Video accuses Israeli government of covering up COVID-19 vaccine injuries

Selective editing of advisory committee meetings and other scientific forums is an established tactic of vaccine opponents and conspiracy theorists. When experts convene in order to advise on vaccine policy they intentionally address safety concerns. In these forums it is not uncommon for open-ended questions to be asked, as well as thought exercises where participants examine a potential risk from multiple angles. Viewers who are not experts themselves, or who wish to selectively edit the proceedings to over-emphasize the concerns of experts, can find discussion of vaccine injuries. This is the point of these forums: Potential risks are weighed against all available evidence on safety and the overall benefit to populations. Emphasizing that the context of the clips is unclear because they do not contain any full, unedited videos and only feature images of a slideshow with voices that are identified on screen as ministry of health officials and researchers is recommended. There is no evidence that the safety concerns discussed in the clips were related to or caused by the vaccine. Israel monitored potential adverse events through its vaccine safety reporting system with such thoroughness that it was able to identify myocarditis as a potential vaccine risk before it was flagged by any other country.

Fact-checking sources:

• Government of Israel