The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) continues to resist disclosing information on claimed side effects and problems with its COVID-19 vaccines, including from healthcare workers. Due to a January order by U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk in a Freedom of Information Act case, the CDC is being forced to turn over hundreds of thousands of “free text” entries from V-safe. The court has scolded the CDC for its continuing efforts to withhold information on these complaints.
As the CDC and the Biden White House gear up for another possible pandemic, the case reminds us that we still need to address the conduct of the government — and the reporting of the media — from the last pandemic. Once agency officials were told that they could censor those with opposing views, a culture of speech controls took hold at the CDC and the government narrative was then amplified by the media.
To question such mandates was declared a public health threat. The head of the World Health Organization even supported censorship to combat what he called an “infodemic.”
A lawsuit was filed by Missouri and Louisiana and joined by leading experts, including Drs. Jayanta Bhattacharya (Stanford University) and Martin Kulldorff (Harvard University). Bhattacharya previously objected to the suspension of Dr. Clare Craig after she raised concerns about Pfizer trial documents. Those doctors were the co-authors of the Great Barrington Declaration, which advocated for a more focused Covid response that targeted the most vulnerable population rather than widespread lockdowns and mandates. Many are now questioning the efficacy and cost of the massive lockdown as well as the real value of masks or the rejection of natural immunities as an alternative to vaccination. Yet, these experts and others were attacked for such views just a year ago. Some found themselves censored on social media for challenging claims of Dr. Fauci and others.
The media has quietly acknowledged the science questioning mask efficacy and school closures without addressing its own role in attacking those who raised these objections. Even raising the lab theory on the origin of Covid 19 (a theory now treated as plausible) was denounced as a conspiracy theory. The science and health reporter for the New York Times, Apoorva Mandavilli, even denounced the theory as “racist.” In the meantime, California moved to potentially strip doctors of their licenses for spreading dissenting views on Covid.
It is clear that much still has to be done to create a culture of transparency at the CDC. Judge Kacsmaryk has slammed the agency for withholding the data on the health complaints on spurious grounds. There still appears a culture at CDC in withholding data that could be used to question its decisions or conclusions.
For a year, the CDC has been fighting these efforts. The lawsuit by the Informed Consent Action Network, revealed “nearly 8% of V-safe users said they required medical care, another 12% couldn’t perform normal daily activities and yet another 13% said they missed work or school.” With limited “boxes” supplied by the CDC, people had to write in their complications. The CDC then failed to disclose those reports.
The free-text entries reportedly support one of the most controversial moves by the CDC to downplay heart complications. Litigants say that the new disclosures show a frequency of symptoms associated with myocarditis – inflammation of the the heart muscle myocardium.
Experts raising these concerns were labeled “anti-vaxxers” and conspiracists.
As I have previously testified in Congress, the surest way to combat this culture of censorship is to pass legislation barring a single dime of taxpayer funds from being used to fund censorship efforts, including third-party groups on removing “misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation.”
The government can always speak in its own voice, but we should get the government out of the business of controlling the speech of citizens and groups. It can rebut critics on its ample platforms without using third parties to silence them as surrogates.
Additionally, Congress should demand answers on the failure of the CDC to discuss opposing views and to withhold countervailing data during the last pandemic. The loss of public confidence in both the CDC and the media could prove disastrous if we face another pandemic. The years of barring and throttling opposing views (including many later vindicated by the science) has left many Americans deeply distrustful of both the government and the media. That is a real potential health danger. If we want to prepare for the next pandemic, we need to repair that trust.
Have found that, although they’re more commonly used as negatives,
‘dis-information’ can also be seen and shared as ‘dissenting information’
and ‘mis-information’ can also be seen and shared as ‘mistrusting information’.
Thus so many reasons for there to have been such a clampdown on these terms.
People were asking questions. Doing their own research. Talking amongst each other.
It’s too hard to control the narrative if the citizens actually think/respond for themselves.
-Cat
Anonymous said : “…Thus so many reasons for there to have been such a clampdown on these terms.”
Those “terms” equate to rancid horseshit. “A = A”. Actual “information” consists of facts that can be demonstrated to be correct. Anything else is merely opinion, and opinion is not “information”.
Anonymous said: “There are Good Professionals, There are Bad Professionals”
Do you consider “politician” to be a profession? Because I am very far from convinced that there is currently any such thing as a “good politician”, if such a thing ever did really exist. Also, with the possible exception of “dentist”, the percentage of “good” practicioners in the professions you explicit mentioned appear to have plummeted to a negligible fraction.
A maxim to remember is the doctor that graduated last in his class is still called doctor. All other professions follow the same maxim.
oldmanfromkansas said: “The only pillar possibly left standing is the individual practitioners. While some do sell out and prioritize prescribing pharma products over doing what is best for their patients’ health, many more are honest men and women of conscience”
Sadly, based on my experience, I think your assessment is significantly over optimistic. I went 11 years without a regular primary physician. I was in good health, albeit in my late 60s/early 70s, and didn’t see the need to consult a physician unless I was experiencing a problem. That was working quite well for me, until I developed the need for a hip replacement operation three years ago, and the orthopedic surgeon refused to treat me unless a had GP on record. The change in GPs over that time period was horrific. My last physician had retired, and she and her predecessors as far back as I can remember were dedicated to treating the patient, considered as an entity, and her and their instructions and recommendations reflected the desire for that patient’s overall well being. I’ve been through three GPs in the last three years, and nothing could be further from the truth. Today’s GP, at least around here, is in business to treat illnesses (not the patient, an important distinction), prescribe medications, and refer patients to specialists,. Whether or not such treatment enhances the patient’s life quality is immaterial. Another issue is that GP’s have no apparent incintive to recruit new patients; at least 90% of those in this area are not accepting any. I also have a problem with the prevalence of PAs (physicians’ assistants). I understand their utility in supplementing an MD or OD, in terms of time efficiency, but this seems to be getting out of hand in some practices. I went to one practice for 2-1/2 years, without even being introduced to the physician who was nominally responsible for that office. Even though the PA assigned to me was reasonably competent, I consider that situation to be ludicrous.
I pre-ordered your book a few months back – looking forward to its release
What is the first thing that a dictator does once he gains control? The dictator eliminates free speech through direct action and coercion. What President of the U.S. has sent his FBI goons into Facebook and Twitter to regulate what speech is approved? The President that I refer to is no different than the other tin pot dictators around the world. He says, “Pleased to meet you. I hope you guessed my name.” His name will be on the ballot in November.
The government destroyed its own credibility with misinformation and censorship in a quest for power.
Off Topic:
𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐀𝐬𝐡𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐁𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧’𝐬 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐲
The Justice Department asked a New York district judge for prison time of four to ten months for the woman who stole Ashley Biden’s diary, according to a filing submitted on Tuesday.
By: Kristina Wong ~ Apr. 4th 2024
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/04/04/justice-department-demands-prison-time-for-woman-who-stole-ashley-bidens-diary/
Filing submitted on Tuesday April 2nd, 2024:
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.585345/gov.uscourts.nysd.585345.99.0.pdf
This is the most ridiculous federal prosecution ever.
There are Good Doctors, There are Bad Doctors
There are Good Lawyers, There are Bad Lawyers
There are Good Dentist, There are Bad Dentist …
There are Good Professionals, There are Bad Professionals
Once a year a ‘Class’ of 100 CDC Fellowships are chosen, 2 per State.
The Class is trained in various medical disciplines (i.e.: Epidemiology), so that the field has ‘specialist’ represented.
As with any Profession, This does not guarantee the quality of the Practitioner’s performance.
Even though the Candidate’ pool is a select “cream-of-the-crop” group.
https://www.cdc.gov/fellowships/full-time.html
https://www.cdc.gov/phap/index.html
It seems to me the medical profession as it exists today rests on four main pillars: (1) medical schools, (2) big pharma, (3) government regulatory agencies, (4) the host of individual practitioners (MDs, CNPs, PAs, etc.). Medical schools have become corrupted by DEI, preferring racial features over merit and requiring creepy religious rituals where prospective physicians have to pledge everlasting worship to the DEI deity. Big pharma is obviously corrupted by the drive for hundreds of billions of dollars in profit. The government regulatory agencies are thoroughly corrupt as exemplified by the CDC; that became obvious during Covid. (And incidentally the corruption of the medical schools and government agencies is likely due to the monetary influence of big pharma).
The only pillar possibly left standing is the individual practitioners. While some do sell out and prioritize prescribing pharma products over doing what is best for their patients’ health, many more are honest men and women of conscience. I’d like to see the data on just how many fall into each camp, but that data is probably impossible to obtain.
“The only pillar possibly left standing is the individual practitioners.”
Oldman, almost all have been absorbed into the corporation or hospital practice.
What ever happened to the original notion that ALL government works for “WE THE PEOPLE” not the other way around. It does appear that the prog/left wants desperately to obliterate that idea as it really stands in the way of a true tyranny – funny thing, that. Now why do you suppose that our founding fathers, involved with a rebellion against a tyrannical home government, would have popped that concept right at the beginning of a document? I bet it irks those progs every time that they think about that opening phrase.
All civil servants *should* work for we the people and do what’s best for the public. In my experience, there still are a number of civil servants who think that way. But they are outnumbered by the government employees who are more about protecting their own bureaucratic territory and maintaining their own job security. I don’t know the ratio but if I had to guess, I’d say it was around 1:3.
And I would venture a guess that of that 1 of the 3 they are from older generations and will be aging out shortly. The mindset and character of the part of the boomer generation that did not go all hippie but stayed as traditional women and men who served in Viet Nam is one that may never be replicated and that is going to be a great loss of cultural consciousness when we finally fade away (yes I am one of that half of the boomers that stayed true to the course).
That is a valid concern. The one thing that can slow that process, is if the minority of civil servants who still think and act like a public servant train and teach the younger ones to think that way and lead by example. That kind of leadership can inspire others to do likewise.
You know there is a common basis for suits in medical malpractice and that is “lack of informed consent”. Virtually all plaintiff cases contain this even if the case is mainly about something else. It is a catchall in many cases but often trips up physicians during their care of patients. You fail to describe accurately, to the patient, what the procedure or medication is that you are about to use and its potential benefits and especially its side effects. It is absolutely necessary in the proper care of patients because you must describe this in a fashion that a reasonable (there is that term “REASONABLE” again”) person can make an informed decision about their care. To not give this information is the height or irresponsibility and risks making you guilty of assault or other lessor crimes in addition to the civil actions. Usually this falls on the physician because they must give the information personally since they are actually doing the procedure or ordering the medicine or giving the medicine. Some try to palm the discussion off on a nurse or someone else but that is risky. Remember “if you want it done right then do it yourself”.
You must know not only the procedure or medication and all the ramifications of its use or misuse and then use judgement to decide what is reasonable.
Where does the blame fall when our government is guilty of medical malpractice by withholding essential facts that a physician must have in order to deliver appropriate care. Since these events usually occur in the executive depts, I would say the Secretary of HHS and the President are liable, especially if their orders and programs prohibited the dissemination of the known facts and observations.
Blanket immunity given to drugs companies and vaccine developers should not obscure their requirement to be accurate and forthright in spreading information so that the physicians are in possession of all the facts and can then make recommendations based of those findings and the circumstances of each of their patient’s health.
To withhold information in this case is to break trust with the medical profession and then also break the trust between the patient and their physician. Nothing good can come of that.
Willfully holding back that information should be grounds for removal of all immunity and should be an impeachable offense since it directly impacts the health and death of many Americans who have trusted their government. This is no longer a civil case but should be considered criminal.
Anthony Fauci and the those funding and participating in the Wuhan gain of function research, should be charged with crimes against humanity. There are at least a million counts of murder and the financial damages are beyond comprehension. The mishandling of the pandemic was and continues to be outrageous.
Where is justice? There is none.
@E.M.
Agreed. I think the covid response was one of the most egregious crimes against humanity in modern history. At the least, it can’t be permitted to happen again, for any reason. People will not sit down next time if they try.
Did you notice that the CDC is already, subtly, posting warnings of a coming new pandemic (just in time for November no doubt). How do we stop a tank when it is in full power rolling towards us?
@whicmisicalmama
Yes, absolutely. This is pure, aristocratic, madness. I’m going to guess, after people have been pushed so far in such a short period of time, the answer to your question might be rather dramatic and unfortunate. Let us hope they are not so stupid, and let us hope we vote them out so severely and completely their cheating doesn’t matter this time.
I do believe that we are at a point where consulting the Delphic Oracle might give us a better answer than asking our own government for data.
@whimsicalmama
We are at the point where our government has been thoroughly subjugated. The progressive left are following missives and will never relent. We all need to vote our little behinds off in this election in opposition, or we are done, and that will without question lead to something none of us care to experience. It won’t be teenagers lighting sh*t on fire or throwing bricks anymore, and then going back to mom and dad at the end of the day. Seriously. This may very well be the last time our vote counts – so do it. The Biden regime – there are no longer words. We aren’t lost yet – but we are damn close. Any freethinking person reading this blog whatever their political persuasion – this is not about Roe, it is not about anything but being able to live your life – that believes in shared humanity and original freedom, not the tainted by partisanship kind – needs to think really, really hard. The moment is now, or not necessarily never, but a scenario that none of us want. And we really, really don’t. Wake up. if Trump is the candidate, you had better vote for him, or if you must, Kennedy, but this steamrolling needs to end, this year, period, if we hope to survive in any meaningful way. i personally think the outliers like Trump and Kennedy are our best hope.
The facts concerning what happened are coming into full focus.
Now the hard part of determining intent. That becomes the fertilizer of conspiracy theories.
Follow the money is usually a good start. Faucie can start by submitting to a personal financial deep dive during the 3 decades of his Govt “service”.
The question never investigated. Why was 200 years of virology ignored?
Quarantine the sick, not the healthy
factor in natural immunity
Protect the vulnerable. Here we knew from the experience of Italy those over 60, plus, those with compromised immune systems (Diabetes etc) We also knew those under 20 were almost immune to serious illness.
That caused the cdc to put Covid positive elderly in nursing homes, and close the schools. WHY?
RFK Jr., in his seminal analysis of the “biosecurity” industry, “The Wuhan Cover-up and the Terrifying Bioweapons Arms Race”, has amply documented the collusion and cross-fertilization of U. S. government medical authorities, the pharmaceutical industry, and foreign interests (principally China and Europe) in promoting ineffective, counterproductive, and anti-freedom measures in response to COVID-19, for benefits exclusive to the colluding parties, at the express expense (including hundreds, of thousands of excess deaths, worldwide) of everyone else, including the partiesthat those abusing their positions were sworn to serve. So it is manifestly unsurprising that an agency under the collective thumbs of many of those entitled parasites is reluctant to provide key evidence for how evil their conduct was. And in anticipation of those trolls who will preemptively shout out these allegation are nothing but a “conspiracy theory” on the part of the author, please identify any other text that contains ~600 pages and ~3,500 cited authoritative references that is legitimately so classified. Evidence that you have actually read this book and the one used in your example (rather than mindlessly paraphrasing reviews from other sources who likely have not read the book, either) would improve your credibility in that regard.
And to think that the prog/left wants to shut him down! I wonder why?
(OT)
Here is a good example of how the Left has soured Americans on immigration:
The Virginia Senate just passed a bill requiring Virginians to pay for the health care of immigrants under 19.
The Left’s immigrants-on-the-public-dole is an epidemic. It is particularly noxious at a time when Americans are financially stressed, because of Biden’s inflationary, statist policies.
The principle should be: Want to come here and be self-sustaining? You are welcome. Want to come here and compel the rest of us to pay your expenses? You are welcome to leave.
@Sam – This is only the tip of the iceberg in some instances they’re getting more tax payer money then SS recipients and veterans. When it comes to crime they’ve already broken the law so they think their invulnerable.
This administration has turned this nation into the biggest Suckers in the world.
Sam said: “The Virginia Senate just passed a bill requiring Virginians to pay for the health care of immigrants under 19.”
Hopefully Youngkin will veto that bill, and the DemonCraps will lack the votes to over-ride. This happened recently to a crapload of anti-2A legislation that the VA House and Senate had passed.
Presidential election season appears a risk factor for pandemics.
Why I no longer trust the CDC:
The RNA vaccines failed to meet minimal standards for ethical research. To receive the Pfizer vaccine, I had to sign a form stating that I received a written description of risks, but this information was not available to us. Also, I was told it would help protect me from getting COVID, which turned out to be false advertising at best. The requirement for informed consent, including a description of lists and benefits, is an international standard dating back to the Nuremberg Trials and is currently codified in 45 CFR 46.
The mask mandate was equally dishonest. The surgical masks we were told to use could not protect against the COVID virus, which was small enough to easily pass through the holes in the masks. In addition, a wet mask actually acts as a vector, promoting transfer of the virus. A mask becomes wet through normal breathing. When working with TB patients, we changed masks every 20-30 minutes.
‘Nuff said.
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Distrust of government is good, and especially when it is earned and deserved. I’m having second thoughts about the Articles of Confederation. Maybe they were on the right track after all. At least the reach of the coastal “elites” edicts would be limited.
Has anyone been fired from the CDC or Fauci’s NIH? Short answer is no. Unless someone or some administration brings consequences for this malfeasance nothing will never change. Elections have consequences. Turley is correct in that millions of Americans do not trust the CDC and most medical doctors. The Covid-19 response definitely opened my eyes on who to trust.
The medical profession has also taken a much-deserved hit due to its submissive compliance to the CDC/FDA/HHS mandates. We now see that the medical corporations and the government are just one big cabal of group thinkers.
so the government doesn’t work for the people?
I have a solution…cut 50% of federal spending! End all federal aid to cities, state, college, non-profit.
I have a better idea. Hold governmental officials criminaly responsible for making unreasonable and false statements that lead to policies that result in damages or harm to the public.
Anonymous said: “Hold governmental officials criminaly responsible for making unreasonable and false statements that lead to policies that result in damages or harm to the public.”
I 100% support the idea of entirely eliminating qualified immunity for all public employees, including officials. The common response to that will be “then nobody will be willing to fill those positions.” As far as I am concerned, that is a good thing. We have far, far, too much government as it is; maybe a drastic shortage of individuals willing to “serve” in it would be a successful incentive to drastically reduce it. Unfortunately, that is highly unlikely to happen, since those very officials control the apparatus that such a reform must navigate.