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The Honorable Lloyd J. Austin III
Secretary
Department of Defense

Dear Secretary Austin:

On January 24, 2022, I held a roundtable featuring world renowned doctors and medical
experts who shared their perspectives on COVID-19 vaccine efficacy and safety and the overall
response to the pandemic.1
At that roundtable, I heard testimony from Thomas Renz, an attorney
who is representing three Department of Defense (DoD) whistleblowers, who revealed disturbing
information regarding dramatic increases in medical diagnoses among military personnel. The
concern is that these increases may be related to the COVID-19 vaccines that our servicemen and
women have been mandated to take.
Based on data from the Defense Medical Epidemiology Database (DMED), Renz
reported that these whistleblowers found a significant increase in registered diagnoses on DMED
for miscarriages, cancer, and many other medical conditions in 2021 compared to a five-year
average from 2016-2020.2
For example, at the roundtable Renz stated that registered diagnoses
for neurological issues increased 10 times from a five-year average of 82,000 to 863,000 in
2021.3
There were also increases in registered diagnoses in 2021 for the following medical
conditions:4
 Hypertension – 2,181% increase
 Diseases of the nervous system – 1,048% increase
 Malignant neoplasms of esophagus – 894% increase
 Multiple sclerosis – 680% increase
 Malignant neoplasms of digestive organs – 624% increase
 Guillain-Barre syndrome – 551% increase
 Breast cancer – 487% increase
 Demyelinating – 487% increase
 Malignant neoplasms of thyroid and other endocrine glands – 474% increase

1
Press Release, VIDEO RELEASE Sen. Ron Johnson COVID-19: A Second Opinion Panel Garners Over 800,000
Views in 24 Hours, Jan. 25, 2022, https://www ronjohnson.senate.gov/2022/1/video-release-sen-ron-johnson-covid19-a-second-opinion-panel-garners-over-800-000-views-in-24-hours.
2 COVID-19: A Second Opinion, Rumble, Jan. 22, 2022, https://rumble.com/vt62y6-covid-19-a-second-opinion.html
(at 4:54:35).
3 Id. at 4:55:23. 4
Data on file with staff.

https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/services/files/FB6DDD42-4755-4FDC-BEE9-50E402911E02