At a recent Senate hearing, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said something I never thought I’d hear from a top federal health official: “I don’t think people should be taking medical advice from me.”
That wasn’t a dodge. That was honesty. And, frankly, it’s a breath of fresh air.
For too long, health bureaucrats in Washington have believed their job is to dictate Americans’ medical decisions. That mindset led to lockdowns, mandates, censorship, and the sidelining of safe, effective tools that were widely distributed earlier in the pandemic, such as monoclonal antibodies (mAbs). Secretary Kennedy’s testimony suggests a different view: the role of government is not to play doctor, but to protect the freedom of every American to decide what’s best for their own health.
That’s the right idea and the essence of true healthcare choice.
Contrast this with the last administration. Under President Joe Biden, Americans were forced to choose between a vaccine they didn’t want — with a plethora of boosters — and continued restrictions on their liberties.
Biden didn’t promote vaccine choice. He aggressively pushed vaccines and boosters as the primary defense from COVID. Meanwhile, monoclonal antibodies — preventive and therapeutic tools that cut the risk of hospitalization and death as high as 74% and 84% in high-risk patients — were pushed aside. The administration significantly scaled back their distribution even though mAbs successfully treated President Donald Trump and were backed by countless doctors who called for broader access.
Why? Because the Biden White House chose to prioritize vaccination above all else. It preferred to micromanage Americans’ care rather than empower families to make informed decisions.
That wasn’t science, it was politics. And Americans paid the price.
As my son Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, also a medical doctor, said countless times, some patients were even denied mAbs due to what he described as “partisan political games” — namely, the politically-charged FDA guidance that many hospitals felt pressured to follow throughout the pandemic. Five years later, the FDA still hasn’t fully approved a monoclonal antibody product.
That’s not “following the science” or respecting the people’s right and ability to make their own health care decisions. That’s the worst type of government overreach — micromanaging your medical decisions by erecting regulatory roadblocks designed to limit your options by and control what treatments and preventatives you can access. When Washington dictates what care you’re allowed to pursue, what opinions you’re allowed to hear, and what shots you’re required to take, you’re no longer living in a free country.
Now, under a new administration and with Secretary Kennedy at the helm of HHS, there’s an opportunity to chart a new course — one rooted in freedom, not fear.
Americans should have access to vaccines if they want them, but they should also have access to alternatives like mAbs. They should be allowed to hear all sides of a medical debate, not just the one approved by government “experts.” And they should be trusted to make informed choices for themselves and their families.
Secretary Kennedy’s comments may not have pleased the political class, but they honored the principle this country was founded on: government serves the people, not the other way around.
Real health policy doesn’t come from control. It comes from having confidence in the American people to make their own choices. At this early stage, I’m so glad that Secretary Kennedy seems to understand as much.
A Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) whistleblower leaked statements from fellow HHS professionals admitting their concerns over the safety and efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccine and current protocols for treatment of infected patients. The whistleblower, Jodi O’Malley, is an HHS nurse at the Phoenix Indian Medical Center who reached out to the nonprofit journalist enterprise, Project Veritas.
O’Malley told Project Veritas in a sit-down interview that she felt compelled to come forward because more patients were coming in with adverse vaccine reactions, yet the government wasn’t reporting them. One of the biggest incentives for O’Malley to speak out was when her coworker passed away after experiencing complications with the vaccine.
One of the officials on video, HHS emergency room doctor Maria Gonzales, expressed frustration with the government’s transparency over the COVID-19 vaccine causing significant numbers of myocarditis cases.
“The government doesn’t want to show that the darn vaccine is full of s***,” said Gonzales.
Gonzales also claimed that the government was hiding the reports of adverse side effects from the vaccine. Gonzales made these remarks in response to O’Malley describing to her a case of a patient experiencing shortness of breath after receiving his second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, which was later diagnosed as congestive heart failure. The patient’s elevated BNP, D-Dimer, ALT, liver enzymes, PT-INR levels all were indicative of this diagnosis, according to O’Malley and Gonzales in the video.
“All this is bulls***. Now, [the patient] probably [has] myocarditis due to the vaccine. But now, [the government is] not going to blame the vaccine,” responded Gonzales. “[Government officials] are not reporting [adverse COVID vaccine side effects] because they want to shove it under the mat.”
In the sit-down interview with Project Veritas, O’Malley claimed that the patient’s adverse reaction was never reported.
In another clip, Gonzales asserted that health care providers aren’t doing antibody testing on those who’ve been infected.
Another HHS official, a nurse named Deanna Paris, revealed in a separate clip that current protocol for treating COVID-19 patients isn’t adequate. She expressed concern that it was causing people to suffer and possibly die.
“It’s a shame [the government is] not treating people [with COVID] like they’re supposed to, like they should. I think they want people to die,” remarked Paris.
Another clip submitted by O’Malley depicted her conversation with a pharmacist who explained that they weren’t allowed to have ivermectin at their facility. Remdesivir is the only FDA-approved treatment for COVID-19. The FDA doesn’t approve the use of ivermectin to treat COVID-19; they say it hasn’t proven to be safe or effective.
Paris also told O’Malley that she’d seen “a lot” of patients who’d experienced adverse reactions following vaccination. Health care professionals are required by the FDA to submit reports to the HHS Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) concerning emergency use authorization (EUA) vaccines. Yet, Paris said officials haven’t been submitting those reports because they take too long to create.
“Nobody [is writing up these reports] because it takes over a half an hour to write the damn thing,” stated Paris.
To Project Veritas, O’Malley explained that the method for documenting the safety and efficacy of the vaccine inherently relies on individuals to contribute information to the system.
“What the responsibility of everyone is, is to gather that data and report it,” explained O’Malley. “If we are not gathering that data and reporting it, then how are we going to say that this is safe and approved for use?”
O’Malley stated further that the vaccine hasn’t been effective in preventing COVID-19. Rather, she reported seeing “dozens” of patients with adverse vaccine reactions.
One of the youngest patients O’Malley recounted was only 15 and experiencing blood clots. According to O’Malley, the other health care professionals couldn’t understand why the patient was having that issue. However, O’Malley believed the child’s condition was due to the vaccine. The young patient had just received their first dose several weeks earlier, and was otherwise perfectly healthy.
Project Veritas asked if O’Malley feared retaliation from the government or her employers. O’Malley said yes, but she’s not entirely afraid because of her faith in God.
“I wouldn’t necessarily say I’m afraid because my faith lies in God and not man. This is evil at the highest level. You have the FDA, you have the CDC, that are both supposed to be protecting us,” said O’Malley. “At the end of the day, it’s about your health, and you can never get that back, and about your freedom, and about living in a peaceful society, and I’m like, ‘no.’ No. This is the hill that I will die on.”
Watch the entire whistleblower video from Project Veritas here.
Corinne Murdock is a reporter for AZ Free News. Follow her latest on Twitter, or email tips to corinne@azfreenews.com.
