Senator Ron Johnson, a Republican from Wisconsin, has encountered significant resistance from mainstream media, including Fox News, as he tries to share his findings on government efforts to sidestep accountability for COVID-19 vaccine-related injuries and fatalities.
On Wednesday, Johnson released an op-ed on his X account, revealing that nearly 40,000 deaths occurred after the COVID-19 vaccination and alleging that federal health officials concealed safety concerns from the public. He also criticized Fox Digital and other traditional media for ignoring his requests to publish his findings.
As the head of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Johnson self-published his op-ed on X and later released a paper on his Senate website titled, “What the media and government don’t want you to hear.” He claims that federal health officials were aware of serious safety concerns regarding COVID-19 vaccines back in 2021 but failed to inform the public.
Johnson remarked, “The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, USA TODAY, and Fox Digital all declined or ignored requests to publish this op-ed.”
Furthermore, he shared a Majority Staff Interim Report from the Senate Subcommittee, which states that “Biden health officials deliberately turned a blind eye to signals regarding the safety of the coronavirus vaccine,” highlighting instances of “mortality and sudden death” tied to the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines.
Although Fox News reported on Johnson’s report on May 3, they hadn’t taken up his offer for a follow-up editorial at the time of writing. Johnson noted that other networks like NBC, ABC, PBS, CNN, and MS NOW also failed to cover his findings.
As for responses, Fox News Media, Johnson’s office, and the Department of Health and Human Services did not comment when approached for their views. Johnson pointed out that Peter Marks, previously the director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, was informed that the algorithms used in the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System may have concealed adverse events. He claimed that the CBER team had received data indicating risks associated with the coronavirus vaccines for over three months.
Johnson argued that instead of informing the public, officials instructed analysts to “cease and desist,” falsely claiming they “don’t see the safety signals.” He asserted, “I consider this the biggest government scandal of my lifetime, and it desperately deserves full media attention and coverage,” citing that VAERS reports a total of over 1.6 million adverse events and almost 40,000 deaths globally linked to COVID-19 vaccines, with a notable percentage occurring shortly after vaccination.
