Kansas Pulls COVID Vaccine Ads From TV After Lawmakers Object to Calling Them Safe and Effective

Jason Tidd

Topeka-Capitol Journal

The Kansas health agency stopped airing television advertisements promoting the COVID-19 vaccine after some Republican lawmakers took issue with calling the shots safe and effective.

The revelation came during Janet Stanek’s confirmation hearing Wednesday before the Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee. Stanek is the acting secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.

The same committee pressed Stanek on COVID-19 conspiracy theories at a January meeting. Some members contended the KDHE should be more careful about labeling COVID-19 vaccines as safe and effective.

Sen. Mark Steffen, R-Hutchinson, again raised the issue Wednesday.

“When it comes to the COVID shot … we talked about the problem that KDHE was basically saying ‘safe and effective, safe and effective, safe and effective’ when we have a CDC VAERS reporting system that ties 20,000-plus deaths, and more complications, to these shots than all the other vaccines combined,” he said. “What have you done since we saw you last in regards to correcting that lack of a balanced approach to obtain true informed consent?”

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Via https://www.cjonline.com/story/news/politics/2022/03/03/kansas-tv-ads-calling-covid-vaccines-safe-and-effective-pulled/9346720002/