CDC advises additional doses for individuals with post-vaccination conditions.

A Network of Experts Recommends Additional COVID-19 Shots Despite Adverse Events

A network composed of experts from inside and outside the U.S. government repeatedly recommended⁤ that people who suffered adverse ‌events following COVID-19​ vaccination receive additional shots, even when the experts could not rule‍ out the vaccines as the ​cause of the events, documents obtained by ⁣The Epoch Times show.

The network, the Clinical Immunization‍ Safety Assessment (CISA) ⁤Project, is run by ⁣a⁤ doctor ‍who has received extensive funding⁢ from​ pharmaceutical giants, including the top two COVID-19‌ vaccine manufacturers,⁣ according to other records.

In one example, CISA was presented with records showing ⁤a 63-year-old woman experienced chronic kidney disease, with ⁢symptoms including kidney⁣ swelling, after receiving ⁤a second dose of​ Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine.

CISA subject matter experts​ (SMEs) said that the diagnosis could not be definitively confirmed without a kidney biopsy but that they still felt comfortable using a causality algorithm for the presumed diagnosis ​developed in part by Dr. ​Kathryn Edwards, CISA’s principal investigator.

Applying the algorithm to ⁣the⁢ case resulted in an “indeterminate” designation, or‌ an inability to rule out the vaccine causing the problem, ⁢in part because there⁣ was ‍no evidence of⁤ other causes. But that‍ inability did not stop the program from recommending additional ⁣shots.

“Weighing the ⁢potential risks of COVID-19 vaccination and the benefits of ⁤preventing COVID-19, the SMEs provided their ⁣opinion that the patient⁢ should receive future COVID-19 ‍vaccinations,”‌ the Feb. 24, ‍2023, letter to the patient’s ​doctor ‍stated.

Other Letters

The Epoch Times obtained, through the Freedom of Information⁢ Act,‌ letters sent by CISA to⁢ physicians.

CISA features experts with ‍the CDC and other institutions, including Vanderbilt University, Boston Medical ⁤Center, and ⁢Johns Hopkins University collaborating to respond to doctors who ask the program to review patient cases and provide ‌recommendations.

“CISA provides consultations for U.S. healthcare providers with⁢ complex vaccine safety questions about ​their patients and conducts vaccine safety clinical research,”‌ the CDC states on its website.

The first COVID-19 vaccines were authorized and ⁢recommended in December 2020. From Dec. 1, ⁢2020, through June 1, 2023, CISA provided 48 recommendations ​to doctors dealing with COVID-19 vaccines, the records show.

In 39.5 percent of the cases, CISA recommended another vaccination. In 23 percent of ⁤the ‍cases, CISA ⁢recommended against another vaccination. ​In 14.5 percent of the cases, CISA said there ​were ‌no reasons patients could not receive more doses. In the remaining cases, ‍CISA advised reassessing the matter down the⁢ road ‌or advising a patient who had not yet‌ received a vaccine to receive ⁤a vaccine.

The recommendations​ for future​ doses came even in cases where⁢ CISA was unable to say the vaccine did not cause the adverse event.

A small​ number of cases led to the determination that the vaccination caused an adverse ⁢event.

In six instances, CISA experts determined that the event was “consistent with‌ causal ⁣association,” or caused by the vaccination, because the condition suffered by each patient was “a known ⁣possible adverse event following immunization.”

In all six cases, experts recommended against additional doses while advising ​the ⁢doctors caring for the patients ​to follow up with⁣ the ​patients to⁤ figure‌ out‍ which non-COVID vaccines the patients could safely receive.

CISA experts also advised against additional‍ COVID-19 vaccine doses in five other cases. The designations⁣ in those cases were also indeterminate, making the differences between ⁤them and those that resulted in recommendations for​ future doses unclear apart from⁣ several involving people who had expressed opposition to receiving ‌more shots.

In ‍seven other cases, CISA experts‍ said‍ there were no contraindications, or no reasons for not‌ receiving at least one additional dose. The CDC has maintained a short list ⁢that currently⁢ includes just‌ two contraindications for the COVID-19 vaccines—a ‌history of severe allergic shock ‍or a history ‍of a known diagnosed allergy to a ⁣component of one of the shots.

Patients with other conditions, such as heart inflammation after COVID-19 ⁤vaccination,⁣ are generally advised to avoid additional doses, the CDC says in ​the list. But that is only a‍ “precaution,” not a contraindication.

CISA also advised⁢ doctors of ​nine of the patients to ‌reassess future ⁣COVID-19 vaccination down the road and, in two of the cases, told doctors that patients who had not yet⁢ received a COVID vaccine could receive⁣ one.

Hidden Information

The case of the​ patient with kidney disease was the only one in the CISA records obtained by The Epoch​ Times that the specific adverse⁢ event or events⁣ following COVID-19 ‍vaccination was disclosed.

The CDC claimed that the diagnosis information was protected under federal law, which provides exemptions that enable ⁢government officials‍ to withhold some information. The CDC redacted ‌the‌ diagnosis information⁣ and ⁢some ⁣other portions⁢ of the letters, such as the names of the CISA experts ⁣who penned them.

The agency has not‌ explained why one diagnosis was provided while the others were not.

The Epoch Times has filed an appeal with the U.S. Department⁤ of Health a