FDA Doctors Linked Child Deaths to COVID Vaccines – Biden Admin Stayed Silent

In this RedState article, Ben Smith reports on records released by Sen. Ron Johnson alleging that FDA doctors identified pediatric COVID vaccine death cases as possible safety signals while the Biden administration failed to publicly warn parents.

• Johnson released records referenced in a May 11, 2026, letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
• The article says the key document is a December 5, 2025, FDA memorandum reviewing 96 pediatric deaths following COVID vaccination reported to VAERS.
• According to the report, FDA medical officers classified seven of the cases as “possibly” or “probably” related to the vaccine.
• Five of those seven cases reportedly involved myocarditis, and all seven involved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
• The article argues that these cases were treated internally as “new safety information” but were never added to vaccine warning labels.
• Smith says the deaths occurred between 2021 and 2022, during the height of government vaccination campaigns aimed at children.
• The piece also cites Johnson’s broader April 2026 report alleging that FDA officials ignored or failed to act on vaccine safety signals.
• Johnson is demanding more records and wants confirmation about whether the HHS Inspector General is investigating alleged deletion of federal records.
• The article frames the controversy as a major failure of transparency by public health officials who promoted or mandated COVID vaccines while internal safety concerns allegedly existed.

Read the full story: https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/05/13/fda-doctors-flagged-dead-children-as-covid-vaccine-safety-signals-biden-never-warned-parents-n2202279