A trending article falsely claims that the U.S. government anticipated mass casualties from COVID-19 vaccines. Documents released under the Freedom of Information Act show internal CDC and FDA communications about the increase in VAERS reports in the month after the Pfizer vaccine rollout and myocarditis as a potential rare vaccine side effect in July 2021.
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Emphasizing that none of the released documents provide any evidence that CDC or FDA officials were aware of or attempting to cover up evidence that COVID-19 vaccines caused widespread health issues or deaths is recommended. An increase in VAERS reports related to COVID-19 vaccines in the first few months that the vaccine was available was expected and is not evidence that the vaccines are unsafe. During this period, over 1 million people were being vaccinated daily. It’s not surprising that the unprecedentedly large-scale rollout of a highly publicized and politicized vaccine would lead to an increase in unverified reports of adverse events. The internal discussions about myocarditis took place over a month after the CDC alerted the public about the potential risk based on FDA data. The data was clearly not being suppressed as it had already been made public and the FDA had held a live-streamed emergency meeting to discuss myocarditis. Fact Checking Source(s): DW, AP, Reuters
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