VAERS, ah yes. And we can be sure that at most 10% of the AE cases actually get documented.
Extracting data from the arcane UI of the VAERS database is not for the timid, so I applaud the person who pursued through to the end.
I suspect that the targetting of the conservative states is to put pressure on or weaken those states' governors, but perhaps it's to change the overall state demographic to more blue than red for the upcoming elections.