{"id":259797,"date":"2022-10-12T07:28:01","date_gmt":"2022-10-12T07:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=259797"},"modified":"2022-10-14T07:10:54","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T07:10:54","slug":"fda-withholds-autopsy-results-of-those-who-died-after-covid-shots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=259797","title":{"rendered":"FDA Withholds Autopsy Results of Those Who Died After COVID Shots"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Marco C\u00e1ceres \u2013 The Vaccine Reaction Oct 9, 2022<\/strong><\/h1>\n

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has refused a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to release the autopsy results of people whose deaths were reported to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) after receiving a COVID-19 shot. The FOIA request was submitted by The Epoch Times<\/em> newspaper.1<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

\u201cVAERS is a centralized vaccine reaction reporting system that was among the safety provisions secured by parents of DPT (diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus) vaccine injured children in the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act (NCVIA) of 1986,\u201d explains Barbara Loe Fisher, co-founder and president of the National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC). It is jointly operated by the FDA and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).2<\/a><\/sup> 3<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

According to The Epoch Times<\/em>, the FDA declined to release any autopsy reports of VAERS deaths, even redacted copies, citing FOIA section (8) (A) which allows federal agencies to withhold information from the public if an agency \u201creasonably foresees that disclosure would harm an interest protected by an exemption,\u201d with the exemption being \u201cpersonnel and medical files and similar files the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.\u201d1<\/a><\/sup> 4<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

FDA Refusal to Provide Autopsy Info Attributed to Concerns Over Personal Privacy<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The FDA reportedly also cited federal law that blocks the release of \u201cpersonnel, medical and similar files the disclosure of which constitutes a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.\u201d1<\/a><\/sup> 4<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

One possible reason for the FDA\u2019s reluctance is that neither officials at the FDA nor at the CDC have found (or at least openly admitted)\u00a0 a \u201ccausal association\u201d between the COVID shots and the post-COVID vaccination deaths reported to VAERS. A study published last year in the journal Clinical and Experimental Vaccine Research<\/em> stated:<\/p>\n

These regulatory agencies have not found a causal association, and there is no reason to state that the COVID-19 vaccine causes death. Data from the VAERS and available clinical information (death certificates, autopsies, and medical records) does not establish cause and effect between deaths and reported deaths. Deaths following vaccination equated to deaths caused by vaccines are irresponsible, misleading and scientifically inaccurate.5<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

To release autopsy reports of people who died after receiving COVID shots might lead to uncomfortable questions about the conclusions reached by FDA and CDC officials and raise the specter of a national re-evaluation and lots of second opinions regarding the safety of the shots.<\/p>\n

That does not appear to be a conversation these and other public health officials at the helm of government agencies like the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and, specifically, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), appear anxious to have.<\/p>\n

Those responsible for operating these federal agencies, not to mention countless doctors, scientists and politicians around the country, have staked their reputations on assuring the American public that the COVID shots do not cause harm, much less death. Why indeed would they want to investigate and give space to a conversation asking legitimate questions and offering dissenting views?<\/p>\n

More Deaths After COVID Shots Reported in VAERS Than Any Other Vaccine<\/strong><\/h2>\n

It must already be difficult enough having to acknowledge the 16,516 deaths in the U.S. reported to VAERS after COVID vaccinations as of Sept. 14, 2022.1<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

Still, it is a public conversation that should be allowed to take place. After all, it is no minor thing that, as Fisher notes, \u201cThere have been more deaths reported to VAERS following COVID-19 vaccinations than for any other federally recommended vaccine since VAERS became operational in 1990.\u201d2<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

All of the FDA\u2019s stated concerns about protecting privacy seem rather bogus, as the autopsy results sought through the FOIA request could be released with personal information blacked out. \u201cThe personal information could easily be redacted without losing the potential learnings from [the] autopsy,\u201d said Kim Witczak, a drug safety advocate who serves as an adviser to the FDA.1<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

Besides, Witczak logically points out:<\/p>\n

If someone submits their experience to VAERS they want and expect to have it investigated by the FDA. This includes autopsy reports. Autopsies can be an important part of postmortem analysis and should be done especially with increased deaths following COVID-19 vaccination.1<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

Why is transparency on this issue such a stumbling block for the FDA?<\/p>\n

1<\/a> <\/sup>Stieber Z. EXCLUSIVE: FDA Withholding Autopsy Results on People Who Died After Getting COVID-19 Vaccines<\/a>. The Epoch Times<\/em> Sept. 30, 2022.
\n2<\/a> <\/sup>Fisher BL. More Deaths Reported to VAERS Following COVID-19 Vaccinations Than for Any Other Vaccine<\/a>. The Vaccine Reaction<\/em> July 11, 2021.
\n3<\/a> <\/sup>TVR Staff. Only One Percent of Vaccine Reactions Reported to VAERS<\/a>. The Vaccine Reaction<\/em> Jan. 9, 2022.
\n4<\/a> <\/sup>The United States Department of Justice. THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT, 5 U.S.C. \u00a7 552<\/a>.
\n5<\/a> <\/sup>Lamptey E. Post-vaccination COVID-19 deaths: a review of available evidence and recommendations for the global population<\/a>. Clin Exp Vaccine Res<\/em> September 2021; 10(3): 264\u2013275.<\/p>\n

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