ICAN Investigation Reveals “Independent” Report on COVID-19 Vaccine Injuries is Riddled With Conflicts of Interest (10/04/24, includes 3-minute video by lead attorney Aaron Siri, Esq.)
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) recently released a new report on the adverse effects of COVID-19 vaccination. This report ridiculously concluded that only one single injury (myocarditis) could be causally linked to the Pfizer and Moderna mRNA vaccines.
ICAN investigated possible conflicts of interest among the 29 individuals who produced the report (15 committee members and 14 reviewers).
The findings:
Eleven have current or former financial ties to the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Seven have former ties to FDA.
Four have past affiliations with CDC.
Four have former ties to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Three committee members and eight reviewers have direct financial ties with vaccine manufacturers like Pfizer, Moderna, or Janssen.
Those with direct financial conflicts of interest include:
Reviewer Dr. Kathryn Edwards: The “Godmother of Vaccines” who was deposed by ICAN’s lead attorney Aaron Siri. Received over $83,000 from Pfizer. Nonetheless, she was the Principal Investigator of the CDC-funded Clinical Immunization Safety Assessment (CISA) project that offered consultations regarding COVID-19 vaccine safety, sat on Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine data safety monitoring committee, and now is “reviewing” adverse events potentially causally linked to the same product whose trial she oversaw!
Committee member Dr. Thomas Lee Ortel: Received $676,000 from Takeda Pharmaceuticals, which developed a COVID-19 vaccine for Japan. He is a member of the Duke Human Vaccine Institute team conducting vaccine safety research with a contract from CISA.
Reviewer Dr. Betty Diamond: Received over $263,000 from Janssen, maker of the J&J vaccine, and over $316,000 from Genetech, a biotechnology firm partnering with BioNTech on a cancer vaccine.
