British Medical Journal: Covid czars KNEW their system was flawed
We’re beginning to find out more about the information that was withheld from us or misrepresented during the Covid years — and much of what we are learning is most instructive.
From the British Medical Journal: “US officials embraced an algorithm for detecting signals of harm from mRNA covid-19 vaccines that they knew was broken and suppressed efforts to fix it.”
Before covid-19 vaccines were rolled out to Americans in December 2020, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) assured healthcare providers that the agency was on the lookout for any harmful reactions. A key part of the CDC’s strategy was its Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), which receives such reports after vaccination …
The BMJ, however, has found that the FDA’s algorithm was mathematically compromised by the deluge of covid vaccine adverse event reports—resulting in a near total loss of signal detection sensitivity for the new mRNA vaccines made by Pfizer and Moderna. Top FDA officials were warned internally of this problem in early 2021, and the official who headed its pharmacovigilance division for vaccines commented more than two years later to his CDC and FDA colleagues: “We were aware of this [data mining] limitation before and during the pandemic.” Government documents also show that CDC officials were informed during rollout of the vaccines—on multiple occasions.
Yet instead of fixing the safety deficiency—or shutting down the unreliable signal detection system—officials continued to rely on the FDA’s broken algorithm. The officials also cited the absence of signals when assuring clinicians and the public of the vaccines’ safety.
At the FDA, managers went a step further by silencing the career drug safety officer who had repeatedly brought the deficiency to their attention and had offered an updated algorithm intended to fix it. As a result, Americans received unfounded assurances of the safety of the most widely used covid vaccines and were denied prompt warnings of potential harms, The BMJ’s investigation found.
“US officials knew covid vaccine safety system was flawed—but turned aside the FDA doctor who alerted them.” September 16, 2026
Much more at the link. This is right up there with Anthony Fauci’s diary, only more powerful because it is an outside source.
Information like this is making the “Trust the Science!” crowd look even more foolish. For reform, we need many more hearings and much less trust in science.
In fact, the Covid years could prove, over time, a historical watershed, as more and more information stumbles into the light.
Note: Readers might be interested to know about the huge settlements ($billions) that Big Pharma has had to pay out due to violations. Here’s a list at Enjuris:
