This article refers to this 300-page PDF consisting of communications acquired from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) with a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request:
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/wp-content/uploads/NIH-FOIA-59265-04.21.2024-Production.pdf
For further details, see the Background provided below.
"U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials Dr. Janet Woodcock, principal deputy commissioner of food and drugs and Peter Marks, M.D., Ph.D., director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, knew about COVID-19 vaccine injuries in early 2021, according to documents obtained by Children’s Health Defense (CHD).
The same documents revealed that Dr. Anthony Fauci knew COVID-19 vaccines were causing serious injuries within days of their rollout in December 2020.
The latest documents show vaccine-injured individuals emailed Woodcock and Marks several times throughout 2021 and 2022 with pleas for help regarding their injuries — when they claimed the vaccines were 'safe and effective.'
The 300-page batch of documents released on April 21 contains correspondence between the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and people who contacted the agency about injuries they sustained after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine...
Documents contradict FDA officials’ public statements
Between January 2021 and February 2022, Woodcock was the FDA’s acting commissioner. Previously, she led COVID-19 therapeutic development as director of the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. Marks has headed the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research since 2016.
The documents contradict testimony and public statements Woodcock and Marks made in 2021 — and more recently — about the safety of the COVID-19 vaccines...
‘Why are our reports being ignored?’
Speaking to The New York Times on May 3, Woodcock said she believed that some of the vaccine-injured did experience injuries that were 'serious' and 'life-changing' beyond those officially recognized by federal agencies.
'I’m disappointed in myself,' she told the Times. 'I did a lot of things I feel very good about, but this is one of the few things I feel I just didn’t bring it home.'...
FDA, CDC pushed boosters despite knowledge of injuries
.. [I]n a Feb. 21, 2021, email exchange (pages 133-134), someone injured by a COVID-19 vaccine informed Marks about their severe adverse reaction post-vaccination.
'I am a [redacted] who suffered a terrible reaction 30 minutes after receiving the first dose of the Pfizer Covid vaccine,' the email read. 'I am still very symptomatic [redacted] out with severe paresthesias, chest tightness, tremor, dizziness, headaches.'
The email, initially sent to Dr. Alkis Togias, branch chief of Allergy, Asthma, and Airway Biology at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, also stated:
'I have subsequently been contacted by five other women who have had very similar neurological reactions to mine and are all quite ill weeks after receiving their vaccines. They have had similar difficulty in getting appropriate medical care as the medical community knows nothing about these reactions.
'They too have reported their reactions to the drug companies, the regulatory governmental agencies, and there has been no response or documentation of their reactions.
'It is apparent that these neurological reactions are not unheard of. Why are they not being addressed? Why are our reports being ignored?”
... Later that day, Marks responded, 'So sorry to hear of your symptoms. We take all adverse event reports seriously. I have asked our pharmacovigilance team to follow up with you. We certainly hope that you feel better soon.'...
‘Do your job. We beg of you.’
In a June 29, 2021, email (page 138) sent to Woodcock, another vaccine injury victim wrote, 'I need to know what has happened to me. I have had severe burning paresthesias from head to toe since I received the Pfizer Covid vaccine [redacted]. I am in severe pain and incapacitated. I take medications seven times a day that do nothing.'
The email also stated:
'I have never heard of an illness like this. It is unbearable. I am barely surviving … There are 1000’s of others like me. No one in this country knows what has happened to us. We have reached out to every expert across the country, including the CDC [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] and the NIH. …
“It is ridiculous and criminal that no one is talking about these reactions or trying to help us. It is time that we get the help that we need. Please. Stop gaslighting us and help us. We are innocent Americans who took the vaccine willingly with no informed consent and our lives have been taken from us.
“You have abandoned us. Please. It is your duty to acknowledge and help us. We are tired of writing these letters to you and pleading for help. Do your job and help us. We beg of you.”...
Marks acknowledged the FDA was unprepared for the avalanche of reports of vaccine injuries it received. 'We probably have not done a good enough job of communicating sometimes the actual numbers of deaths versus what’s in VAERS,' Marks said.
An Oct. 26, 2021, response from Woodcock (page 21) stated she was 'looking through the documentation.' She said, 'Let me absorb this information and I will get back to you,' she wrote. In a follow-up sent later that day, she added, 'I have been looking into a variety of reports similar to yours. I will get back to you.'
Yet no further communication appears in this email chain until May 7, 2022, when the injured person followed up with Woodcock (page 16), saying their concerns were 'unresolved.'...
'All of my requests for information so far have been dismissed, denied, or absence of response [sic] despite my attempt to obtain the most accurate information…
'I have followed up when NIH stated they had no intention of updating public facing websites to alert doctors of the neurological risks of vaccination. I have multiple sources of evidence now that demonstrate my neurological injury matches the pattern of other neurological vaccine injuries… My vision injury matches what is seen in Traumatic Brain Injury patients.'"
Background:
On November 10, 2022, Children’s Health Defense (CHD) filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for documents related to correspondence between National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers and individuals who contacted the NIH regarding adverse events they experienced after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine.
On April 12, 2023, CHD sued the NIH for non-compliance by filing a Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief with the US District Court in Washington, DC. In this complaint, CHD's legal team asserts that the "NIH violated the FOIA through its failure to process this request expeditiously, failure to provide a final determination, and failure to provide any of the records to which CHD is entitled."
On June 16, 2023, the NIH filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit. CHD responded by filing an objection on June 30th, and the NIH withdrew its motion in July.
In October 2023, the NIH agreed to produce up to 7,500 pages of documents at a rate of 300 pages per month.
As of June 18, 2025, the NIH has released more than 3,000 redacted pages in response to the original FOIA request.
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