to vaccines do get reported to you." At no point did I
mention anything about covid vaccines yet your response refers to them.
The closest you got to answering my question was to say that the
percentage of reports is "variable". That's not a valid answer. I would
like to know roughly what percentage of the total vaccine adverse
reactions get reported to you. A full history of my FOI request and all
correspondence is available on the Internet at this address:
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url...
And here:
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url...
Yours faithfully, Ian Dalton
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Internal Review of FOI 21/986
 
Dear Ian Dalton,
 
Thank you for your email.
 
We confirm that an internal review will be carried out on FOI 21/986. We normally aim to respond to requests for internal review within 20 working days of receipt. However, due to high volumes of queries we are currently receiving related to COVID-19 please be aware that responses may take longer than usual.
 
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-----Original Message-----
From: Ian Dalton <[FOI #784164 email]>
Sent: 16 September 2021 19:44
To: MHRA Customer Services <[email address]>
Subject: FOI 21/986 Internal review of Freedom of Information request - Annual reports

Dear Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency's handling of my FOI request 'Annual reports'.

The response you have provided does not in any way answer the question I asked about how many of the total adverse reactions get reported to you. My question was:

"I am aware that the yellow card reporting system is a voluntary reporting system, presumably a proportion of the total vaccine adverse reactions do not get reported to the yellow card system, or get misdiagnosed as something else. I would like to know roughly what percentage of the total adverse reactions to vaccines do get reported to you."

At no point did I mention anything about covid vaccines yet your response refers to them. The closest you got to answering my question was to say that the percentage of reports is "variable". That's not a valid answer. I would like to know roughly what percentage of the total vaccine adverse reactions get reported to you.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url...

And here: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url...

Yours faithfully,

Ian Dalton

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Internal Review of FOI 21/986

 

Dear Ian Dalton,

 

Thank you for your Internal Review Request, we apologise for the delay in
reply.

 

Having reviewed our initial response of 16 September we do not have
anything further to add. As we stated, the reporting rate for spontaneous
Adverse Drug Reactions (ADR) is variable and can depend on a multitude of
factors. The actual rate is unknown and variable because it is influenced
by public awareness and seriousness of the event.

 

In our reply we did make reference to COVID-19 vaccines, we did that
because you have previously contacted us with questions regarding these
vaccines.

 

If you remain dissatisfied, you may ask the Information Commissioner (ICO)
to make a decision on whether or not we have interpreted the FOIA
correctly in dealing with the request and subsequent internal review. The
ICO’s address is:

 

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Yours sincerely

 

 

 

MHRA Customer Service Centre

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Ian Dalton <[1][FOI #784164 email]>
Sent: 16 September 2021 19:44
To: MHRA Customer Services <[2][email address]>
Subject: FOI 21/986 Internal review of Freedom of Information request -
Annual reports

 

Dear Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency,

 

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information
reviews.

 

I am writing to request an internal review of Medicines and Healthcare
Products Regulatory Agency's handling of my FOI request 'Annual reports'.

 

The response you have provided does not in any way answer the question I
asked about how many of the total adverse reactions get reported to you.
My question was:

 

"I am aware that the yellow card reporting system is a voluntary reporting
system, presumably a proportion of the total vaccine adverse reactions do
not get reported to the yellow card system, or get misdiagnosed as
something else. I would like to know roughly what percentage of the total
adverse reactions to vaccines do get reported to you."

 

At no point did I mention anything about covid vaccines yet your response
refers to them. The closest you got to answering my question was to say
that the percentage of reports is "variable". That's not a valid answer. I
would like to know roughly what percentage of the total vaccine adverse
reactions get reported to you.

 

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on
the Internet at this address:
[3]https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url...

 

And here:
[4]https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url...

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Ian Dalton

 

 

 

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