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Senate subcommittee presents timeline alleging CDC, FDA debated myocarditis warnings in spring 2021
Summary
At a Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs subcommittee hearing, Republican Chairman Ron Johnson outlined documents and a timeline he said show federal health officials debated but did not immediately issue a formal Health Alert Network warning on myocarditis after early 2021 safety signals.
WASHINGTON — Chairman Ron Johnson, leading the permanent subcommittee on investigations, told a Senate hearing that documents his office has obtained show federal health agencies were aware of myocarditis safety signals in spring 2021 but did not issue a formal, public Health Alert Network message.
"The title of today's hearing is the corruption of science and federal health agencies, how health officials downplayed and hid myocarditis and other adverse events associated with the COVID 19 vaccines," Johnson said at the hearing opening, summarizing the committee's focus. He described a timeline from February through late May 2021 that, he said, shows discussions inside CDC and FDA about whether to alert clinicians and the public.
The timeline Johnson read into the record…
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