Claim: "Every year in the United States between 3,000 and 4,500 severe vaccine reactions are reported to the Centers for Disease Control. Not mild reactions. Severe reactions that land somebody in the hospital, the intensive care unit or cause a permanent disability or death."
Fact-check: What CDC statistics say about vaccine-related illnesses, injuries and death
Verdict: barely-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Aaron Sharockman
Date published: 2015-02-03T00:00:00