Did a 2-Year-Old Die After Receiving a Dose of the Pfizer Vaccine?

Viral social media posts and articles claim that a 2-year-old passed away after receiving the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine. This claim relies on an entry in the U.S. Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS), which details the alleged death of a 2-year-old girl in Virginia who received the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine on February 25 and died away a few days later on March 3 after being hospitalized for 17 days.

VAERS is a system managed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration through which...