"we have been conducting our own analysis of breakthrough cases. Those are not necessarily adverse events, . . ."

Thank you to Bill Remple at Lew Rockwell.

Set forth below is a partial transcript of Attorney Ron Jenkins’ cross-examination of Dr. Nirav Shah at the hearing for a Temporary Restraining Order on Friday, October 8, 2021 with regard to the vaccine mandate rule and investigations Dr. Shah may or may not have conducted regarding reports to VAERS. While I may have missed a word here and there, I stand by the transcript being accurate as to the substance of the questions and answers.

The last question to Dr. Shah I caught from the State’s Assistant Attorney General, Thomas Knowlton was,

Dr. Shah, how many people are currently admitted in Maine hospitals have reported side effects from Covid 19 vaccines? 

SHAH: As far as I am aware, Zero.

CROSS BY ATTORNEY RON JENKINS REGARDING VAERS (Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System)

JENKINS: Good afternoon Dr. Shah. Thank you for your time today. 

SHAH: Good afternoon.

JENKINS: You were speaking earlier about the VAERS system and I believe you said that the data produced by the VAERS system is not really about causation it’s more of a signal sending mechanism. Is that correct? 

SHAH: That’s correct. JENKINS: Did you hear the testimony of Dr. (Peter) McCullough regarding VAERS? SHAH: I did. JENKINS: Okay, I just want to read a bit to you from his Declaration regarding VAERS just very very briefly. He says in his Declaration: This total safety reports in VAERS for Covid 19 vaccines alone for the approximately 9 month period commencing December 2020 and ending September 24, 2021, is 752,801. In the prior 30 years leading up to that date, the total number of reports was 16,320. That’s an (unable to get number) increase. Now without commenting on the causal connection, between the vaccination and the event being reported would you not agree with me that that’s a signal that there’s a problem with the vaccine? 

SHAH: I would agree. No, I would not agree with what you said. I would agree that it is a signal as any piece of data is a signal. However, in light of the fact that 400 million doses of the vaccine have been administered in the United States each of which could be an opportunity for an individual to submit a VAERS report. I don’t know. I disagree that it is a problem. I do agree that it is a signal. Again, every piece of data is a signal but I do not agree that it is a problem in light of the fact that there have been 400 million doses that have been administered. Nor do I believe that the increase in the number of VAERS reports, the 100% increase that you noted, I don’t know whether that is of any moment because in order to answer that question we would need to know how many vaccines were being given in the United States prior to the arrival of the Covid 19 vaccines.

JENKINS: Are you aware of any other vaccine that has generated that number of precipitous reports in the VAERS system ever in our country’s history? 

SHAH: Let me be clear. I’m not aware of any other vaccine where we’ve had 400 million doses in 10 months. 

JENKINS: That’s not the question I asked you. 

SHAH: Could you restate your question? 

JENKINS: Are you aware of any other vaccine generating that same number and magnitude of adverse event reporting in the VAERS system? 

SHAH: I do not know. Ah, I’m not aware but I would want to know what the number of administered doses is.

JENKINS: Is it true to say that there have been fully licensed and approved FDA products that have been yanked from the market after as few as 5 unexplained deaths? Is that true or false? 

SHAH: I have no basis to know whether it is true or false.

JENKINS: Now you said that the VAERS system was meant to send a signal and you’ve agreed with me that it is sending a signal but you’re not sure it’s a problem. Isn’t is your responsibility as a public health official to find out whether it’s a problem? 

SHAH: It is the responsibility of public health officials (NOTE: the S in officials was emphasized in the audio) to find out and they are in fact doing so. 

JENKINS: Well in this State of Maine is there any other public health official, Dr. Shah, other than yourself? 

SHAH: Yes. 

JENKINS: Who is that? 

SHAH: We have a team of hundreds of people at the Maine CDC. 

JENKINS: You have a team? 

SHAH: to say nothing about public health officials at the county level and the local level. 

JENKINS: Okay but you have a team. They’re your team. You’re in charge. You’re the director of the Maine CDC, correct? 

SHAH: That is correct. 

JENKINS: So, have you done any studies or investigations? Not into all of the VAERS reports. Why don’t we limit it to just the ones related to people in this state? Have you investigated and done any of your quote-unquote deeper studies into those reports that you mentioned? 

SHAH: Could you explain what you mean by quote-unquote deeper studies? 

JENKINS: Well when you testified on direct examination, you said that these were signals and that what they did is they created a responsibility to conduct deeper studies to find out what the significance of the signal was. Have you done that? 

SHAH: Yes. 

JENKINS: Tell me about that. What studies did you do? 

SHAH: We have an ongoing set of analyses around breakthrough cases and we’ve also worked in partnership with clinicians in Maine to investigate certain reports. For example, of reports of myocarditis. 

JENKINS: So you’ve investigated some myocarditis? 

SHAH: We’ve investigated cases that have been reported.

JENKINS: Have you investigated any of the other adverse events that have been reported? 

SHAH: Not to my knowledge. 

JENKINS: Okay. 

SHAH: It is generally, chiefly, the responsibility of the US CDC to conduct those investigations under what’s called the Enhanced Surveillance System. 

JENKINS: It’s not true (unintelligible). 

SHAH: The states are often partnered with the US CDC if the US CDC requests assistance. If and only if the US CDC requests assistance. In this situation, the one time where they have requested assistance was with respect to the analysis of reported myocarditis cases. Independent of that because we are concerned about the possibility of breakthrough cases, we have been conducting our own analysis of breakthrough cases. Those are not necessarily adverse events, however. 

JENKINS: Dr. Shah, I just want to make sure I am understanding your answer to my question. You’re telling the people of this state that you’re mandating…mandating to thousands of people that they be injected with these vaccines and if they’re not the result will be that they lose their hard-earned livelihoods. You went to medical school. You invested a lot of money and time and effort to become a doctor. If there were a vaccine that you didn’t want to take but you had to take it in order to keep your job, would you not feel threatened? 

SHAH: I can’t speculate. 

JENKINS: Okay but if you’re going to mandate vaccines don’t you think you should investigate all of the reports of adverse effects at least as to people of Maine? The population of Maine for whom you are responsible for their public health. 

SHAH: I believe those reports should be investigated and they are. 

JENKINS: Not by you. 

SHAH: By federal health authorities to whom they are submitted. 

JENKINS: Can you give me the name of the federal health authority who is investigating those Maine cases? 

SHAH: The individual who is in charge, for example, of the myocarditis investigation is named Dr. Thomas Chiminpakora (there’s no way I could get the spelling but this is what it sounded like, my apologies).

JENKINS: Who is investigating all of the other adverse events that are listed…did you, did you hear the testimony of Dr. McCullough? You did. You were listening, correct? 

SHAH: Yes I did. 

JENKINS: And he talked about the Medicare and Medicaid data and there’s a slide that he looked at and we talked about it. Slide #10 in that slide pack and that slide pack says there have been 661 deaths of Mainers within 28 days of vaccination. Now you’ve testified that you are not concerned about that because a lot of people die in Maine every year. 15,000 or some odd but 661 deaths within 28 days of the vaccination? Isn’t that a signal that you should investigate? 

SHAH: Sir, you indicated that I…you put words in my mouth saying that I was not concerned about that… 

JENKINS: Okay. 

SHAH: I never used that phrase so I respectfully ask that you not to characterize my testimony accordingly. Secondly, those processes to the extent they are reported are investigated and evaluated at the US CDC level. 

JENKINS: 661 purported Maine deaths within 28 days of vaccination. As a percentage of the total deaths caused by Covid 19 in this state, what is that 60%? 

SHAH: That’s not an accurate comparator. 

JENKINS: Let’s assume for a moment that all of those deaths, those 661 deaths, were caused by the vaccination. 

SHAH: Why would we assume that? 

JENKINS: Because I am going to ask you a question. Just assume it for the sake of argument. If it’s true that 661 people have died as a result of the vaccine, and only 1,070 people have died in this state as a result of Covid 19, wouldn’t that be a cause of concern for you? 

SHAH: That’s an if. I won’t answer a question based on premises I disagree with. 

JENKINS: Don’t you think you should investigate the 661 deaths and find out about it pretty quickly since you are asking thousands of people to be injected by October 15?

State’s attorney KNOWLTON interrupts, 

Your honor, this is the 3rd or 4th time that Mr. Jenkins has asked these questions and Dr. Shah has answered them.  I would ask him to move on.  Objection.  

The follow-up video is equally excellent.  Dr. Jenkins is doing great work. 

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NATIONAL VACCINE INFORMATION CENTER: Found 675,593 Adverse Events Following COVID19 Vaccine Injection

Reports of Injuries, Deaths After COVID Vaccines Hit New Highs, as Biden Rolls Out Plan to Force 100 Million More Americans to Get Vaccinated.

Thank you, Lew Rockwell.  

VAERS data released Friday by the CDC showed a total of 675,593 reports of adverse events from all age groups following COVID-19 vaccines, including 14,506 deaths and 88,171 serious injuries between Dec. 14, 2020, and Sept. 3, 2021.

By Megan Redshaw
Children's Health Defense

September 13, 2021

Data released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showed that between Dec. 14, 2020 and Sept. 3, 2021, a total of 675,593 adverse events following COVID vaccines were reported to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS). The data included a total of 14,506 reports of deaths — an increase of 595 over the previous week.

There were 88,171 reports of serious injuries, including the reports of deaths, during the same time period — up 2,200 compared with the previous week.

Excluding “foreign reports” filed in VAERS, 539,473 adverse events, including 6,577 deaths and 41,840 serious injuries, were reported in the U.S. between Dec. 14, 2020 and Sept. 3, 2021.

Of the 6,577 U.S. deaths reported as of Sept. 3, 12% occurred within 24 hours of vaccination, 18% occurred within 48 hours of vaccination and 31% occurred in people who experienced an onset of symptoms within 48 hours of being vaccinated.

In the U.S., 373.2. million COVID vaccine doses had been administered as of Sept. 3. This includes 212 million doses of Pfizer, 146 million doses of Moderna, and 14 million doses of Johnson & Johnson (J&J).

The data come directly from reports submitted to VAERS, the primary government-funded system for reporting adverse vaccine reactions in the U.S.

Every Friday, VAERS makes public all vaccine injury reports received as of a specified date, usually about a week prior to the release date. Reports submitted to VAERS require further investigation before a causal relationship can be confirmed.

THIS WEEK'S U.S. DATA FOR 12- TO 17-YEAR-OLDS SHOW:

  

• 19,015 total adverse events, including 1,132 rated as serious and 19 reported deaths. Two of the 19 deaths were suicides. The most recent death involves one report of two patients [VAERS I.D. 1655100] who died after their second dose of Pfizer, including a 13-year-old female. Other recent reported deaths include a 15-year-old boy (VAERS I.D. 1498080) who previously had COVID was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy in May 2021 and died four days after receiving his second dose of Pfizer’s vaccine on June 18, when he collapsed on the soccer field and went into ventricular tachycardia; and a 13-year-old girl (VAERS I.D. 1505250) who died after suffering a heart condition after receiving her first dose of Pfizer.
• 2,810 reports of anaphylaxis among 12- to 17-year-olds with 99% of cases attributed to Pfizer’s vaccine.
• 469 reports of myocarditis and pericarditis (heart inflammation) with 462 cases attributed to Pfizer’s vaccine.
• 101 reports of blood clotting disorders, with all cases attributed to Pfizer.

THIS WEEK'S U.S VAERS DATA, FROM DEC. 14, 2020 TO SEPT. 3, 2021 FOR ALL AGE GROUPS COMBINED, SHOW: 

• 21% of deaths were related to cardiac disorders.
• 54% of those who died were male, 42% were female and the remaining death reports did not include the gender of the deceased.
• The average age of death was 72.9.
• As of Sept. 3, 3,558 pregnant women reported adverse events related to COVID vaccines, including 1042 reports of miscarriage or premature birth.
• Of the 2,743 cases of Bell’s Palsy reported, 50% were attributed to Pfizer vaccinations, 43% to Moderna and 7% to J&J.
• 570 reports of Guillain-Barré Syndrome, with 39% of cases attributed to Pfizer, 33% to Moderna and 27% to J&J.
• 144,785 reports of anaphylaxis with 41% of cases attributed to Pfizer’s vaccine, 51% to Moderna, and 7% to J&J.
• 9,051 reports of blood clotting disorders. Of those, 3,862 reports were attributed to Pfizer, 3,297 reports to Moderna, and 1,843 reports to J&J.
• 2,362 cases of myocarditis and pericarditis with 1,487 cases attributed to Pfizer, 775 cases to Moderna and 92 cases to J&J’s COVID vaccine.

Biden announces sweeping COVID vaccine mandates targeting the unvaccinated

As The Defender reported today, President Biden ordered sweeping new federal COVID vaccine requirements for as many as 100 million Americans — including private-sector employees, healthcare workers, and federal contractors — threatening thousands in fines for businesses that do not comply.

In his speech, Biden made no exception for the millions of Americans with natural immunity and did not mention exemptions for those with medical conditions or sincerely held religious beliefs.

Biden’s plan mandates COVID-19 vaccines, or weekly mandatory testing, for all employers with more than 100 employees. The vaccines will be mandated for all federal workers and government contractors — with no allowance for weekly testing.

Biden’s plan also requires 17 million healthcare workers at Medicare and Medicaid participating hospitals and other healthcare settings be vaccinated.

Children’s Health Defense Chairman Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and longtime vaccine safety advocate, said Biden’s move “to force universal obedience with an unwanted, ineffective and potentially dangerous medical intervention is anti-science, anti-democratic and anti-American.”

Fauci’s vaccine-centric policies have given America more COVID deaths + cases than any other nation. With 4.2% of global population, America has suffered 14.5% of all COVID deaths. Instead of firing Fauci, Biden is doubling down on his failed policies.  https://t.co/79POyNyaiC

— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) September 10, 2021

A 30-year-old woman develops neurological disorders following the Pfizer vaccine

The Defender this week featured a story about Dominique De Silva, a 30-year-old woman who developed severe neurological complications, pain, and at times, an inability to walk, following her first dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine.

In an exclusive interview, Dominique said she got vaccinated because she has only one parent and wanted to protect her mother and loved ones. On March 18, she and her now-husband received their first and only dose of Pfizer. She subsequently developed a number of symptoms, including changes in her vision, which progressed rapidly over the course of several weeks.

After seeing numerous doctors, some of whom said her symptoms were “in her head,” Dominique was diagnosed with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), a condition she did not have prior to being vaccinated, and autoimmune chronic demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy — a rare type of autoimmune disorder where the body attacks the fatty coverings on the fibers that insulate and protect the nerves. She also had neuropathy and brain scan abnormalities.

According to the most recent data from VAERS, there have been 14,873 total reports of dystonia, dystonic tremors, neurodegenerative disorders, neurological symptoms, neuropathy, polyneuropathy, and tremors following COVID vaccination.

CDC CHANGES DEFINITION OF VACCINE SO IT 'CAN'T BE INTERPRETED TO MEAN VACCINES ARE 100% EFFECTIVE'

The CDC revised its definition for vaccine and vaccination on its website, downgrading the definition of “vaccine” from a product that produces immunity to a preparation for protection. The agency said the new definition is “more transparent” and can’t be misinterpreted.

“While there have been slight changes in wording over time to the definition of ‘vaccine’ on CDC’s website, those haven’t impacted the overall definition,” a CDC spokesperson told The Epoch Times via email.

“The previous definition at Immunization Basics | CDC could be interpreted to mean that vaccines are 100% effective, which has never been the case for any vaccine, so the current definition is more transparent and also describes the ways in which vaccines can be administered,” the spokesperson said.

From 2015 to Aug. 31, a vaccine was defined as “a product that stimulates a person’s immune system to produce immunity to a specific disease, protecting the person from that disease” and vaccination was “the act of introducing a vaccine into the body to produce immunity to a specific disease.”

Earlier versions of a vaccine definition also included “immunity” in its definition.

The new definition for the vaccine now reads, “A preparation that is used to stimulate the body’s immune response against diseases,” while vaccination is “the act of introducing a vaccine into the body to produce protection from a specific disease.”

Rep. Thomas Massie (R- K.y.) responded to the news in a tweet, telling his followers to check out the CDC’s evolving definition of “vaccination” and noting the agency has been “busy at the Ministry of Truth.”

Check out @CDCgov’s evolving definition of “vaccination.” They’ve been busy at the Ministry of Truth: pic.twitter.com/4k2xf8rvsL

— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) September 8, 2021

NIH AWARDS $1.67 MILLION TO STUDY POSSIBLE LINK BETWEEN MENSTRUAL DISORDERS AND COVID-19 VACCINES.    

Five institutions will explore potential links between COVID-19 vaccines and menstrual irregularities after the National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded five one-year supplemental grants totaling $1.67 million to explore potential links between COVID-19 vaccines and menstrual changes.

The year-long study initially will follow 400,000 to 500,000 unvaccinated participants to observe changes that occur following each dose. Researchers will assess the prevalence and severity of post-vaccination changes to menstrual characteristics, including flow, cycle length, pain and other symptoms.

The analyses will account for other factors that can affect menstruation — such as stress, medications, and exercise — to determine whether the changes are attributable to vaccination.

The NIH was made aware in April that thousands of women reported changes in their menstrual cycles following COVID-19 vaccination — including missed, irregular, and heavy periods. The effect of COVID-19 vaccines on menstrual cycles was not assessed in clinical trials.

According to the most recent data from VAERS, between Dec. 14, 2020, and Sept. 3, 2021, there have been 8,184 total reports of menstrual disorders after vaccination with a COVID-19 vaccine.

100+ YOUTH SENT TO HOSPITAL FOR VACCINE-RELATED HEART PROBLEMS

A report released last week by Public Health Ontario (PHO) showed the incidence of heart inflammation following mRNA vaccination was significantly more prevalent in young people.

As of Aug. 7, there were 106 incidents of myocarditis and pericarditis in people under the age of 25 in Ontario — slightly more than half of the total of all such incidents. There were 31 cases in the 12- to 17-year-old age group and 75 cases in 18- to 24-year-olds.

The reporting rate for heart inflammation in those 18 to 24 was seven times higher with Moderna than with Pfizer.

Since the start of the COVID immunization program in Ontario on Dec. 13, there have been a total of 314 reports of myocarditis or pericarditis following receipt of mRNA COVID vaccines, 202 emergency room visits across all age groups, 146 hospitalizations and three cases resulting in ICU admission.

187 DAYS AND COUNTING, CDD IGNORES THE DEFENDER'S INQUIRES

According to the CDC website, “the CDC follows up on any report of death to request additional information and learn more about what occurred and to determine whether the death was a result of the vaccine or unrelated.”

On March 8, The Defender contacted the CDC with a written list of questions about reported deaths and injuries related to COVID-19 vaccines. We have made repeated attempts, by phone and email, to obtain a response to our questions.

Despite multiple phone and email communications with many people at the CDC, and despite being told that our request was in the system and that someone would respond, we have not yet received answers to any of the questions we submitted. It has been 187 days since we sent our first email to the CDC requesting information.

Children’s Health Defense asks anyone who has experienced an adverse reaction, to any vaccine, to file a report following these three steps.

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Megan Redshaw is a freelance reporter for The Defender. She has a background in political science, a law degree, and extensive training in natural health.

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