Mary Talley Bowden on covid vaccine: what the evidence says · JRE #2335
SUBJECT: COVID VACCINE
Not a true/false call. Every claim is logged with its sources; read the exhibits below.
And it has been slow-growing, but we are up to 252 politicians who will go on record just to state that these shots should be pulled off the market.
What the evidence says 01 / RECORD
Bowden founded the advocacy group Americans for Health Freedom in late 2023, which recruits politicians to pledge that the mRNA COVID shots should be pulled off the market, so the roughly 252 figure is consistent with the group's own steadily growing tally (public reports cite about 250 elected officials in early 2026 and 300 by mid-2026). That count is self-reported by the organization and is not independently audited. The medical premise behind the pledge, that the shots should be removed, runs counter to regulators and peer-reviewed evidence: the FDA states the benefits of the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines outweigh their risks and that it stands behind their safety and effectiveness, and a peer-reviewed review concludes the benefits clearly outweigh the slim risk of myocarditis and pericarditis. FactCheck.org has also rebutted the related claim that the FDA is required to pull the vaccines over residual DNA. The tally is roughly accurate as the organization's own count, but the implied conclusion that these vaccines warrant removal is contrary to the scientific and regulatory consensus.