Following warnings from the Food and Drug Administration and a decision this week by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to end the recommendation that children and pregnant women get the vaccine, 51% of likely voters said they believe it harmed hearts.
Exactly half of women, 39% of Democrats, and 49% of independent voters joined 69% of Republicans in saying the COVID-19 vaccine may have caused inflammation in the hearts of “many” vaccinated Americans, according to a new survey from Rasmussen Reports shared with Secrets.
The finding is a major indicator that the public could be turning on COVID-19 vaccine products long supported by the drug industry, media, and liberals and opposed by Kennedy and others who have recently presented data to back up their claims.
“The worm is turning,” Dr. Robert Malone, COVID-19 vaccine mandate critic, said in an interview.
“Rasmussen’s Poll indicates,” said Malone, that the “nonaligned and the Left” are “starting to move” away from backing the vaccine.
The shift indicates that vaccine critics’ efforts to build support by releasing data on the harmful effects of the vaccines, hidden by the Biden administration, are working.
Trump has been under pressure from his most strident supporters to pull the vaccines from the market, but insiders said he has been cautious because support for them has been steady. Some advisers warned an abrupt withdrawal could spark a backlash and undercut Trump’s broader campaign to keep control of the House and Senate in next year’s midterm elections.
However, a change in the public’s view could eventually lead to legislative changes governing vaccines and nix the COVID-19 vaccine recommendations.
“If we see major momentum in public opinion across the board, then it may be feasible, politically, to withdraw the products earlier,” Malone said.
The Malone Institute has charted the growing list of medical papers detailing evidence of myocarditis, inflammation of the heart, in some people who received the COVID-19 vaccine.
The FDA recently asked Pfizer, BioNTech, and Moderna to update their vaccine labels to reflect their associated risks of cardiovascular complications.
In the new Rasmussen Reports survey, just 50% of respondents said they believe the vaccines should continue to be offered, and just 35% said they have received a booster shot in the past year. Some 62% of respondents said they have not received a shot.
However, vaccine advocates are expected to push back. They have warned of the danger of withdrawing COVID-19 vaccines, including a new COVID-19 variant.