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Resident urges Health Department to engage with vaccine-injured voices
Summary
Anne Fogarty urged the council to require the Health Department to listen to people who say they were injured by vaccines and to ensure public messaging acknowledges past harms; she said her outreach to the county health commissioner received no response.
Anne Fogarty of 5125 County Road 60 Saint Joe addressed the council during public comment about a vaccine-ad campaign that included Allen County Health Commissioner Dr. Gutwein. Fogarty, who said she represents React19, an organization advocating for people who say they were injured by COVID-19 vaccines, criticized the ad and urged transparency and engagement with those who report injury.
"Not once did I ever get any contact from them," Fogarty said of her prior efforts to share information with the Board of Health and the health commissioner. She asked the council, which makes funding decisions for the Health Department, to foster "an environment within the department that welcomes engagement with the full breadth of available medical literature, encourages open scientific inquiry, and prioritizes transparency." Fogarty requested that the department directly listen to people who say they were vaccine injured so the public receives full informed consent information.
Councilmembers did not engage Fogarty in extended discussion during public comment; no Health Department representative responded on record during the meeting.
