WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) will hold a panel discussion with doctors and medical researchers who have treated COVID-19 vaccine injuries and are researching the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines, patients who have experienced adverse events due to the COVID-19 vaccine, and vaccine mandates. The senator will speak to his advocacy for early treatment, the importance of American’s health care freedom and recognizing natural immunity, the impacts of mandates on the American workforce and the economy, and the lack of transparency from federal health agencies in response to his COVID-19 oversight requests.  

Sen. Johnson has also extended an invitation to the following agencies and drug companies so they can hear firsthand from the vaccine injured and medical professionals:

• CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky
• Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin
• Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh
• Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg
• FDA Acting Commissioner Janet Woodcock
• HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra
• NIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci,
• NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins
• Johnson & Johnson CEO Alex Gorsky
• Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel
• Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla
• BioNTech CEO Ugur Sahin

WHO:              

Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wis.)

Vaccine injured

Cody Flint, airline pilot from Cleveland, MS who accumulated 10,000 hours of flight time diagnosed with left and right perilymphatic fistula, Eustachian tube dysfunction, and elevated intracranial pressure following Pfizer vaccination

Ernest Ramirez, father from Austin, TX whose only son collapsed playing basketball and passed away from myocarditis following Pfizer vaccination

Amy and Abby Alvo, family from Los Angeles, CA whose daughter suffered adverse reaction from first dose of Pfizer vaccine, having been denied a medical exemption twice, she will be kicked off her collegiate cheer team if she is not fully vaccinated

Doug Cameron, farm operations manager from Idaho, permanently paralyzed following vaccination

Kyle Werner, professional mountain bike racer from Boise, ID diagnosed with pericarditis following vaccination

Suzanna Newell, triathlete from Saint Paul, MN diagnosed with an autoimmune disease and reliant on a walker or cane to walk following vaccination  

Kelly Ann Rodriguez, young mother from Tacoma, WA reliant on walker following vaccination

Maddie de Garay, 12-year old Pfizer clinical trial participant from Cincinnati, OH confined to wheelchair and feeding tube

Brianne Dressen, Astra Zeneca clinical trial participant from Utah, co-founded react19.org, a patient advocacy organization dedicated to increasing awareness of adverse events

Dr. Joel Wallskog, orthopedic surgeon from Mequon, WI diagnosed with transverse myelitis following Moderna vaccination

Medical experts and doctors

Dr. Theresa Long

Dr. Linda Wastila, Professor and Parke-davis Chair in Geriatric Pharmacotherapy, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy

Dr. Robert Kaplan, faculty member at the Stanford School of Medicine Clinical Excellence Research Center

Dr. Peter Doshi, Associate Professor of pharmaceutical health services research at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy

Dr. Joseph Fraiman, board-certified Emergency Medicine Physician

Dr. Patrick Whelan, Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Rheumatology at University of California, Los Angeles

Dr. Aditi Bhargava, Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Center for Reproductive Sciences at University of California, San Francisco

Dr. Retsef Levi, J. Spencer Standish (1945) Professor of Operations Management at MIT

Dr. David Healy, Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University in Ontario

Dr. Iona Heath, retired general practitioner from Kentish Town in London and Past President, Royal College of general Practitioners

Kim Witczak, international drug safety advocate and speaker, serves as Consumer Representative on the FDA Psychopharmacologic Drug Advisory Committee

WHAT:  Panel discussion on vaccine mandates and the consequences and the lack of compassion and response from federal health agencies to those who have experienced adverse events from the COVID-19 vaccine

WHEN:               Tuesday, Nov. 2

                           10 a.m. – 12 p.m. ET

WHERE:             Russell Senate Office Building, Kennedy Caucus Room 325

RSVP:                  Please RSVP by Monday Nov. 1 at 10:00AM ET with name, outlet, email and phone                             number to press@ronjohnson.senate.gov.

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