Newly released documents suggest federal health officials knew about serious heart risks tied to mRNA COVID-19 vaccines but dragged their feet on warning the public, according to Just The News.
A GOP-led subcommittee under Sen. Ron Johnson dropped a bombshell interim report on May 21, 2025, accusing health agencies of downplaying evidence of heart inflammation in young adults post-vaccination while delaying proper alerts to doctors and patients.
The story starts early in 2021, when whispers of trouble first surfaced.
Israeli officials tipped off U.S. health authorities in February about heart inflammation cases linked to the vaccines. It wasn’t just a one-off—warnings kept piling up over the next three months.
By mid-2021, the evidence was hard to ignore. Federal vaccine safety monitoring flagged a clear signal of myocarditis and pericarditis in young adults who’d received mRNA shots. Yet, the response from the top brass seemed more about optics than urgency.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) started crafting a formal notice to alert healthcare providers about these risks. But then, a roadblock appeared. Turns out, not everyone in the government wanted the alarm bells ringing too loudly.
Then-Acting FDA Commissioner Janet Woodcock stepped in with a firm “not so fast.” According to the subcommittee, she pushed back against the CDC’s plan for a direct warning to doctors. Well, isn’t that a fine way to prioritize transparency?
Instead of a formal alert, what did we get? A quiet little posting on the CDC’s website, barely a whisper compared to the megaphone needed for such a serious issue. If that’s not sweeping dust under the rug, what is?
The subcommittee’s press release didn’t mince words, stating, “ample evidence of myocarditis” was known by federal officials in early 2021. That’s a gut punch for anyone who trusted the system to put safety first. How many young folks got jabbed without knowing the full picture?
They also noted Woodcock’s interference, saying her pushback led to the formal notice being “ultimately rejected” for a mere website update. If that’s leadership, then we’ve got bigger problems than just heart inflammation. It’s almost as if image mattered more than lives.
These revelations didn’t just fall from the sky—they came from newly unredacted documents. The subcommittee, chaired by Sen. Johnson of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, had to issue a subpoena on January 28, 2025, to the Department of Health and Human Services to get the real story.
Previous releases under Freedom of Information Act requests were so blacked out, they might as well have been modern art. The unredacted records paint a damning timeline of federal awareness and inaction.
While families trusted health officials to keep them informed, bureaucrats debated notifications behind closed doors. Turns out, accountability isn’t always on the menu in Washington.
Now, a hearing is set for May 21, 2025, at 2 p.m. Eastern Time to dig deeper into these findings. It’s a chance for the public to hear straight from the source about why warnings were delayed. Let’s hope the answers aren’t as watered down as that CDC webpage.