Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is urging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to withdraw its approval of the COVID-19 vaccine, arguing that the inoculations cause “permanent harm and death.”
In a statement on X, Greene wrote, “FDA approval for COVID-19 vaccines needs to be pulled and they need taken off the childhood vaccine schedule ASAP. COVID-19 vaccines are causing permanent harm and deaths.”
“I’ve been saying this ever since they were created and my personal Twitter account was permanently banned for my outspoken stance against the vaccines until Elon Musk bought Twitter, changed it to X, and restored my account along with thousands of people who were censored and silenced,” she wrote, asserting that the “truth remains the same.”
“COVID-19 vaccines should have never received approval and they’ve known the entire time how bad the side effects are and deaths caused by them.”
Greene noted, “It’s time to do the right thing.”
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) has similarly issued calls for the FDA to revoke the vaccines. “FDA should immediately revoke approval of these shots,” he wrote on X.
Last May, AstraZeneca announced it was pulling its COVID-19 vaccine called Vaxzevria.
The move followed AstraZeneca admitting in a court filing that the vaccine can cause “rare side effects.” The vaccine can cause thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS), according to the filing. TTS is reportedly a rare medical condition when a person suffers from blood clots together with a low platelet count.
Instead of noting that the withdrawal was due to the side effects, the company explained that newer vaccines targeting variants have led to Vaxzevria’s decreased demand.
