RFK Jr. unveiled a sweeping federal initiative to find evidence of vaccine injuries, including financial incentives for doctors to submit reports and an overhaul of the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) to make it simpler and more accessible via mobile devices. The CDC has awarded a nearly $1 million contract to Virginia-based Christian tech company SPN Solutions Inc. to support the effort. The initiative also requires electronic health records to include vaccine injury information, overseen by the HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, aiming to give providers a more complete patient medical history.
Kennedy stated the goal is to listen to patients and families reporting vaccine injuries, build trust, and make vaccines safer by following evidence. While health experts agree monitoring post-market vaccine safety is vital and welcome research on rare adverse reactions, they warn the initiative’s true aim is to inflate risks and overemphasize rare outcomes to attack lifesaving vaccines. Critics, including Brad Woodhouse of Protect Our Care, accuse the administration of bribing doctors to report harm without proof, predicting increased insurance costs, waste, fraud, and abuse.
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