CDC knew vaccine did not prevent Covid

 Wes Walker:

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Emails obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request show that CDC Director Rochelle Walensky and former NIH Director Francis Collins were aware of and discussed “breakthrough cases” of COVID in January 2021 — when the vaccines became widely available. In her email, Walensky says that “clearly,” an “important area of study” links to a study raising the issue and assures the person she is sending it to that Dr. Anthony Fauci is looped into these conversations.

However, in public, Walensky was saying something quite different. Two months after discussing this data, she said vaccinated people “don’t carry the virus” and “don’t get sick.” In a congressional hearing, after it became clear that people could get infected with COVID even after receiving the vaccine, she defended her original statements by claiming it was accurate when she said it — namely, for the strands we were dealing with in early 2021.

We now know that was not true and that Walensky knew it was not true.

Jay Bhattacharya, a professor at the Stanford School of Medicine, called the revelation “stunning.” He pointed out that despite this knowledge, “they continued to push vax mandates anyway.”

This is the real scandal, as there is little harm in getting something like this wrong in a vacuum. After all, COVID-19 vaccines certainly saved many lives and reduced the severity of infection for many more. But the fact vaccine mandates were pushed, even though those in charge knew people could contract and spread the virus while vaccinated, is indefensible. That they mislead the public on this makes it even worse.
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Like many other Americans, my wife and I were fully vaccinated and boosted and still got Covid.  Medical experts have a responsibility, to be honest with people on the efficacy of vaccines and medications.