U.S. Senator Ron Johnson, chairman of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, held a hearing titled “Unmasked: How Biden Health Officials Purposely Turned a Blind Eye Toward COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Signals” on May 1 in Washington.
The hearing focused on concerns about how federal health officials monitored the safety of COVID-19 vaccines. Johnson released an interim Majority Staff Report and approximately 600 pages of records detailing that, beginning in early 2021, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials became aware of a new data mining method that could better detect statistically significant safety signals for adverse events associated with the vaccines. According to the report, health officials continued to use an older method with known limitations instead of adopting this newer approach.
During the hearing, Johnson said, “Peter Marks, with the knowledge that he was treating vaccine injuries, and they weren’t mild injuries. These were life-threatening injuries. These are total disability–type of injuries. So, he knew it. He was treating them. He knew that his safety surveillance system was masking these signals …. They were pleading with the officials at FDA, NIH, that knew they were severely injured by the vaccine, counting on them to make that public, to study their results so that others could get treated. To this day, they have not done that.”
Johnson also said: “We’ve got a real big problem in this country about vaccine-injury deniers. Again, these vaccine injuries are real, but it’s being denied. And you know, Mr. Science himself, accused a lot of people of being science deniers. I’ll accuse people of being vaccine-injury deniers.” He concluded his remarks by saying: “Nobody that pushed these things wants to admit they’re wrong. The advice they gave might have resulted in somebody’s death or permanent disability. That’s what we’re faced with… And I can tell you from my standpoint I’m not giving up … I’m not caving to the ridicule and vilification.”
According to the official website, Johnson’s office arranges flags flown over the Capitol for Wisconsin residents and supports community outreach through mobile office services as well as assistance for state residents.
Johnson participates in several Senate committees including Finance; Budget; and Special Committee on Aging according to his official website. His committee roles focus on oversight efforts related to fiscal strategies and support for seniors.The official website also notes his office has locations in Milwaukee, Madison, Oshkosh and Washington D.C., providing constituent services across multiple sites.
Johnson resides in Oshkosh with his family according to information from his official website.
