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Now The Truth Is Finally (Kind Of) Being Told By Mainstream
Media About COVID Vaccine Side Effects Ian Miller
May 3, 2024 7:16 PM EDT
https://www.outkick.com/analysis/now-the-truth-can-be-told-about-covid-vaccine-side-effects Lost in the debate around COVID vaccine efficacy is another, equally important debate around vaccine safety.For years, the media and its "expert" allies have studiously ignored any and all complaints or evidence of any harmful side effects from COVID vaccines. Instead, they've purposefully downplayed any concerns with the simplistic and repetitive "safe and effective" messaging. Dismissing anyone who points out evidence to the contrary as a "conspiracy theorist" or "anti-vaxxer."But apparently with the absurdist, anti-science vaccine mandates, for the most part, safety in the background, the truth can now be told.The New York Times published an article and newsletter on Friday acknowledging that vaccine side effects are real, can seriously affect people, and should be covered. What now? Where has that been for the past three years? Carefully, safely buried by "journalists" devoted to protecting their political ideology and allies. The Times acknowledged that vaccines can cause and exacerbate heart inflammation, "especially in young men and boys." It also acknowledged that "the vaccines caused severe shingles" in limited cases per data in Hong Kong. An article by Apoorva Mandavilli, a profound purveyor of misinformation on COVID in schools and the efficacy of pandemic interventions, explained how Michelle Zimmerman, a 37-year-old with a Ph.D in neuroscience was diagnosed with brain damage, while believing it was caused by the Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine. COVID Vaccine Concerns Now Allowed In Left Wing DiscourseEven the Times' newsletter said that those who've had vaccine side effects should be recognized, blaming experts for their efforts to downplay them with the express purpose of promoting vaccine uptake.David Leonhardt, author of the Times newsletter, said he believes "people who are suffering deserve recognition — and the lack of it can be infuriating." Then he quotes Dr. Janet Woodcock, a former F.D.A. commissioner, saying "she regretted not doing more to respond to people who blame the vaccines for harming them while she was in office." ‘I believe their suffering should be acknowledged, that they have real problems, and they should be taken seriously,’ Woodcock continued. It's a C for effort. Which is an improvement on the media's unquestionable F for its performance during COVID.
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