Guillain-Barré Syndrome Linked to COVID-19 Shots
(article from) The Vaccine Reaction
Guillain-Barré Syndrome Linked to COVID-19 Shots
by Carolyn Hendler, JD
Published June 13, 2022 | Vaccination, Risk & Failure Reports
A study by the University College London showed that serious Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), which can result in temporary or permanent paralysis, is a “small but significant” risk associated with AstraZeneca/Oxford University’s AZD1222 (or “Vaxzevria”) vaccine. Of the 996 cases of GBS that were recorded in the United Kingdoms’ National Immunisation Management System database between January and October 2021, 198 cases (20 percent) occurred within six weeks of COVID-19 vaccination. The vast majority of cases (176) occurred after the first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine, while 21 cases occurred after Pfizer/BioNTech’s BNT162b2 (“Comirnaty”) vaccine and one after the Moderna/NIAID’s mRNA-1273 (“Spikevax”) vaccine.