@Tickerguy - I found a site to search the VAERS reporting data and did a search for deaths in my father's state it see how many might have been reported from his home town. Out of the 6 deaths that I am aware of, his reported death is the only report showing up in the system (and that is because I reported it myself). But I am not surprised - the hospital isn't going to report them, 80+ year old spouse isn't going to report it, and if the younger family members don't report it, it doesn't get reported at all apparently.

I did a broader search for the entire state of KS for vax deaths in 2021 and it's only showing 3-4 post-vax deaths in my father's general age range (79-83). That is ridiculous. Between May-June 2021, 5 of his friends alone died and everyone it town was convinced it was the Moderna shot that was responsible due to the similar symptoms of strokes and blood clots (and that is just the deaths that I know of from my father's small social group) - I was guessing I was going to get hundreds of results. At this rate, I'm wondering if VAERS is even capturing 5% of the cases where adverse events occur more than a week or two days after the second shot.