Rates of neurological events higher with SARS-CoV-2 infection than with COVID-19 vaccine

Incidence rates for Bell’s palsy, encephalomyelitis and Guillain-Barré syndrome were higher in unvaccinated people with SARS-CoV-2 infection compared with those vaccinated against COVID-19, researchers reported in BMJ.
“Immune-mediated neurological disorders have been identified as adverse events of special interest by regulators, such as the FDA in the U.S. and the EMA in Europe,” Xintong Li, MHS, a doctoral student at the Center for Statistics in Medicine at the University of Oxford, and colleagues wrote. “These adverse events of special interest have been

Incidence rates for Bell’s palsy, encephalomyelitis and Guillain-Barré syndrome were higher in unvaccinated people with SARS-CoV-2 infection compared with those vaccinated against COVID-19, researchers reported in BMJ.
“Immune-mediated neurological disorders have been identified as adverse events of special interest by regulators, such as the FDA in the U.S. and the EMA in Europe,” Xintong Li, MHS, a doctoral student at the Center for Statistics in Medicine at the University of Oxford, and colleagues wrote. “These adverse events of special interest have been