by Debra Heine
Dr. Robert Redfield, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said Thursday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) promoted a false narrative about a “safe and effective” COVID vaccine by underreporting adverse events. The mRNA injections “should never have been mandatory,” Redfield told the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committees on Thursday.
Democrat-controlled Senate control hearing entitled “Risky Research: Oversight of U.S. Taxpayer-Funded High-Risk Virus Research,” featured witnesses Dr. Gerald Parker, Dr. Carrie Wolinetz, Dr. Kevin Esvelt, and Redfield.
Former President Trump’s CDC director has accused the Biden administration of hiding data on vaccine complications in order to prevent vaccine hesitancy.
“From the very beginning, there was a lack of transparency about the potential side effects of these vaccines, and I believe some people made inappropriate decisions to try to underestimate the number of side effects because they argued that it might make the public less likely to get vaccinated,” Redfield (pictured above) testified.
Redfield said the biggest mistake was the Biden administration’s decision to mandate the operate of mRNA products.
“They should never be mandatory,” he said. “They should be open to personal choice. They don’t prevent infections, they have side effects.”
A growing number of doctors and scientists say the costs to society and to the person taking the COVID-19 vaccine far outweigh any proposed benefits.
Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin) noted that Biden administration officials such as Dr. Peter Marks, head of the FDA’s Center for Biological Products Evaluation and Research, continue to deny that the shots are unsafe.
“They say that [vaccine side effects] “They are rare and benign,” Johnson said.
“The FDA should release all the safety data they have,” Redfield replied. “I was very disappointed to hear they plan to keep it [safety data] by 2026,” he continued. “It really creates a sense of total distrust in our public health agencies when it comes to vaccinations. It’s counterproductive,” he added.
Johnson lamented his failure to force Rep. Gary Peters (D-Wisconsin), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, to issue subpoenas to relevant health agencies seeking safety data.
“I would suggest you do that,” the Republican told Peters.
Johnson had been poised to personally lead investigations into COVID vaccine abuse as chairman of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations starting in 2023, but Republicans failed to secure a majority in the 2022 midterm elections.
The Wisconsin senator said there is “a lot more” being covered up than just the COVID origin story.
“There are many aspects of our woefully failed COVID response that need to be exposed, and one of the most important is the sabotage of early treatment,” Johnson said. “The public has a right to know.”
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Debra Heine is a reporter for American Greatness.
