Posted on 05/19/2024 6:11:56 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Dr. Robert Redfield, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said Thursday that many officials who tried to warn the public about potential problems with COVID-19 vaccines were pressured into silence and that it’s high time to admit that there were “significant” side effects that made people sick.
Dr. Redfield made the remarks in a May 16 interview with Chris Cuomo on NewsNation, during which he lamented the loss of public confidence in public health agencies because of a lack of transparency around the vaccines, which he said “saved a lot of lives” but also made some people “quite ill.”
“Those of us that tried to suggest there may be significant side effects from vaccines ... we kind of got canceled because no one wanted to talk about the potential that there was a problem from the vaccines, because they were afraid that that would cause people not to want to get vaccinated,” Dr. Redfield said.
In his role as head of the CDC, Dr. Redfield was part of the Trump administration’s Operation Warp Speed, a project to surge COVID-19 vaccine development at a time during the pandemic when little was known about the virus and rapid vaccine rollout was widely seen as key to getting the outbreak under control and lockdowns lifted.
In September 2020, a few months before the first COVID-19 vaccines were given in the United States, Dr. Redfield testified before the Senate that COVID-19 represented the “most significant public health challenge to face our nation in more than a century,” and that the prevailing view among scientists at the time was that the overall case fatality rate of the disease was somewhere between 0.4 and 0.6 percent in the United States.
“If you were to look right now, individuals under the age of 18, it’s about 0.01 percent, 19 to say 69, it’s more like 0.3 percent. And if you’re over the age of 70, it’s about 5 percent now,” he testified at the time.
While there’s lingering controversy about the severity of COVID-19, a recent study estimates that the global case fatality rate was 8.5 percent in February 2020 but had plunged to 0.27 percent in August 2022, meaning that the estimated relative risk reduction over that time was a whopping 96.8 percent.
In his interview on NewsNation, Dr. Redfield said that the vaccines that were developed as part of Operation Warp Speed were “important” and saved “a lot of lives.” However, despite their benefits, the drawbacks of the vaccines must be a matter of open discussion, he said.
“They’re important for the most vulnerable people, those over 60, 65 years of age. They really aren’t that critical for those that are under 50 or younger. But those vaccines saved a lot of lives, but they also—we have to be honest, some people got significant side effects from the vaccine,” he said.
“I have a number of people that are quite ill and they never had COVID, but they are ill from the vaccine,” he continued. “And we just have to acknowledge that.”
The severity of COVID-19 remains a matter of debate because it’s unclear whether deaths were overcounted or undercounted due to various factors, such as lack of clarity around the role of underlying medical conditions in fatalities in cases where COVID-19 was listed as the primary cause, or underreporting of asymptomatic infections. Aside from the issue of whether people died “from” COVID-19 or “with” a positive test for SARS-CoV-2, there have also been questions about the role of secondary pneumonia caused by mechanical ventilation.
Either way, a study from January 2023 indicates that the global case fatality rate from COVID-19 has dropped dramatically over the course of the pandemic. Global case fatalities ranged from 1.7 to 39.0 percent in February to March of 2020, according to the study—but fell to below 0.3 percent in July to August 2022.
The researchers estimate that the risk of death from COVID-19 has dropped by 96.8 percent over the course of the pandemic.
Along with a decline in COVID-19 fatalities, there have been growing concerns about vaccine side effects, given that a significant number of vaccinated people have reported various adverse reactions.
The most common COVID-19 vaccine adverse events are those that affect the body generally, with fever, fatigue, and overall discomfort being the top three, according to the U.S. Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS). But there are others.
For instance, heart muscle inflammation (myocarditis) and inflammation of the lining outside the heart (pericarditis) have both officially been acknowledged by the CDC as a known side effect of Moderna’s and Pfizer’s mRNA COVID-19 vaccines.
Nervous system disorders have also been reported, with such disorders being the third most common in the Pfizer trials, coming after general and muscle-related adverse events.
There have also been papers linking spike-protein-based COVID-19 vaccines to skin problems, a dull ringing in the ears known as tinnitus, visual impairments, blood clotting, and even death. Recent reporting from EpochTV’s “American Thought Leaders“ program indicates that the likelihood of death associated with COVID-19 vaccines (in close proximity to the shot rather than proven as caused by it) was over 100 times greater than for flu vaccines.
There are also concerns about a post-vaccination jump in excess deaths and disability.
The CDC still recommends that people of all ages receive a COVID-19 vaccine, saying that the potential side effects do not outweigh the potential harms of getting sick with COVID-19.
In a notice published in late April, the agency again called for adults aged 65 and older to get the latest version of the vaccines.
total bs fear mongering.
my extended family (ranging from teens to my mom in her 90’s) had the original in early 2020, which we got through with just normal rest, and OTC cold treatments and supplements. it was not life threatening, basically like a bad flu.
we then certainly had the delta in late 2021, and we all came through within two weeks on horse-paste ivermectin and in the 2nd week with advice, a treatment kit, including ivermectin, i was prescribed from FL Doctors. the delta variant was worse for us than the original ‘deadly’ version. the ivermectin worked great, with the initial illness, which did leave me with some ‘long’ symptoms. which lasted about 4 months. thank God, i’ve overcome those with additional anti-viral, anti-histamines, supplements and OTC meds.
no panic, no jabs, prayer, proper home treatment, good sickroom hygiene, OTC anti-histamines, and anti-viral supplements got us all through it the second time. like the flu, it wasn’t a picnic, but we were never in danger of even going to the ER, let alone dying. in fact, my kids were over it in less than 2 days.
in short for us, no where close to ‘deadly.’
Every time I would hear his name mentioned or ‘fauci ouchi’ I was reminded of this verse in the book of Revelation:
“And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe. And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.” Revelation 14:18-19
Fauci is the Sicilian word for Sickle.
Paging dugwayDoug and GasDr.
They’re building the message to use against Trump. Who touted “Operation Warp Speed” to rush the vaccine through the system? It normally takes years to approve a new drug, but he got it pushed through in record time. The problem was it was never properly tested. The people who got the vaccine were the test subjects. Don’t believe for a second the democrats aren’t working with the media to make this a huge campaign issue come fall. This is the third recent story I’ve seen in the past few weeks. RFK,Jr. will be the perfect deliveryman as he’s been railing against vaccine from day one.
It was never deadly. Even the CDC has admitted that only 6% of Covid deaths can be contributed to the virus. Most people died with Covid, not from it.
RE: Who touted “Operation Warp Speed” to rush the vaccine through the system? It normally takes years to approve a new drug, but he got it pushed through in record time.
OK, what would Biden or RFK Jr. have done under the circumstances? (I’d particularly like to listen to RFK’s solution in 2020 ).
I spent one day in bed. No sweating or any symptoms other than just weak. Next day I was fine. Not a big deal. In-laws (big vaxxers) got Covid over and over and over.The clot shot weakens immune systems. And you have them nasty little spike proteins circulating through your body like a plinko game.
You really believe that????
Yes, the original strain was lethal because our government mandated that anyone with covid had to be sent to a nursing home. That decision killed tens of thousands.
Any honest epidemiologist could tell you that epidemics are bad at first but they burn themselves out within 2 or 3 years. The ‘experts’ never said that because it wouldn’t get them on tv or in the NYTimes.
They are trying to get the public’s trust back in time for Pandemic 2.0 prior to the election.
He’s also posing it as a ‘reluctance’ on their part to admit ‘there are problems’ when the FOIA revealed they knew in the trials the ‘problems’ were devastating for pregnant women.
They knew. It’s not incompetence. This former head of the CDC was not afraid of being cancelled. He was one of the people cancelling others.
Not the point about what they would have done. Doesn’t matter. Trump will be blamed for rushing an untested, unsafe vaccine to market. If you remember the VP debate Heals Up was asked about the vaccine and she said if it was Trump’s vaccine, she wouldn’t take it. Trust me there is a reason all these stories are showing up all of a sudden after years of telling us it was God gift to the unwashed and it should be taken without question. They have to build the meme over the summer so it’s ready for the election cycle. The media has three months to change people’s opinion on the vaccine.
When is Fauci going to be indicted?
Mt daughter’s big strong handsome husband, head of the Sheriff’s Department, died at 62 from liver cancer that spread to his kidney.. He was at a Mayo affiliate hospital for treatment, four months from diagnosis to death.
We discussed possibility of covid shots causing this once, can’t even think about it again — rivers of tears.
My very smart MD didn’t think I needed a vax. I’m very healthy, rexercise,, eat right, weigh 113, have been taking one gram vitamin C every day for 40 years along with ten other supplements.
My friend works as a caregiver, had to have every vax and booster. She got covid anyway, four times — once quite seriously. I was shopping for her when she could barely stand up..
Interesting that your in-laws had similar experience. Hope they’re OK.
The original strain was potent, and we locked all elderly frail people into nursing homes full of it. It’s where the majority of deaths came from as nurses and staff brought it in; they should have been on lockdown with their patients. Public policy was a disaster. Politics took over. The cover up and silencing of critics and skeptics is almost as bad. The refusal to look closely at off the shelf therapies like the ivermectin or hydroxychloroquine regimens was criminal. Those trials would have been easy to enroll and see results fast. Some doctors and pharmacists are still facing disciplinary action over trying them out.
The last lie the vaccinators hung onto was that the shot reduced the severity of the infection and prevented hospitalizations. It did not. Hospitalizations declined as the virus mutated and weakened. The shot was completely ineffective with disastrous side effects. What was really disgusting is that vax resistors like me were treated like lepers. We kept our heads while those around us went insane.
I caught COVID 2 months ago.
It took me a week to get back to 100%...no biggie.
It took me 3 months to recover from my 2nd Pfizer injection.
I won’t get another.
Interesting....
My closest friend is dying from Breast Cancer and she got every booster.
Diagnosis showed up soon after restrictions for her state were lifted.
It does make you think....
Dr Redfield, you’ll have to take up your argument with TexasGator, FreeRepublic’s #1 vaccine expert who never met a vaxx she dislikes. Otherwise you’re just a mean old antivaxxer
https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2022-07-15-oxford-vaccine-saved-most-lives-its-first-year-rollout
Per the above, you should have no prob with that source, 6 million lives.
On a planet with billions of people on it.
That’s a mortality rate so small you’d need a scanning electron microscope to see it.
Those vaxxes have killed or injured more people worldwide, and continue to do so, than the number of people they purportedly saved.
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