The German Federal Ministry for Health or Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (BMG) has made a tweet claiming that 1 in 5,000 people experience a “serious side effect” after receiving covid 19 vaccinations.
Eine von 5000 Personen ist von einer schweren Nebenwirkung nach einer COVID19-#Impfung betroffen. Sollten Sie den Verdacht auf #Nebenwirkungen haben, holen Sie sich ärztliche Hilfe und melden Sie Ihre Symptome ans @PEI_Germany. https://t.co/ajsedbBO7o pic.twitter.com/Z6jGxRfTW3
— Bundesgesundheitsministerium (@BMG_Bund) July 20, 2022
The tweet also directed those who feel they are experiencing side effects to seek medical attention and report their symptoms to the Federal Institute for Vaccines and Biomedical Drugs at the Paul-Ehrlich-Institute.
According to OurWorldInData 76% of Germany’s population of 83.24 million (2020) are vaccinated to a “complete initial protocol” .
This amounts to 63, 262, 400 million people.