Trump Administration Health Officials Push for Covid Vaccine Suspension Amid Safety Concerns: Report
A new debate over the future of Covid-19 vaccines is emerging as key Trump administration health officials advocate for suspending mRNA shots for all age groups, citing concerns over potential side effects and rising excess deaths.
One of those officials, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, was nominated to lead the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He has endorsed the Hope Accord—a petition alleging a “causal link” between mRNA vaccines and an increase in excess deaths worldwide, according to the Daily Mail.
The petition calls for a temporary halt and reassessment of the vaccines’ safety.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., now leading the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), has also voiced concerns about the Covid vaccines, questioning both their effectiveness and potential risks. Sources suggest he is open to banning the vaccines if data supports such action.
His advisors have echoed these concerns on social media, claiming that the vaccines have caused more deaths than they have prevented.
Dr. Aseem Malhotra, a British cardiologist reportedly under consideration for a role on Kennedy’s health advisory team, has also called for the suspension of mRNA vaccines. However, the process for implementing a ban remains unclear.
The Daily Mail notes that any complete ban would require the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to revoke its approval based on safety or efficacy concerns.
While Covid vaccines have been linked to rare but serious side effects—including myocarditis, a form of heart inflammation and Guillain-Barré syndrome, a neurological disorder—health officials emphasize that these cases are uncommon.
Data from the U.S. Covid vaccine injury compensation program shows that, as of December 2024, approximately 14,000 claims for injury or death allegedly linked to the vaccine had been filed. This figure represents a small fraction of the 270 million Americans who received at least one dose.
However, skeptics argue the number of claims is underreported, with many cases of vaccine-related side effects going unrecognized.
Despite these concerns, some experts dispute claims of widespread harm. Dr. Paul Offit, a vaccine specialist at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, told the Daily Mail that large, placebo-controlled studies did not show evidence of the alleged risks.
“The vaccines have been given to billions of people at this point, and there were large prospective placebo-controlled studies that didn’t show these effects,” he said. “We picked up myocarditis during this, we even picked up Guillain-Barré syndrome, which has a rate after vaccination of around eight in a million.”
“We would have easily picked up [excess deaths and purported links to cancer] if true, and we haven’t.”
As head of HHS, Kennedy has the ability to influence the CDC panel that sets vaccine schedules for children and adults. If Bhattacharya is confirmed as NIH chief, he could direct funding toward vaccine safety research, potentially leading to broader regulatory changes.
Meanwhile, the debate is already influencing state-level policy. Idaho and Montana are currently considering legislation to ban mRNA Covid vaccines, with proponents claiming that the shots could “integrate” into human DNA, which has been dismissed by health experts.
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