In a recent News Nation interview, Mayfield said major institutions such as the FDA and the CDC have lost credibility with the public after the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Those of us that tried to suggest there may be significant side effects from vaccines, we kind of got cancelled,” he said, “because no one wanted to talk about the potential that there was a problem from the vaccines.”
Redfield served as CDC director from 2018 to 2021, which means he oversaw the key federal agency for President Donald Trump during the pandemic.
At a March 2021 press conference, Redfield called vaccines “the most important gift of science” and encouraged Americans to get a Pfizer, Moderna, or Johnson and Johnson shot.
During last week’s interview, Redfield defended the vaccine for people aged 65 and older who were most vulnerable to the Wuhan-born virus.
“But we have to be honest: Some people got significant side effects from the vaccine,” Redfield told show host Chris Cuomo. “I have a number of people that are quite ill, and they never had COVID, but they are ill from the vaccine. And we just have to acknowledge that.”
Redfield’s comments come after Cuomo himself acknowledged vaccine injuries, and praised Ivermectin, in a recent podcast, AFN reported.
On a previous News Nation segment, Cuomo interviewed a nurse practitioner who described his immediate and long-lasting side effects after taking the COVID-19 shot.
