The following information is from Children’s Health Defense.

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Internal documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit show CDC researchers altered a major Covid vaccine safety study before publication, removing or downplaying data related to reported deaths.

Children’s Health Defense (CHD) sued the CDC in 2023 after the agency failed to respond to its records request. The documents include an earlier draft of a study later published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases in 2022.

According to CHD scientist Karl Jablonowski, Ph.D., the draft was significantly edited prior to publication.

“The CDC severely edited the study to promote safety and to de-emphasize death.”
— Karl Jablonowski, Ph.D., Children’s Health Defense

The original draft focused on “reactogenicity and adverse events,” but the published version shifted emphasis to vaccine safety. The study analyzed adverse event reports collected during the first six months of the US vaccine rollout using VAERS and V-safe data.

The draft included data on 4,496 deaths reported to VAERS during that period. However, references to those deaths were removed from the study’s abstract — the section most readers rely on.

“Note all death results/interpretation has been removed from abstract.”
— Study author comment in draft

The published version also excluded a figure showing leading causes of death reported after vaccination and moved additional data into supplemental materials, making it less visible to readers.

A disclaimer in the published study stated that the findings did not necessarily represent the official positions of the CDC or FDA, despite involvement from both agencies.

The documents were released amid broader scrutiny of how federal agencies tracked Covid vaccine safety. One of the study’s authors, Dr. Tom Shimabukuro, has been referred to federal authorities for allegedly deleting records related to vaccine adverse events.

Jablonowski said the edits affected how the public understood vaccine risks during a critical period when many Americans were deciding whether to receive additional doses.

“A CDC study that honestly and clearly conveyed the risks of adverse events and death associated with the shot would have helped the public make a decision.”
— Karl Jablonowski, Ph.D.

The study also characterized patterns of reported deaths following vaccination as similar to those seen with other vaccines, suggesting possible reporting bias.

However, analysis of VAERS data showed that while reports decline over time for all vaccines, the number of reported deaths following Covid vaccination was higher than for other vaccines.

“A VAERS death report filed soon after a person receives a COVID-19 vaccine may also reflect a true event.”
— Commenter identified as B.R. in draft

It remains unclear why the study authors made the changes. When asked, CDC officials referred questions to the Dept. of Health and Human Services, which did not respond.

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