A senator asked Dr. Schwartz to respond directly to @AaronSiriSG, calling her "the queen of mandating vaccines" during her time at the Coast Guard. She never answered the question, instead offering talk of humility and of wanting to be "a CDC director for all Americans" rather than addressing her actual mandate record.
Minutes later, the same senator asked her to confirm that the vitamin K shot is safe for newborns. She said yes, then called it "the vaccine" before catching herself mid-sentence.
The senator blamed vaccine hesitancy for parents' refusal of vitamin K, citing no data linking the two. What she didn't mention is that the shot itself is a synthetic compound, often formulated with polyethylene glycol and polysorbate 80, and carrying an FDA black box warning for severe allergic reactions. Late-onset VKDB, the rare bleeding disorder the shot is meant to prevent, occurs in roughly 1 in 15,000 to 20,000 births without supplementation.
None of that makes it to the delivery room pamphlet, and none of it got addressed when Siri's name came up either.
Reporting by @tracybeanz and @ChelleWards to corroborate. Full article linked below:
https://t.co/4eiZbzraeI