CDC Admits It Can't Back Claim That Vaccines Don't Cause Variants

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says it does not have documents backing its claim that COVID-19 vaccines do not cause variants of the virus that causes COVID-19.

The CDC’s website calls it a myth that the vaccines cause variants.

“FACT: COVID-19 vaccines do not create or cause variants of the virus that causes COVID-19. Instead, COVID-19 vaccines can help prevent new variants from emerging,” the website states.

“New variants of a virus happen because the virus that causes COVID-19 constantly changes through a natural ongoing process of mutation (change). As the virus spreads, it has more opportunities to change. High vaccination coverage in a population reduces the spread of the virus and helps prevent new variants from emerging,” it also says.

The Informed Consent Action Network (ICAN), a nonprofit, asked the CDC in Freedom of Information Act requests for documentation supporting the claim.

In one request, the group asked for “All documents sufficient to support that COVID-19 vaccines do not create or cause variants of the virus that causes COVID-19.”

Another requested “All documents sufficient to support that the immunity conferred by COVID-19 vaccines does not contribute to virus evolution and the emergence of variants.”

The CDC has now responded to both requests, saying a search “found no records responsive” to them.

The first response came in January (pdf); the second came on May 4 (pdf).

If the CDC is making declaratory statements, the agency should have documents supporting them, Aaron Siri, an attorney representing ICAN, told The Epoch Times.

The responses are “very troubling,” Siri said. “I thought the CDC was a data-driven organization, that they made their decisions based on the studies and the science and the data.”

The CDC did not respond to a request for comment.

ICAN has been one of the more prolific requesters of information from the CDC during the pandemic. Many requests have yielded information. Others have not.

In this case, the CDC should act to ensure continued public trust, Siri says.

https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/cdc-admits-it-cant-back-claim-vaccines-dont-cause-variants

Watchdog group seeks communications linked to medical journal letter on COVID

The group highlights the conflicts of interest with authors discussing the pandemic's origins

Watchdog group Empower Oversight is seeking documents related to the authorship of a February article in medical journal The Lancet insisting that COVID-19 had a natural origin.

The letter from the group highlights the study's claim of "no competing interests" and the fact that the article "was orchestrated by the director of an organization that is reported to have funded research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology," the now-notorious laboratory widely labeled the origin of the pandemic.

"Among other things, the statement provides that its signatories 'stand together to strongly condemn conspiracy theories suggesting that COVID-19 does not have a natural origin,'" Empower Oversight asserts, "And, thus it is reported to have played a role in suppressing early debate—and, thereby, the advancement of knowledge—regarding COVID-19’s origin. Moreover, the U.S. State Department has noted that a true understanding of the origin of the pandemic is important to the prevention of future pandemics."

The group goes on to address the contributions of Lawrence C. Madoff of the UMass Chan Medical School and the Medical Director of DPH’s Bureau of Infectious Disease and Laboratory Sciences. Empower Oversight specifically is seeking documents pertaining to his authorship or contribution to Lancet articles addressing the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

The watchdog's actions come amid growing scrutiny over health officials' early response to the pandemic. Dr. Antony Fauci of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has come under fire for his alleged communications with the Wuhan lab and efforts to shield the organization from investigation and outside scrutiny. Earlier this week, Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton discussed mounting evidence that Fauci was aware of the lab's purpose and worked to deflect blame for the pandemic from the facility.

Fauci and others knew about what Wuhan was up to, and they covered it up, it's clear in the documents we've uncovered," he said, adding that "they were more concerned about protecting China."

https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/health/watchdog-group-seeks-communications-linked-medical-journal-letter-covid

Germany detects Hitler fans in its security ranks

Government report shows that over 300 members of German security services have links to ‘right-wing’ extremism

A German government investigation has revealed that more than 300 members of the country’s security agencies have links to “right-wing” extremism, including officers who were found to have joined in “Heil Hitler” chants and Nazi salutes.

“We will not allow our democratic constitutional state to be sabotaged from within by right-wing extremists,” Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said in a statement on Friday. “Every case of extremism must have clear consequences.” She added that Berlin will exhaust all current legal options to deal with extremists in the country’s security ranks, and she will propose legislation to help “remove enemies of the constitution from the public service more quickly.”

The probe examined 860 suspected cases of extremist behavior dating as far back as July 2018 and revealed “concrete evidence” against 327 employees of security services at federal and state levels. Germany’s military intelligence service (MAD) was most rife with offenders, with 83 employees found to have been involved in activities “against the free democratic basic order,” the report said. The federal police ranked second, with 18 such employees.

The Interior Ministry identified 138 extremists working at federal agencies and 189 at the state level. More than 640,000 people work in Germany’s security services.

“Each of these cases is one too many,” Faeser told reporters, adding that more than 500 disciplinary actions have been taken against security workers with confirmed links to extremism.

Friday’s report comes nearly two years after Germany’s first nationwide study of far-right extremism in the country’s security agencies found hundreds of cases of alleged misconduct involving soldiers, police officers and other officials. Although the number of cases was small relative to the size of Germany’s security workforce, the 2020 report’s authors acknowledged that “it can basically be assumed that there is also a dark field” of undetected extremists.

Many of the cases involved the sharing of extremist symbols or pictures, such as swastikas. The latest review found a “diverse” range of verboten activities, such as joining extremist chat groups, spreading extremist propaganda and making “politically motivated insults.” Some employees were suspected of being members of the “Reichsburger” movement, which denies the legitimacy of the modern German state.

Concerns over extremism within Germany’s security ranks increased in recent years, amid a string of high-profile cases involving police officers and members of the military. Those cases included prosecution of an army officer who was accused of plotting a terrorist attack in which he would pose as a Syrian refugee.

https://www.rt.com/news/555460-germany-reports-extremists-in-security-services/

https://www.bmi.bund.de/SharedDocs/kurzmeldungen/DE/2022/05/rexsibe.html

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