Military Pilots Reported 1,700% More Medical Incidents During Pandemic

Between 2019 and 2022, the U.S. military pilots reported more than 1,700% of medical events. This increase was attributed to COVID-19.

An update on last month’s Army A prominent opponent to the U.S. military’s ahref=”flight surgeon”https://www.military.com/daily-news/2023/01/11/pentagon-drops-covid-19-vaccine-mandate-troops.html”>now-defunct COVID-19 vaccine mandate Twitter users posted data showing that there were an average of 226 reported medical events per year for military aviators between 2016 and 2019, increasing to 4,059 by 2022, according the Defense Medical Epidemiology Database.

The Pentagon claims that the virus was contracted by pilots and that the large number of COVID-19 positive cases drove up reported medical events. According to data provided by the Defense Health Agency and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the virus spread in record numbers between 2021 and 2022.

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Lt. Col. Theresa Long is a flight surgeon who filed for whistleblower immunity and testified against vaccine mandate. Long claimed that the vaccine carries severe side effects. This is more than the illness itself. Military.com reached out to Long for comment but Long didn’t respond.

According to her tweet, Long said she searched the database for all reportable events involving military pilots following the Federal Aviation Administration’s announcement in October it was easing some requirements for airline pilots regarding their cardiac health.

According to her tweets, she and other critics of mRNA vaccinations assert that the FAA policy changes were related to an increase in patients suffering from heart damage due to the vaccines.

However, studies show that COVID-19 vaccines pose very low risks. Rare side effects may include heart inflammation and short increases — less than a day — in a woman’s menstrual cycle, but with nearly 670 million doses given in the U.S. since Dec. 14, 2020, adverse events have remained low, even as 1.1 million Americans have died of the coronavirus.

According to the Defense Department, the rise in adverse events reported by military pilots was not due to the vaccines but COVID-19.

Peter Graves, Defense Health Agency spokesperson, responded to Military.com’s query, saying Long had mischaracterized data in the defense epidemiology database. He said that Long defined reportable events and those that cause harm as such. “death, permanent harm or severe temporary harm,” The Pentagon does require that all potential threats to human health, spread of disease, or disruptions to training or operations are reported.

According to Force Health Protection Guidance, 2020, COVID-19 is included.

“The increased numbers of reportable events in 2020, 2021, and 2022 are due to the reporting of COVID-19 cases,” Graves stated this in an email on Thursday.

Graves reported that 96% (or 3,887) of the 4,059 events that pilots reportable — 3,887 cases — in 2022 were COVID-19. He also said that 88% of all reported events in all military occupations were related to the disease.

Since the outbreak of the pandemic, the Defense Department has seen 453,456 cases COVID-19 among military personnel. In addition to 2,741 soldiers being hospitalized and 96 deaths, there have been 2,741 COVID-19-related injuries.

Over 2 million soldiers have been given the vaccine. After Congress repealed the order to vacate, more than 8,400 servicemen were fired for refusing to comply.

Although there are very few cases, studies have shown that COVID-19 vaccinations may increase the risk of two types heart inflammation: myocarditis or pericarditis.

A study published in JAMA Cardiology last year found that among the 23.1 million individuals in four Nordic countries who received vaccines, there were 1,077 cases of myocarditis (and 1,149 instances of pericarditis). The highest risk occurred in the first 7 days after receiving the Moderna or Pfizer vaccines. This was especially true for males aged 16-24.

Military.com was America’s first news outlet. Report on a possible link between myocarditis & vaccinesMany service members suffered from heart inflammation after the military vaccination program.

A JAMA Cardiology study found that 12.6 out of 1 million U.S. military personnel developed myocarditis after vaccination.

The FAA amended its policies for pilots suffering from a mild type of a condition called a heart block last October. mRNA vaccine opponents claimed that this was done to help pilots who had been adversely affected by the COVID-19 vaccination.

According to the FAA the change did not have anything to do with the vaccine. “based on data and science.” Pilots who are not experiencing symptoms or have been cleared by their doctors to fly under the new policy do not need to report and be certified.

A Senate amendment that would have allowed service personnel to be reinstated after they were disqualified as a result the DoD COVID-19 mandate was defeated in December. Opponents claimed it would lead to a weakening of military discipline and orders.

The Pentagon is also against any back. Pay For those who were dismissed.

“What I would tell you is that, right now, we are not currently pursuing back pay to service members who were dismissed for refusing to take the COVID vaccine,” Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder spoke at a news conference on Jan. 17.

– Patricia Kime can be reached at [email protected]. Follow her on Twitter @patriciakime

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