The Trump Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has launched a study group to examine COVID vaccine injuries.
The COVID-19 Immunization Workgroup will examine “vaccine-related injuries, deaths, hospitalizations, disabilities, and the effects of repeated booster doses,” according to investigative journalist Sharyl Attkisson.
Dr. Joel Wallskog was diagnosed with transverse myelitis after getting one Moderna COVID vaccine.
“I’ve been abandoned.”
His vaccine injury ended his 20 year career as an orthopedic surgeon. pic.twitter.com/JRBzOIiYtj
— COVID VACCINE INJURIES (@Storiesofinjury) April 16, 2023
Operating under the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), the study group will also scrutinize the risks that the coronavirus vaccine poses to pregnant women, who, like many others, were also coerced into taking the vaccine during the COVID pandemic.
According to Attkisson, who penned her report on Tuesday, the study group will also “explore potential contamination in the vaccines, including high levels of plasmid DNA, and assess how long materials such as spike protein and mRNA may remain in the body.”
The study group will be chaired by Dr. Retsef Levi, who has vowed to be as transparent as possible.
“We need to be fully transparent about what we know, and what we don’t, and unfortunately, that was not always practiced consistently in the past,” he told investigative journalist Maryanne Demasi in an interview.
“My intention is to be part of changing that,” he added.
Demasi noted that Levi is a rebel who’s built a reputation for boldly challenging the CDC’s outdated ways.
“Levi has pressed CDC officials on uncomfortable questions, challenging the narrow surveillance windows used to track harms and insisting that delayed effects could not simply be ruled out,” she explained in a tweet.
According to Demasi, he’s “also raised concerns about the safety of RSV monoclonal antibodies after clinical trials showed a clear imbalance in infant deaths.”
MIT professor @RetsefL has been an outspoken voice on the @CDCgov‘s vaccine advisory committee (ACIP) since @SecKennedy‘s dramatic overhaul in June.
Levi has pressed CDC officials on uncomfortable questions, challenging the narrow surveillance windows used to track harms and… pic.twitter.com/CUse9XTOAG
— Maryanne Demasi, PhD (@MaryanneDemasi) August 21, 2025
The creation of a study group comes after two Senate hearings led by Sen. Ron Johnson concerning vaccine injuries in general.
Titled “Voices of the Vaccine Injured,” the latest hearing was held on July 16 and featured seven witnesses.
“All of the witnesses presented powerful testimony and engaged in respectful discussion,” Johnson said after the hearing.
“I believe all of these stories needed to be told and listened to. I sincerely hope that the hearing helped to bridge the gap and demonstrate how to heal and unify our horribly divided nation,” he added.
One of the witnesses was retired psychotherapist Ms. Emily Tarsell, who is the former president of Licensed Clinical Professional Counselors of Maryland. She spoke about her deceased daughter, Chris:
Ms. Emily Tarsell is a retired psychotherapist and former president of the Licensed Clinical Professional Counselors of Maryland.
In her testimony, Ms. Tarsell talked about her daughter, Christina, who died following Gardasil vaccination. pic.twitter.com/Ji9AMLWHDT
— Senator Ron Johnson (@SenRonJohnson) July 16, 2025
“After vaccination, my formerly healthy daughter developed new conditions: joint pain, chronic sinus and nasal congestion, intermittent rashes, rapid heartbeat, dizziness on standing, unusual fatigue, and arrhythmia,” Tarsell said.
“She continued with the shots, and 18 days after the 3rd shot, Chris was found dead in her bed at college. You cannot imagine the hell of seeing your child suddenly lifeless. You struggle with the reality. How does a healthy young lady with no preexisting conditions suddenly die in her sleep?” she added.
Another witness was Dr. Robert Sullivan, a licensed physician and board-certified anesthesiologist who was injured specifically by the COVID vaccine:
Dr. Robert Sullivan is a licensed physician and board certified anesthesiologist with over 20 years of active practice in Maryland.
In his testimony, Dr. Sullivan talked about his vaccine injury following COVID-19 injection. pic.twitter.com/Djp0KMSOxA
— Senator Ron Johnson (@SenRonJohnson) July 16, 2025
“Just three weeks after my second dose, I couldn’t go up a flight of stairs without gasping for air,” he testified. “I became short of breath doing even simple things — walking, standing, and even speaking. I had constant chest pressure, arrhythmias, and overwhelming fatigue. I can’t overstate the misery. It felt like my body was failing me.”
“The diagnosis was pulmonary hypertension. I had damage and narrowing of the blood vessels in my lungs, restricting blood flow and straining the heart. This isn’t like regular high blood pressure. Pulmonary hypertension is usually progressive and fatal even with treatment. There is no cure. It felt like a death sentence,” he added.
With evidence like this buoying the study group’s mission, physician researcher Meryl Nass, for her part, expects stunning results.
“Expect fireworks,” she wrote in her blog.
And indeed, renowned cardiologist Dr. Peter McCullough has warned that demands for accountability are incoming.
“If and when a safety review is undertaken and if and when the COVID-19 vaccines are pulled from the market, the public will ask ‘why did this take so long and why were so many allowed to be harmed by mRNA biotechnology?'” he reportedly said.
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V. Saxena is a staff writer with a decade of experience as a professional writer, and a lifetime of experience as an avid news junkie. He holds a degree in computer technology from Purdue University. Saxena also contributes to BizPac Review.
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