U.S. Probes Deaths Linked To Covid-19 Vaccines

The United States vaccine-skeptic health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr, on Tuesday, said the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is conducting a broad investigation into deaths reportedly linked to Covid-19 vaccines.

Bloomberg and the Washington Post had previously reported on the probe, stressing that the review, which was initially intended to focus on possible child deaths, has sparked controversy in recent weeks following the leak of an internal document in late November.

According to AFP, a spokesperson for Kennedy’s health and human services department, Andrew Nixon, confirmed that FDA is doing a thorough investigation, across multiple age groups, of deaths potentially related to COVID vaccines, but did not specify the methods, data and timeline for the investigation’s completion.

It also noted that the memo attributed to a senior FDA official claimed that Covid vaccines are linked to at least 10 infant deaths, without providing any evidence.

Since Trump’s appointment of Kennedy as health secretary, the US government has initiated a major overhaul of vaccine policy, prompting growing concerns among the medical community.

AFP also noted that according to various health authorities around the world, the efficacy and safety of Covid vaccines have been studied and documented worldwide just as rare cases of severe side effects that do not undermine the vaccine’s benefits for most age groups.

AFP further stated that experts have voiced concern over the actions of the FDA under Kennedy, who is known for spreading misinformation and conspiracy theories.

It will be recalled that in 2023, Kennedy called the vaccines deadly, and alleged without evidence that the virus itself was ethnically “targeted” to harm Black and White people while sparing Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese people.