State report on COVID-19 vaccine issues released

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FILE – A nurse prepares a syringe of a COVID-19 vaccine at an inoculation station in Jackson, Miss., July 19, 2022. U.S. health officials are proposing a simplified approach to COVID-19 vaccinations, which would allow most adults and children to get a once-a-year shot to protect against the mutating virus. The new system unveiled Monday, Jan. 23, 2023 would make COVID-19 inoculations more like the annual flu shot. Americans would no longer have to keep track of how many shots they’ve received or how many months it’s been since their last booster. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

For the first time, we’re hearing what a state grand jury has recommended regarding issues with COVID-19 vaccines.

The grand jury identified several issues but stopped short of finding anything criminal.

They found “serious issues with vaccine development” and monitoring safety.

They said the FDA and CDC often misled the public about safety issues due to comparisons with outdated data.

Their recommendations include new clinical trials to understand the protection these vaccines currently offer, keeping lobbyists out of the process and monitoring our state’s wastewater more carefully to detect COVID and other pathogens.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis posted about it Tuesday on X.

The grand jury report is 150 pages long. Click here to read it.

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