STATE OF MAINE
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In House__________
WHEREAS, the V-safe program is the vaccine safety monitoring system of the United
States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
or "the CDC," and was initially launched in December 2020 to monitor the safety of COVID-
19 vaccines and later expanded to include mpox vaccines; and
WHEREAS, since the launch of the V-safe program, 10,100,000 V-safe participants
completed more than 151,000,000 health surveys about their experiences following COVID-
19 and mpox vaccination; and
WHEREAS, despite V-safe program data's being public information, the CDC refused to
release the data in response to a federal Freedom of Information Act request until after 2
lawsuits were filed in federal court and 440 days had passed since the data were originally
requested; and
WHEREAS, the original data release showed that out of 10,108,273 users, 3,353,110 users
either needed to seek medical care, could not attend work or school or could not perform daily
activities following vaccination and there was a total of 2,108,022 reports of users' receiving
medical care; and
WHEREAS, the CDC reported on V-safe program data received from users only during
the first 7 days following vaccination despite serious injuries from the COVID-19 vaccine often
taking more than 7 days to manifest, and adverse events reported to the V-safe program more
than 7 days following vaccination were not publicly disclosed by the CDC; and
WHEREAS, batches of data the CDC was ordered to release of free-text entries made in
the V-safe program's online survey, which contain information that does not otherwise fit into
the survey, contain thousands of reports of chest pain, heart palpitations and shortness of breath,
more than a thousand reports of tinnitus, hundreds of reports of menstrual disturbances and
approximately 54 reports of miscarriage following vaccination, as well as other reports of
medical problems; now, therefore, be it
ORDERED, the Senate concurring, that the Joint Standing Committee on Health and
Human Services shall study the use of the V-safe program, including, with regard to COVID-
19 vaccines:
1. Any failure of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention to properly collect and report V-safe program data;
2. Any deleterious effects from the Federal Government's failure to remove vaccine
manufacturers' immunity from liability; and
3. Any public health and safety and efficiency issues related to COVID-19 vaccines.
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 No later than November 6, 2024, the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human
Services shall submit a report that includes its findings and recommendations to the First
Regular Session of the 132nd Legislature.
SPONSORED BY: ___________________________________
(Representative SAMPSON, H.)
TOWN: Alfred
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