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Updates:
The Ohio Trump Train:
The GQP’s Problem with Medicare and Social Security:
COVID-19/COVIDIOTS:
Florida surgeon general, again questioning COVID vaccines, sends letter to CDC, FDA
Joseph Ladapo cited the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, which anyone can report to.
Florida’s top health official sent a letter this week to the heads of the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warning that mRNA COVID-19 vaccines could be dangerous.
It’s the latest instance of Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, who runs the Florida Department of Health, questioning the safety of the vaccines. In the letter, he cites an increase in the number of reports from Florida submitted to the federal government’s Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, or VAERS, as evidence of a problem with the shots.
“Academic researchers throughout our country and around the globe have seen troubling safety signals of adverse events surrounding this vaccine. Their concerns are corroborated by the substantial increase in VAERS reports from Florida, including life-threatening conditions,” Ladapo wrote in the letter, dated Wednesday.
***For those who have NO clue how things work, (MAGAts and other anti-vaxxers) the CDC can clue you in how anyone can report to regardless of fact, accuracy, truthfulness. Quit spreading misinformation; you could get someone killed, including yourself.
News Views has addressed the bogus claims that MAGAts and anti-vaxxers have claimed and how the program works. DERP!
About VAERS
VAERS is the nation’s early warning system that monitors the safety of vaccines after they are authorized or licensed for use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). VAERS is part of the larger vaccine safety system in the United States that helps make sure vaccines are safe. The system is co-managed by CDC and FDA.
VAERS accepts and analyzes reports of possible health problems—also called “adverse events”—after vaccination. As an early warning system, VAERS cannot prove that a vaccine caused a problem. Specifically, a report to VAERS does not mean that a vaccine caused an adverse event. But VAERS can give CDC and FDA important information. If it looks as though a vaccine might be causing a problem, FDA and CDC will investigate further and take action if needed.
Anyone can submit a report to VAERS — healthcare professionals, vaccine manufacturers, and the general public. VAERS welcomes all reports, regardless of seriousness, and regardless of how likely the vaccine may have been to have caused the adverse event.
January 6, Updates:
Proud Boys’ Lawyers Plan to Subpoena Donald Trump in Seditious Conspiracy Trial
The defense argues that the Proud Boys participated in the Jan. 6 riot because Trump “called on patriots to stop the steal.” It’s far from certain that Trump will actually take the stand
