ICAN recently served the CDC a FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) request. As a result, they received copies of many interesting emails from Dr. DeStafano, the director of the Immunization Safety Office at the CDC. Here's a small portion of what they found:
In a working draft called, “Manual for Active Va((ine Safety Surveillance,” it says, “The introduction of additional safety surveillance (including active safety surveillance) could potentially lead to negative impact on the public’s confidence in the va((ines and the willingness to participate in va((ination programs.”
From this we learn that Dr. DeStafano was concerned that as more adverse reactions to va((ines are reported, people may come to the conclusion that va((ine reactions do happen, more so than we realized, leading to a negative perception and less willingness to be va((inated. It is clear the CDC and pharmaceutical companies are aware that there is more injury than is currently being reported. Yet we still frequently hear the adage “one in a million.”
The second email gives us context about how many more than one in a million injuries there are. Speaking about ‘adverse events following immunization’ (AEFI) the email states, “Although extensive efforts were initiated to actively find cases of AEFI in multiple settings, underreporting remained a major limitation (e.g., more than 38,000 deaths within one month of va((ination would be expected in the eight countries; however, only 33 deaths were reported.”
The number of deaths that Dr. DeStafano was expecting is shocking in itself. It should be noted, these deaths may not necessarily be due to va((ination. However, the entire point of this email is adverse events following immunizations. It is apparent even if not all 38,000 deaths are due strictly to va((ination the CDC is convinced that many more than 33 deaths should be occurring due to va((ines.
Visit our blog post titled, "Adverse Events of the COVID-19 Va((ines" for more information.
Sources:
https://researchbased.co/blog/covid-vaccine-adverse-events/https://foia.state.gov/Learn/FOIA.aspxhttps://www.icandecide.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/18-00802-revised-only-b6-redactions.pdf