The "CDC's apparent decision to not immediately issue a formal alert to clinicians warning them about the increased risk of myocarditis and pericarditis in vaccinated individuals is not only inexcusable, it's malpractice," Sen. Ron Johnson, the top Republican on the Senate Homeland Security Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, told The Epoch Times in an email.
A signal in the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, which the CDC helps manage, was triggered in February 2021, the same month that Israel warned the CDC and U.S. drug regulators of a "Large number" of cases, primarily among young males.
In reality, hundreds of cases had been reported to the CDC, including some that resulted in death; the CDC either missed or ignored the signal in VAERS; and the CDC helped hide a signal that emerged from a Department of Veterans Affairs system, internal documents and other data reviewed by The Epoch Times show.
The CDC did communicate to certain state officials about myocarditis issues starting in April 2021 and told some doctors in a May 14, 2021, email that the agency was monitoring reports of inflammation following Pfizer and Moderna vaccination.
The CDC said on its website on May 20, 2021, that a review of post-vaccination myocarditis found "Relatively few reports" and that rates of myocarditis "Have not differed from expected baseline rates."
A CDC spokeswoman said that safety data prompted the CDC to publish information on myocarditis online "For public awareness and to provide guidance to clinicians." She said the clinical considerations webpage reached the same 300,000 provider recipients that a HAN alert would have.
"The FDA continues to work collaboratively with the CDC to monitor for known safety risks related to vaccines and determine how best to ensure any relevant safety information is conveyed to the public, health care providers and clinicians," the spokesperson told The Epoch Times in an email.
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