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MP Says Ridiculing Injured is Offensive

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Niagara West MP Dean Allison thanked doctors who testified last week during his COVID-19 inquiry, as well as the people who testified they were hurt by vaccines.

During his closing remarks in Ottawa, he said no one should be afraid to ask questions in a democratic society.  "We should be able to ask difficult questions of Health Canada, how is it funded?  We heard some conversation today that Big Pharma is involved.  How are decisions made, what safeguards exist against conflicts of interest, how are adverse events investigated, whether Canadians have sufficient access?"

Many in the medical community have called for a national inquiry, while the federal government did not sanction the Allison Inquiry.

He said we can't go back to not hearing from people who say they've been hurt.  "We should not accept the fact when people ridicule, or dismiss you when you say it's all in your head.  How many times do we hear witnesses say they're told it's all in your head?   I don't want to hear that, it's very offensive to hear." 

Health Canada reports of all vaccine shots given over a 3-year period, less than 1% resulted in serious side effects.