Database tracking side effects to COVID-19 vaccine VIDEO: Database tracking side effects to COVID-19 vaccine By Danielle Seat | April 26, 2021 at 5:52 PM EDT - Updated April 26 at 8:00 PM CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - If you think you have had a reaction to the COVID-19 vaccine, hospitals in the Lowcountry say reporting this to a national website is vital for health officials. The COVID-19 vaccine is available under an Emergency Use Authorization, and doctors and scientists are still learning about the vaccine. Through VAERS people can report side effects following the COVID-19 vaccine. According to Kenneth Perry the Assistant Medical Director of Trident, the data allows the CDC and FDA to try to find risk patterns and make adjustments like with the recent pause of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine, which has now been lifted.