FDA to introduce new Covid-19 vaccine protocol after report claims shots killed 10 children
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is considering imposing strict new regulations on vaccines, alleging that COVID-19 vaccines contributed to the deaths of at least 10 children, according to a report.
In a memo released Friday and obtained by The Washington Post and The New York Times, Vinay Prasad, director of the FDA’s vaccine division, informed agency staff that the children died “after and because of” the coronavirus vaccine. He specified that their deaths were linked to myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle.
“This is a major revelation,” Prasad wrote. “For the first time, the FDA acknowledges that COVID-19 vaccines have killed American children.”
The memo does not identify the children or indicate whether they had other health conditions. It also does not name the vaccine manufacturer, according to available information.
Authorities concluded that the deaths were linked to the vaccination after a “detailed analysis of deaths voluntarily reported by VAERS,” according to a PBS NewsHour correspondent.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to be the first member of the U.S. government to release a full report on the deaths. Kennedy Jr., who oversees the FDA (Food and Drug Administration), has long been skeptical of vaccine efficacy and has called the COVID-19 vaccine “the most dangerous vaccine ever designed.”
Prasad also introduced new regulations regarding vaccine approval, as well as new rules concerning who is vaccinated and the frequency of vaccinations.
In a memo, Prasad indicated that the agency would review its annual flu vaccination framework, calling the current guidelines “disastrous due to poor-quality evidence,” and that it would re-examine the issue of simultaneous vaccination of Americans. He added that restrictions on authorizing new vaccines for pregnant women would be tightened.
“I remain open to further discussion and dialogue,” Prasad wrote at the end of his email. He then added that employees who disagreed with the core principles of these policies should resign.
Jesse Goodman, who served as Prasad’s deputy from 2003 to 2009, told The Washington Post that he considered the current vaccination recommendations “too restrictive.”
Goodman clarified to the newspaper: “These recommendations are not approved without strong scientific evidence; on the contrary, they are.”
The memo was circulated less than a week before the scheduled meeting of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) committee on immunization. In June, Kennedy dismissed the 17 serving members of the commission and replaced them, a move intended to “restore public confidence” in vaccines, as he stated in a memo at the time.
Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, told The New York Times that he believed the memo was deliberately sent before the meeting.
“This is an irresponsible way to handle such a crucial public health issue as vaccination and its side effects,” he said.
The meeting agenda indicates that the commission intends to discuss the childhood vaccination schedule and the hepatitis B vaccine.
