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‘COVID Vaccine Killed Our Son,’ Says Lawsuit Against Dept. of Defense
The family of 24-year-old George Watts of Lockwood has filed a lawsuit accusing the U.S Dept. of Defense of “willful misconduct” in the death of their son, by deceiving millions of Americans into taking COVID-19 vaccines that were unsafe and “experimental.” The lawsuit accuses the DOD of orchestrating the largest medical experiment without consent in modern history.
Because he wanted to take his classes in person, George needed to be fully vaccinated. He received his first shot of Pfizer in August and his second in September. His parents said he chose that vaccine because it was recently fully approved by the Food & Drug Administration.
George died on October 27, 2021, after collapsing in his room. An autopsy report from the Bradford County Coroner’s Office says he died from “COVID-19 vaccine-related myocarditis” which is an inflammation of the heart.
A lawsuit filed by the Watts family says George is one of more than 270 million Americans that were used by the Department of Defense as “human subjects in its medical experiment, the largest in modern history.”
Novavax Exec Says Its New COVID Shot Should Work Against Variants on the Rise
Novavax Inc’s (NVAX.O) head of research and development on Monday said an updated COVID-19 vaccine the company is already producing is likely to be protective against other fast-growing coronavirus variants circulating in the U.S.
Protein-based vaccines like Novavax’s take longer to produce than the messenger RNA-based (mRNA) versions made by Moderna (MRNA.O) and Pfizer (PFE.N)/BioNTech (22UAy.DE). Because of that, the company said earlier this year it had begun producing a version of the vaccine to target the currently dominant XBB.1.5 variant of the virus at commercial scale.
A panel of outside advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is scheduled to meet on June 15 to discuss strain selection for this year’s COVID-19 booster shots, and regulators are expected to make their decision shortly afterward.
With an underused COVID-19 vaccine as its lone product, Novavax said earlier this year it may not be able to stay solvent and is relying on a successful launch of an updated shot in time for a booster campaign this fall to improve its prospects.
Some Sudden Deaths Caused by COVID Vaccines, Autopsies Confirm
Some sudden deaths were caused by COVID-19 vaccines, autopsies have confirmed. Eight people who died suddenly after receiving a messenger RNA (mRNA) COVID-19 vaccine died due to a type of vaccine-induced heart inflammation called myocarditis, South Korean authorities said after reviewing the autopsies.
“Vaccine-related myocarditis was the only possible cause of death,” Dr. Kye Hun Kim of the Chonnam National University Hospital and other South Korean researchers said.
All of the sudden cardiac deaths (SCD) happened in people aged 45 or younger, including a 33-year-old man who died just one day after receiving a second dose of Moderna’s vaccine and a 30-year-old woman who died three days after receiving a first dose of Pfizer’s shot.
Myocarditis was not suspected as a clinical diagnosis or cause of death before the autopsies, researchers said. Thirteen other deaths were recorded among those who experienced myocarditis after COVID-19 vaccination but no autopsy results were detailed. Some of the deceased received AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine.
EU Regulators Back WHO’s COVID Vaccine Update Recommendation
Europe’s medicine regulators on Tuesday backed the World Health Organization’s recommendation to update the antigen composition of COVID-19 vaccines to target one of the currently dominant XBB variants ahead of the upcoming autumn vaccination campaign.
Advisory groups related to the WHO suggested that, while waiting for more data, the monovalent XBB-containing vaccines could be considered a reasonable choice and individuals at risk of progression to severe disease such as older adults should be given priority, according to European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and European Medicines Agency (EMA).
Once authorized, these monovalent XBB-adapted vaccines could also be used for primary vaccination of young children below 5 years of age who are at risk of complications or severe disease, the EMA statement said.
During the Darkest Days of COVID, Some Michigan Hospitals Made 100s of Millions
During the first years of the pandemic, Michigan hospitals told the public their situation was dire. Their staffs were overworked. Emergency rooms were bursting with patients. Resources were limited.
Many furloughed staff, cut workers’ salaries or trimmed executive pay, at least temporarily. But an examination of tax records, audited financial statements and federal data collected by a nonprofit found that a few hospitals and health systems did great, posting increases in both operating profits and overall net assets as the pandemic raged.
In December of 2021, Bill Manns, president and CEO of Bronson Healthcare, said in a video message the southwest Michigan health system was at the “highest level of disaster response in our history” and that its staff and resources were stretched beyond anything “we could have ever imagined.”
What Manns didn’t say was that Bronson, a four-hospital system based in Kalamazoo, was on track to post $112 million in operating profits that year, more than twice what it made in 2019. More than $30 million of that came from federal COVID relief money.
Privy Council Advocated Downplaying COVID Vaccine Injuries or Deaths
A secret Privy Council office memo recommended that any COVID vaccine-related injuries or deaths be carefully managed with “winning communication strategies” so as not to “shake public confidence,” according to Blacklock’s Reporter.
The May 2021 memo released through access-to-Information legislation came five months after the Department of Health licensed the first Pfizer-BioNTech pandemic vaccine.
“Events related to a COVID-19 vaccine may be minor or severe,” said the memo called “Testing Behaviourally-Informed Messaging In Response To Severe Adverse Events Following Immunization.”
“News reports of adverse events following immunization and the government’s response to them have strong potential to influence public confidence in vaccines and their safety.” The memo also suggested skewing stats to minimize the impact of vaccine-related deaths or injuries, such as stating the “chance of it happening to me is one in a million” rather than “it has happened five times.”
