Marshall Fong

@DrNeilStone Vaccine: approaching 400 per million. Infection: you’re not counting the vast majority of people who got infected and didn’t go to hospital (half of people were asymptomatic). Also, the vaccine didn’t stop infection, so you’re adding vaccine risk to infection risk.

Myocarditis after Covid vaccine 5 per million Myocarditis after Covid infection 150 per million

@AlexBerenson lol the clinical trial data showed ~95% efficacy against symptomatic COVID infection. Then nearly everybody got infected.

Hahaha show me the clinical trial data that shows mRNA Covid jabs decreased mortality or morbidity or did anything to reduce severe outcomes… or, really, did anything but cause massive side effects

@DrNeilStone Just not with this stuff.

My top wellness tip is vaccinate your kids

@drjohnm lol, they can just label it a vaccine and continue to market it

> 600,000 left atrial appendage devices have been placed NOT NONINFERIOR 👇🏻 Trial is large, nonindustry funded and done in experienced centers in Germany Endpoint had both efficacy and safety components and still did not make non-inferiority I tried to tell you all

Feels like an estimate built on estimates. If the baseline is uncertain, adding another layer doesn’t necessarily get us closer to truth, it’s just a different model. How about sensitivity to starting assumptions? This was a reasoned argument from the very start by Ioannidis and others.:.who, last I checked, are the most grounded in finding bias in published studies.

We have severely undercounted the number of COVID deaths, scientists say spklr.io/6012EHor4

You make some fair points: myocarditis after mRNA vax was real, eventually quantified by surveillance systems, and is rare overall. But you selectively frame and leave out important context: 1. Downplay timeline. Early reports surfaced in Israel and in U.S. military in spring ‘21, yet public messaging lagged. CDC Director Walensky (below) said there were no vax-linked cases even as the signal was being investigated. Concern isn’t that signal wasn’t studied but that authorities lied. 2. You cite population averages that obscure the highest-risk group. Multiple systems found ~100–300 cases per million second doses in young males, especially ages 16–24, which changes the risk–benefit calc (below). 3. The “COVID myocarditis is worse than vaccine myocarditis” claim lacks context. Vax doesn’t prevent infection, so there’s vax risk plus infection risk. 4. You lean on early-pandemic concerns like MIS-C, now rare, and call vax myocarditis mostly mild without noting ICU cases, persistent MRI abnormalities, and rare deaths reported in the literature. 5. You dismiss ongoing scrutiny as a “historical grievance.” Questions about subgroup risk, long-term outcomes, and policy choices remain legitimate, especially when vax uptake in the U.S. has plummeted. Sounds like you’re still defending some terrible decisions. Also thanks to new FDA (below) and people like @KrugAlli who help shine some light.

My latest @CIDRAP op-ed: The mRNA COVID vaccine myocarditis signal was real. The system caught it. Since 2022, no updated formulation has triggered a significant myocarditis signal. ACIP's March agenda is premised on a risk its own data say has resolved. cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/cidra…

@angie_rasmussen Wait, but prior to the changes, our recommendations only aligned with those in Bulgaria, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal and Romania. Now, we’re aligned with most of Europe, right? ecdc.europa.eu/en/publication…

This is why Denmark doesn’t need the universal birth dose of the hep B vaccine. Their national health system & data is so comprehensive that their policies have eliminated diseases like HIV & syphilis. In Denmark, everyone’s risk can be accurately quantified. Not so in the US.

@AlexBerenson @US_FDA That’s funny. Remember not too long ago when NPR had some balance? BTW, have you made decision on HPV?

Drug company: we have a gene therapy that requires drilling holes in people's skulls to administer. @US_FDA: that's fine, we would just like you to prove it works before we approve it, since it already failed one trial. Anti-Trump science media: THEY'RE KILLING PATIENTS $qure

@DrSamuelBHume Why hasn’t U.S. cervical cancer death rate seen significant declines since the HPV vaccine’s 2006 introduction?

I will never get bored of these graphs The HPV vaccine prevents cervical cancer

@AaronSiriSG Every life matters.

TITLE: Eight Years After Deposing Dr. Plotkin, the “Godfather of Vaccines,” He Sends Me a Letter BYLINE: Plotkin writes he will be “credited for protecting millions of children” and I will be “responsible for dead and sick unvaccinated children” After my book Vaccines, Amen was published, I received a letter from Dr. Stanley Plotkin, the “Godfather of Vaccines.” This is the first time in the eight years since I deposed him that he has contacted me, despite his endless public and private complaints and tirade related to that deposition. His efforts in the months and years post-deposition included: - having the WHO declare those hesitant to receive vaccines a global threat; - demanding FDA amend vaccine package inserts to include more trial information (which never occurred because it does not exist); - demanding CDC remove harms listed on vaccine information statements (such as removing “brain damage” from MMR’s vaccine information statement); - holding a closed-door meeting in London with leading vaccinologists (his disciples) to produce studies to validate, not study, vaccine safety; and - numerous other unfortunate acts designed to support his a priori beliefs regarding vaccines, hide their harms, and dehumanize anyone who questions his orthodoxy or declines to vaccinate. Despite his best efforts, he was not able to put the truths he was forced to admit in that deposition back in the bottle; nor have his efforts succeeded in bullying everyone into injecting without thinking. While the deposition, as he once wrote, was “traumatic” and “exhausted” him, my book has clearly pushed him far over the edge. Yet, again, and unsurprisingly, his only response, as you will see in his letter, is not about the substance of the book, but rather about how he (the world’s leading vaccinologist) needed more time to prepare for the deposition and that it went too long. He does, again in usual vaccinologist style, end his letter with a conclusory unsupported claim, that he will be “credited for protecting millions of children” and I will be “responsible for dead and sick unvaccinated children.” As you will see from his letter and my response, I made offers to give him a redo on the deposition as well as offered constructive steps towards protecting all children, including those injured by vaccines. He never responded to those overtures. Given the lack of response, the best potential for these letters to do good is to make them public. I trust you will find that these letters provide sharp insight into the overall issue with vaccinology, vaccines, and the religion that Dr. Plotkin and his disciples have developed around these products. Plotkin's letter: vaccinesamen.com/wp-content/upl… My response letter: vaccinesamen.com/wp-content/upl…

@GovernorShapiro @CDCgov AAP propagated CDC/FDA misinformation about vaccine-induced myocarditis and destroyed trust.

BREAKING: I’m suing the Trump Administration to challenge their illegal overhaul of the @CDCgov's long-standing recommendations for children's vaccinations. Donald Trump and RFK Jr.’s blatant disregard for science threatens public health and erodes trust in our institutions. My Administration will continue to rely on qualified experts like the @AmerAcadPeds to lead the guidance Pennsylvanians receive to keep themselves and their families healthy.

@GovernorShapiro @CDCgov Like this former CDC director?

@Rainmaker1973 Would be great to hear from the “anti-vaxxer” Ioannidis 🤷🏻‍♂️

Study shows COVID vaccines decreased heart attacks and strokes. A sweeping analysis of nearly 46 million adult health records has delivered a clear verdict: COVID-19 vaccination sharply lowers the risk of heart attacks and strokes, directly refuting persistent claims to the contrary. Published in Nature Communications, the study followed people across England from December 2020 through January 2022. It documented a 10% drop in serious arterial blood clots (including heart attacks and strokes) after the first dose alone. Protection strengthened further with subsequent doses: a 20% reduction among those fully vaccinated with Pfizer/BioNTech and a striking 27% reduction for AstraZeneca recipients. The researchers were upfront about rare side effects—myocarditis and certain clotting disorders—that can occur shortly after vaccination, but stressed these remain exceptionally uncommon. By comparison, catching COVID-19 itself dramatically raised the odds of major cardiovascular events. Lead co-author Dr. Samantha Ip described the results as some of the strongest evidence yet that the vaccines do more than prevent severe infection: they also confer lasting protection against two of the world’s leading killers. [Ip, S., North, TL., Torabi, F. et al. Cohort study of cardiovascular safety of different COVID-19 vaccination doses among 46 million adults in England. Nat Commun 15, 6085 (2024). doi. org /10.1038/s41467-024-49634-x]

@weldeiry Healthy vaccinee bias, undoubtedly 😂. Imagine the firestorm if the study found an association with ivermectin!

1-year risks of cancers associated with COVID-19 vaccination: a large population-based cohort study in South Korea biomarkerres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

@AlexBerenson Probably faced less prejudice than I do in my own household 😂. Certainly less than I faced when I spoke against school closures at a Philadelphia school board hearing 🤷🏻‍♂️

One point I haven't seen made about Tyler Robinson: He lived at least semi-openly in southern Utah - a highly religiously conservative place - with a man who was "transitioning" as his partner. Yet they don't seem to have faced any prejudice. The trans hate runs left to right

The NYT cast the firing of CDC Director Susan Monarez as an assault on science — a “weaponization of public health.” Proper process matters, and if the dismissal was political, that should be called out. But the outrage from CDC veterans feels selective. Where was this protest when CDC stumbled through the pandemic — overstating child deaths, denying myocarditis, or letting unions shape school policy? Then, few resigned in protest, and silence often replaced accountability. nytimes.com/2025/08/27/hea… Today’s firings may be questionable, but the CDC’s credibility crisis didn’t begin with RFK Jr. It began when its own leaders failed, and when insiders defended the institution instead of the public. 15 (of many) Controversial CDC Decisions & Statements (subjectively ranked by impact on public trust) 1. Mask Guidance Flip-Flops Early “don’t wear masks” → universal masking → double masking → no masks for vaccinated → back to masks. For months, CDC’s showcase study was a case report of two hairdressers. Weak science, paired with obvious “mask theater” (restaurant rules, airplanes), made the CDC look unserious. 2. School Closures & Union Influence CDC prolonged closures; teacher unions edited reopening guidance. Studies showed some areas with open schools had lower infection rates than closed ones. Closure harms are still playing out. 3. Vaccines “Stop Transmission” CDC told the public vaccination prevented infection and spread. FDA trial documents never claimed this. By Delta/Omicron, multiple studies showed waning protection, some even showing negative efficacy. 4. Pediatric Death Miscalculation CDC admitted in 2022 it had overcounted pediatric deaths due to coding errors. Inflated risk numbers were used to push child vaccination and masking. 5. “Pandemic of the Unvaccinated” (Walensky, 2021) Claimed nearly all severe illness was among unvaccinated. Breakthroughs were already common; CDC withheld full data. Looked deliberately misleading. 6. Myocarditis Denial CDC said no evidence of myocarditis risk in early 2021. Israel and U.S. military flagged the issue months before CDC acknowledged it. The delay looked like cover-up. 7. Isolation Cut to 5 Days Quarantine reduced from 10 days to 5 (Dec 2021), no negative test required. Many remained infectious. Widely seen as a concession to airlines/business, not science. 8. Six Feet of Social Distancing Rigid “6 feet” rule, later cut to 3 feet in schools. Arbitrary; ventilation mattered far more. 9. Natural Immunity Minimization CDC treated prior infection as negligible. Studies consistently showed natural immunity as strong or stronger than vaccination. 10. Booster Push vs FDA Scientists FDA’s Gruber & Krause forced out after resisting universal boosters. They were right — boosters offered little benefit for young, healthy groups, while risks (like myocarditis) were real. 11. Data Withholding (Breakthroughs, Hospitalizations) CDC delayed release of vaccine breakthrough data and “with vs for COVID” hospital counts. Later studies showed incidental hospitalizations were common in both adults and kids. 12. Asymptomatic Testing Flip (2020) Briefly advised close contacts without symptoms didn’t need testing. Politically driven; indefensible given role of asymptomatic spread. 13. Vaccinating Infants (6 months+) Recommended despite tiny trial sample and near-zero risk. Uptake extremely low; most countries didn’t follow suit. 14. Cloth Mask Overconfidence Promoted cloth masks as adequate. Real-world evidence showed minimal protection. 15. Long COVID Overestimation CDC said 1 in 5 infections caused long COVID. More rigorous studies show far lower prevalence; some cases now appear to be vaccine-associated syndromes.

@By_CJewett @VPrasadMDMPH Why not interview John Ioannidis in your reporting?

NEW: The FDA's new top vaccine official overrode the decision of staff on the approval of two new Covid vaccines. Staff signed off on Moderna & Novavax approvals for all 12+. @VPrasadMDMPH cited "known and unknown" risks and changed it to 65+ and under 65 w/medical condition. GIFT: nytimes.com/2025/07/02/hea…

@VPrasadMDMPH As Ioannidis (#1 rank in ScholarGPS for Public Health and Epidemiology) says in interview with @DrJBhattacharya (who will hopefully lead NIH), most of damage can’t be reversed even when later shown to be wrong.

This is so damning. By the time Biden administration rolled out their vaccine mandate, they had published data that vaccination could not halt transmission. It had no benefit to third parties, and ergo was unethical prima facia. Sad they sunk this low.