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Ron Johnson: “Delving into this, they wouldn't report on the safety…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Exclusive: Sen. Ron Johnson discusses alleged COVID cover-up, suppression of research

Published | Video Starts at 01:58

He also alleges officials actively sidelined warnings to push universal vaccination, recently presenting findings claiming that the FDA was explicitly warned its standard data mining algorithm was would hide safety signals, including cases of extreme data masking. Delving into this, they wouldn't report on the safety signals screaming at them because they didn't want to create vaccine hesitancy. But the claims have faced criticism, including from some Democratic lawmakers, like Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal. The National Cancer Institute has concluded, quote, there is no evidence that COVID 19 vaccines cause cancer. (01:58–02:06)

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Asserts that safety signals were not reported to avoid creating vaccine hesitancy.

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