Are vaccine dangers hidden for profit?

In an interview with Joe Rogan, MMA fighter Israel Adesanya claims that vaccine mandates were driven by profit, while serious side effects and increased deaths are being ignored or covered up by the government and companies to avoid admitting their mistakes.

The conspiracy, according to Rogan Adesanya, consists of several points. The first claim is that vaccine campaigns were only about making money and profit. However, the development and distribution of COVID vaccines were actually part of a worldwide effort to solve a public health crisis. Governments, international organizations, and drug companies worked together to speed up vaccine production. Many vaccines were created with a lot of government funding to make sure they were made quickly and available to everyone.

If we are talking about money, COVID vaccination saved us money. The U.S. campaign alone was estimated to have saved $1.15 trillion by preventing over 3.2 million deaths and 18.5 million hospitalizations through November 2022. This massive financial benefit came from reducing healthcare costs, avoiding losses in productivity, and other societal costs tied to hospitalizations and deaths. Those cost savings benefitted every American.

They also claim that serious vaccine side effects and deaths are ignored or overlooked. Except after a vaccine is approved and widely used, it is continuously monitored for safety. Health agencies like the CDC and the FDA have vaccine safety systems in place, like the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), to track any reported side effects. If a potential problem is detected, these agencies investigate it thoroughly. Some vaccines have been associated with very rare side effects (e.g., thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome), but these risks are extremely low compared to the benefits of vaccination.