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Senators and witnesses clash over federal surveillance systems, v‑safe release and FOIA delays
Summary
Counsel and witnesses criticized how the CDC's v‑safe program and VAERS were designed and disclosed; committee counsel said v‑safe records were obtained only after litigation and that VAERS data were cited widely by both sides.
WASHINGTON — A major thread of the subcommittee hearing examined how federal vaccine safety surveillance systems were designed and how data were shared with the public and the committee.
Aaron Siri, counsel who has litigated for access to federal vaccine documents, told senators that v‑safe—CDC's smartphone‑based vaccine‑monitoring tool—was "not designed to determine safety" because the system emphasized short‑term, check‑the‑box symptom…
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