{"id":16167,"date":"2026-05-07T17:36:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T22:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/?post_type=jtf_topics&#038;p=16167"},"modified":"2026-05-07T17:38:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T22:38:43","slug":"is-the-government-hiding-covid-vaccine-harms","status":"publish","type":"jtf_topics","link":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/jtf_topics\/is-the-government-hiding-covid-vaccine-harms\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the government hiding COVID vaccine harms?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row source=&#8221;&#8221; text=&#8221;Clinical Trials&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Abril%20Fatface%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal&#8221; link=&#8221;&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1708910874436{border-top-width: 1px !important;border-right-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 1px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;The Claim:&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]A\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VigilantFox\/status\/2049569454929924207?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">video<\/a>\u00a0from a COVID roundtable discussion led by Senator Ron Johnson is going around again. In it, Senator Johnson\u00a0says that government officials ignored warning signs that COVID vaccines might cause serious side effects and hid this information from the public.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;The Facts:&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]Governments, healthcare organizations, and drug companies worked together to create vaccines quickly during the pandemic. The U.S. government even helped pay for vaccine development to make them available to everyone. Vaccines didn\u2019t just save lives\u2014they also saved money. The U.S. campaign saved an estimated\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commonwealthfund.org\/blog\/2022\/two-years-covid-vaccines-prevented-millions-deaths-hospitalizations\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/voicesforvaccines.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3De17a65409cd8f13ba7e58cc97%26id%3D4a63811e3a%26e%3Dfc0735be13&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1737433687569000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3aurEYXb9NNC9_t0YbhY1Y\">$1.15 trillion<\/a>\u00a0by preventing over 3.2 million deaths and millions of hospital stays.<\/p>\n<p>The CDC and FDA also closely monitor vaccine safety through the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/vaers.hhs.gov\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/voicesforvaccines.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3De17a65409cd8f13ba7e58cc97%26id%3D209896af33%26e%3Dfc0735be13&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1737433687569000&amp;usg=AOvVaw35SYg1kOZE1br8-Hy_Mk28\">Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS)<\/a>\u00a0and other\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/science\/vaccinesafety\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/voicesforvaccines.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3De17a65409cd8f13ba7e58cc97%26id%3D029b07503f%26e%3Dfc0735be13&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1737433687569000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3QTwiW1Pp0hFP-yfRdUYO9\">systems<\/a>. If side effects are found, they are fully investigated, and action is taken if needed.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row source=&#8221;&#8221; text=&#8221;Clinical Trials&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Abril%20Fatface%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal&#8221; link=&#8221;&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1708910874436{border-top-width: 1px !important;border-right-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 1px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;The Claim:&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]A\u00a0video\u00a0from a COVID roundtable discussion led by Senator Ron&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"template":"","jtf_topic_subjects":[301,188,343,218,278],"class_list":["post-16167","jtf_topics","type-jtf_topics","status-publish","hentry","jtf_topic_subjects-covid","jtf_topic_subjects-mrna-vaccines","jtf_topic_subjects-ron-johnson","jtf_topic_subjects-vaccine-safety","jtf_topic_subjects-vaers","entry","no-media"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics\/16167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/jtf_topics"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics\/16167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16168,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics\/16167\/revisions\/16168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"jtf_topic_subjects","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topic_subjects?post=16167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}