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(NewsNation) — Former President Donald Trump’s testing czar declared that Americans who expressed concerns about the COVID-19 vaccine deserve an apology from health authorities amid a new study showing rare but significant side effects, including neurological reactions and immunological.
“These are legitimate concerns,” Dr. Brett Giroir, a former deputy secretary of health in the Trump administration, said on NewsNation’s “On Balance.” “This very large study of around 100 million people shows that there are rare neurological effects. “There are strange immunological effects and there is inflammation of the heart.”
The researchers conducted the largest study to date and published their findings that confirmed vaccinated people faced slightly higher risks of several medical conditions.
According to the study, those risks include myocarditis, pericarditis, Guillain-Barré syndrome and cerebral venous sinus thrombosis.
“If you’re 25 years old and healthy, especially a man, and you’ve had COVID before, the risk of myocarditis is about the same, or maybe even a little higher, than the risk of having a serious outcome.” [from COVID-19]”Giroir explained.
“On Balance” host Leland Vittert said it is now clear that politics and virtue signaling replaced science during the pandemic, as those who expressed doubt risked being canceled.
“So yes, people deserve an apology,” Giroir said. “I think open, honest scientific discussion was crushed.”
Giroir said he was banned from tweeting “because I simply stated the fact, proven by data, that those who are naturally immune, who had COVID, should not lose their jobs, should not need a passport, should not eat other things, because they were equally immune as those who received the vaccine during the delta outbreak.”
Giroir emphasized the importance of transparency in communicating the risks and benefits related to vaccines.
“One of the first principles of being a doctor, as I am, is to be honest with the patient and respect their autonomy,” Giroir said. “You provide the best information possible and let them make a decision.”