{"id":14111,"date":"2024-11-22T17:03:52","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T18:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=14111"},"modified":"2024-11-22T20:55:57","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T20:55:57","slug":"wisconsin-senator-threatens-legal-action-to-get-covid-19-vaccine-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=14111","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin Senator Threatens Legal Action to Get COVID-19 Vaccine Data"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared at <a href=\"https:\/\/wisconsindailystar.com\/news\/wisconsin-senator-threatens-legal-action-to-get-covid-19-vaccine-data\/tcsquare\/2024\/11\/22\/\">https:\/\/wisconsindailystar.com\/news\/wisconsin-senator-threatens-legal-action-to-get-covid-19-vaccine-data\/tcsquare\/2024\/11\/22\/<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<h5>by Th\u00e9r\u00e8se Boudreaux<\/h5>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson has threatened to issue a subpoena when he becomes chairman of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations if three federal health agencies continue to withhold data on the adverse health effects wrought by the COVID-19 vaccine.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In a\u00a0letter\u00a0addressed to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Department of Health and Human Services, Johnson demanded that the agencies preserve all records referring to the development, safety, and side effects of COVID-19 vaccines, and to produce the records without redactions by Dec. 3.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWhile your agencies have largely ignored or failed to fully cooperate with my oversight efforts, I can assure you that your obstruction will soon come to an end,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ronjohnson.senate.gov\/services\/files\/00AAFB3D-72EE-475F-94D5-66708B4AA86D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Johnson wrote Tuesday<\/a>. \u201cYour agencies\u2019 refusal to provide complete and unredacted responses and documents to my numerous oversight letters on the development and safety of the COVID-19 vaccines has hindered Congressional oversight and has jeopardized the public\u2019s health.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Johnson has requested full versions of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1K6B25XjBdKmjW5yEIEpZ1cvnr6jp3RAY\/edit\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">three sections within a FOIA<\/a>\u00a0from May 2021, which the CDC so heavily redacted that no scientific data was revealed.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">One of the sections revealed that then-CDC Director Rochelle Walensky received Pfizer data regarding the number of myocarditis cases associated with the vaccine, though the 14-page document is completely redacted except for the cover page.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Other data requested in full by Johnson consists of emails within the CDC, showing that officials initially planned to send out a Health Alert Network message to the public about the risk of myocarditis and pericarditis associated with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. Johnson reiterated his request that the CDC release all communications and briefings regarding the decision not to issue the HAN, which he originally asked for in January.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">He also demanded to see the completely redacted 17 pages of apparent COVID-19 talking points that the Biden White House sent out to the America\u2019s top public health officials.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWhat is clear from these excessive redactions, however, is a concerted effort to obscure Congress\u2019 and the public\u2019s understanding of your agencies\u2019 detection of and response to COVID-19 vaccine adverse events such as myocarditis and pericarditis,\u201d Johnson concluded. \u201cUltimately, despite your agencies\u2019 awareness of the risks associated with the COVID-19 vaccines, the main talking point from these and other public health officials was uniform and entirely deceptive: the vaccines are safe and effective.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Johnson, ranking member of the committee for a short time longer until majority flips from Democrats to Republicans with seating of the 119th Congress, has sent more than 60 public letters to federal agencies regarding the origins and treatment of the COVID-19 virus.<\/p>\n<p>His demands come as the GOP-led House Energy and Commerce Committee released a report showing the Biden administration\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/national\/article_6ae2ce90-9158-11ef-a347-ef9765093737.html\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">spent $900 million<\/a>\u00a0promoting faulty health messaging around the COVID-19 virus and vaccines.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 \u2013 \u2013<\/p>\n<p><em>Th\u00e9r\u00e8se Boudreaux is an apprentice reporter covering Michigan and Wisconsin for<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/wisconsin\/article_9030edda-a82d-11ef-9adc-f7648d327f70.html\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\"> The Center Square<\/a>, under the mentorship of Midwest Regional Editor J.D. Davidson. Her work focuses on election-related news in these two states. Previously, she interned at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. Th\u00e9r\u00e8se graduated with a major in politics from Hillsdale College in May of 2024, where she produced award-winning radio journalism.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/wisconsindailystar.com\/news\/wisconsin-senator-threatens-legal-action-to-get-covid-19-vaccine-data\/tcsquare\/2024\/11\/22\/\">Wisconsin Senator Threatens Legal Action to Get COVID-19 Vaccine Data<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/wisconsindailystar.com\">The Wisconsin Daily Star<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared at https:\/\/wisconsindailystar.com\/news\/wisconsin-senator-threatens-legal-action-to-get-covid-19-vaccine-data\/tcsquare\/2024\/11\/22\/ by Th\u00e9r\u00e8se Boudreaux \u00a0 U.S. Sen. 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