FDA Identified Safety Signals for COVID-19 Vaccines Shortly After Rollout: Records

‘This is a huge scandal,’ Sen. Ron Johnson said.

A man receives a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine in Seattle, Wash., on Jan. 24, 2021. Grant Hindsley/AFP via Getty Images

A Food and Drug Administration expert found indications of safety problems with COVID-19 vaccines several months after they were authorized, according to newly released emails.

FDA leaders, informed of the findings, declined to make them public, according to records obtained by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and released on April 29.