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Hey there, Colorado. You may have seen unverified reports of a 15-year-old dying after receiving a COVID vaccine.
Context is really important when looking at vaccine data — especially reports of deaths, so here’s how it works. 👇
The federal government collects data using the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (or VAERS). Anybody can make a report — doctors and nurses, but also the people who received the vaccine or their family members. vaers.hhs.gov
The purpose is to have one, big, catch-all system to collect reports about any possible side effect.
But that leaves one very big downside: VAERS can contain reports for things that have nothing to do with a vaccination.
Hello! We have some exciting news to share. The Colorado Sun and The National Trust for Local News have bought @ColoradoNewsCCM and its 24 Front Range newspapers.
When we announced The Colorado Sun nearly three years ago, someone asked whether we’d consider producing print newspapers one day. Our reply: We’ll do whatever Colorado needs us to do.
All too often, hedge funds are the first ones in line to buy newspapers. So we pooled our resources with the National Trust to create the Colorado News Conservancy, which will own and operate the papers.