The Choose Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic convened on Thursday to start the primary a part of its listening to sequence titled “Assessing America’s Vaccine Security Methods, Half One.” Chaired by Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio), the listening to aimed to dissect the effectiveness of vaccine security reporting, damage response, and compensation mechanisms put up the contentious COVID-19 vaccine distribution.
The federal authorities’s surveillance system, designed to observe accidents from vaccinations, has come beneath criticism for failing to adequately inform the general public about vaccine damage reviews.
This failure has contributed to eroding belief in vaccine security, in line with some specialists. The compensation course of for these adversely affected by the COVID-19 vaccine additionally confronted scrutiny for obvious inefficiencies in dealing with the surge of claims associated to the novel vaccine.
Chairman Wenstrup criticized the Biden regime for the coercion of wholesome Individuals into compliance with “unscientific vaccine mandates” and not using a strong system in place for shielding and compensating people who suffered hurt attributable to vaccination.
“This listening to is a crucial step to extend vaccine transparency and to make sure that victims of future vaccine accidents are correctly compensated,” mentioned Chairman Wenstrup.
The Gateway Pundit reported in 2022 that whereas the USA does have a vaccine damage compensation program, many Individuals who’ve filed claims after being injured by the experimental COVID vaccines haven’t obtained compensation and plenty of had been denied for not assembly the usual of proof.
The CICP’s data for Fiscal Years 2010 by way of 2024, present as of January 1, 2024, exhibits a complete of 13,406 claims filed, out of which 12,854 are associated to COVID-19 accidents.
“Of the 12,854 COVID-19 countermeasure claims, 9,682 allege accidents/deaths from COVID-19 vaccines and three,172 allege accidents/deaths from different COVID-19 countermeasures. This 3,172 claims embrace these the place it’s unclear upon preliminary submission of the declare whether or not the damage/loss of life is alleged from a vaccine or a non-vaccine COVID-19 countermeasure,” Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) wrote on its web site.
All of this occurred after the discharge of the COVID-19 vaccination. Thus far, solely 11 of those have obtained compensation. This determine represents an increase of three since November 1, 2023, and a rise of eight since October 1, 2022.
Throughout the listening to, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) delivered a fiery testimony, questioning the speedy authorization of COVID-19 vaccines and highlighting the quantity of adversarial occasion reviews submitted to the Vaccine Adversarial Occasion Reporting System (VAERS).
“I’m not a health care provider, however I’ve a Ph.D. in recognizing bullsh-t after I hear it,” mentioned Rep. Greene
Greene cited figures indicating a considerable variety of reviews of vaccine accidents and deaths, emphasizing the disparity between these numbers and the restricted compensation supplied by way of the Countermeasures Damage Compensation Program (CICP).
“In December, in the course of December, I believe it was the tenth or the eleventh, the primary vaccine was authorized. It was licensed beneath emergency use. Increase. 10,596 reviews in lower than a month.
In 2021, there have been 706,767 reviews on VAERS for vaccine accidents and deaths.
In 2022, it was 206,676. In 2023, the numbers went down as a result of the mandates stopped.
Now, let’s speak just a little bit extra in regards to the vaccines right here. We’ve got reviews of deaths, 18,372; everlasting disabilities, 17,842; hospitalizations, 86,452; emergency room or workplace visits, 315,048; critical adversarial occasions, 113,449.
That is from the Congressional Analysis Service about VAERS. Every kind of accidents: miscarriages, coronary heart assaults, myocarditis, everlasting incapacity, neurological issues. And it goes on and on and on. These are the reviews from folks being pressured to take vaccines. Shouldn’t have occurred.”
Rep. Greene additionally acknowledged the presence of Brianne Dressen, a participant in a vaccine scientific trial who suffered accidents and confronted important medical bills. Dressen’s case was introduced for example of the challenges people face when searching for assist from the damage compensation system.
Rep. Greene sharply criticized well being executives for swiftly approving an experimental vaccine regardless of consciousness of its security considerations, and now they’ve prolonged authorization to toddlers.
“Dr. [Peter Marks], you admitted to [Brianne Dressen] that vaccine accidents are actual. That they’re actual. Though, you rushed by way of the authorization. And now you’ve licensed that kids ought to obtain these vaccines. And even infants as younger as six months previous. That’s shameful. That’s shameful,” mentioned Greene.
“It’s time to be sincere in regards to the vaccine injured. And we have to cease permitting these Covid-19 vaccines to be given out to kids,” Greene concluded.