BREAKING: Former CDC Director Robert Redfield Slams Biden-Era Military COVID Vaccine Mandate as Having “No Scientific Justification” This week on Straight to the Point, I sat down with former CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield and Brianne Dressen — a vaccine injury advocate who was a clinical trial volunteer that developed lifelong neuropathy within one hour of taking the COVID-19 vaccine. Redfield exclusively reveals that he believes the Biden-era military mandates had “no scientific justification...and was an emotional decision," while noting institutional reluctance to acknowledge harms to young service members with strong immune systems. Dressen discusses the disproportionate toll the vaccine took on young service members, including @StancikKaroline who we previously interviewed. This wide ranging interview digs deep on the vaccine fallout for our nation's service members. @thelatmg @latimesstudios_ 01:04 Brianne Dressen: Her Advocacy for Covid Vaccine Injured is Personal @React19org 01:57 An “Inordinate Number” of Young Vaccine Injured Service Members 02:30 Former CDC Director Robert Redfield: Military COVID Vaccine Mandate “No Scientific Justification Whatsoever” 03:10 Most Severe Response In Young, With Robust Immune Systems 04:02 Soldier Karoline Stancik’s Heart Condition “Service Connected” To Covid Vaccine 05:01 Rare for Covid Vaccine Injuries to be Designated “In Line of Duty” 06:52 Drew’s Story: COVID Vaccine Injury And Whole Body Paralysis (Guillain-Barré Syndrome) 08:30 Service Members Spend Down Savings, Retirement, And Mortgage Homes For Treatments 09:30 Dressen: Vaccine Injury Compensation Has a “98.5 %” Rejection Rate 12:50 Dressen: Service Members Report VA Experience “Abysmal Failure,” Reluctance to Acknowledge COVID Vaccine Injury 15:22 Is Trump Administration Taking Different Approach to COVID Vaccine Injury: More Dialogue 16:55 Bressen: I Was A “True Blue” Democrat, After COVID Shot “My Life Changed Forever” 18:20 Karoline Stancik Update 19:04 Update @drewoutstanding In response to our questions, a VA spokesperson said “Between December 2020 and December 2025, 53 cases of myocarditis were identified among over 5.6 million VHA-enrolled Veterans who received an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine. Veterans are eligible for service connection if myocarditis develops during active duty…” A Department of War official said DoW “is making reinstatement available to all members of the military (active and reserve components) who were discharged solely for refusing to receive the COVID-19 vaccine and who request to be reinstated. The Department has reached out to the 8,700 Service members who were unjustly separated to apologize, offer information on reinstatement, and encourage them to rejoin the military.” “As of May 2026, more than 200 former Service members who were discharged under the now-rescinded COVID-19 vaccination mandate have been reinstated or re-accessed. The Services are actively tracking more than 800 additional former Service members who have expressed interest in rejoining the military.” Asked about the high rejection rate, the Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program did not respond.

EXCLUSIVE: Federal COVID Injury Program Rejects 98.5% of Claims, Average Payout Only $4,000 Says COVID Vaccine Injury Advocate “In the CICP(Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program)... has a 98.5% rejection rate..." "When you remove outliers, the average payout is $4,000…” @thelatmg @latimesstudios_

ACCOUNTABILITY: @drewoutstanding COVID vaccine injury caused paralysis throughout his entire body. He says it took 3 years for him to get out of his wheelchair and that his full medical retirement from the Army is silent on Covid Vaccine Injury. After our investigation @karolinestancik got two years back pay but she is struggling to clear $28k medical debt. At 25 she has a pacemaker and a service dog. @thelatmg @latimesstudios_

All the credit for 'debunking' the Biden administration's intelligence reports that doubted foreign involvement in Havana Syndrome goes to @DNIGabbard What you are unlikely to see in legacy media coverage is that our small team broke the story yesterday.. And Gabbard initiated the new review of directed energy attacks in response to our independent reporting which revealed evidence of progressive brain injury and brain cell death. As a independent journalist, I was able to take the Havana Syndrome reporting further on @x than I ever could at @cbsnews under the old leadership. Thank you to the CIA, NSA, State Department, DoD and Space Force whistleblowers who trusted independent journalism and came forward. Thank you for sharing!

TRAGIC: Veteran @drewoutstanding Paralyzed by Guillain-Barré After Taking Covid-19 Vaccine “His legs weren't working and the numbness and paralysis just kept moving up... put him into a medically induced coma. When he woke up, he could not move an inch anywhere in his body.” “It was impossible to deny what happened to Drew.” @thelatmg @latimesstudios_

BREAKING: Vaccine-Injured Service Members Unable To Get "In Line of Duty" Acknowledgment Are Facing Financial Ruin Getting Treatments Not Covered by Federal Government "Easily six figures." “They're losing their homes. They're moving back in with their parents. They're taking their parents' retirement. It's rough.” @thelatmg @latimesstudios_

BREAKING: Former CDC Director Robert Redfield Slams Biden-Era Military COVID Vaccine Mandate as Having “No Scientific Justification” This week on Straight to the Point, I sat down with former CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield and Brianne Dressen — a vaccine injury advocate who was a clinical trial volunteer that developed lifelong neuropathy within one hour of taking the COVID-19 vaccine. Redfield exclusively reveals that he believes the Biden-era military mandates had “no scientific justification...and was an emotional decision," while noting institutional reluctance to acknowledge harms to young service members with strong immune systems. Dressen discusses the disproportionate toll the vaccine took on young service members, including @StancikKaroline who we previously interviewed. This wide ranging interview digs deep on the vaccine fallout for our nation's service members. @thelatmg @latimesstudios_ 01:04 Brianne Dressen: Her Advocacy for Covid Vaccine Injured is Personal @React19org 01:57 An “Inordinate Number” of Young Vaccine Injured Service Members 02:30 Former CDC Director Robert Redfield: Military COVID Vaccine Mandate “No Scientific Justification Whatsoever” 03:10 Most Severe Response In Young, With Robust Immune Systems 04:02 Soldier Karoline Stancik’s Heart Condition “Service Connected” To Covid Vaccine 05:01 Rare for Covid Vaccine Injuries to be Designated “In Line of Duty” 06:52 Drew’s Story: COVID Vaccine Injury And Whole Body Paralysis (Guillain-Barré Syndrome) 08:30 Service Members Spend Down Savings, Retirement, And Mortgage Homes For Treatments 09:30 Dressen: Vaccine Injury Compensation Has a “98.5 %” Rejection Rate 12:50 Dressen: Service Members Report VA Experience “Abysmal Failure,” Reluctance to Acknowledge COVID Vaccine Injury 15:22 Is Trump Administration Taking Different Approach to COVID Vaccine Injury: More Dialogue 16:55 Bressen: I Was A “True Blue” Democrat, After COVID Shot “My Life Changed Forever” 18:20 Karoline Stancik Update 19:04 Update @drewoutstanding In response to our questions, a VA spokesperson said “Between December 2020 and December 2025, 53 cases of myocarditis were identified among over 5.6 million VHA-enrolled Veterans who received an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine. Veterans are eligible for service connection if myocarditis develops during active duty…” A Department of War official said DoW “is making reinstatement available to all members of the military (active and reserve components) who were discharged solely for refusing to receive the COVID-19 vaccine and who request to be reinstated. The Department has reached out to the 8,700 Service members who were unjustly separated to apologize, offer information on reinstatement, and encourage them to rejoin the military.” “As of May 2026, more than 200 former Service members who were discharged under the now-rescinded COVID-19 vaccination mandate have been reinstated or re-accessed. The Services are actively tracking more than 800 additional former Service members who have expressed interest in rejoining the military.” Asked about the high rejection rate, the Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program did not respond.

It is never too late to get accountability and “In Line of Duty” designation for our service members injured by the Biden-era COVID vaccine mandate. Heartbreaking stories of paralysis, immune system disorders and service members risking their life savings and retirement for treatment. Thank you for sharing our latest investigation. Independent journalism lives on @X

This is what we have been working towards for over a decade. The truth must be known about Anomalous Health Incidents, who is responsible, how and why, and for USG to properly take care of the federal govt victims & their family members.

NEW: Former CDC Director Says There Was No Scientific Basis for Military COVID Vaccine Mandates “There was no scientific justification for it whatsoever. I argue it was an emotional decision made by some of our leaders at the time.” @thelatmg @latimesstudios_

EXCLUSIVE: COVID Vaccine Injury Advocate Says Army Memo Designating Soldier’s Vaccine Related Heart Attacks as “In Line of Duty” is Nearly “Impossible” to Obtain; Reveals Out of Thousands of Cases, Has Only Seen Memo Like This “Twice” “It's as good as of an acknowledgement as anyone is going to be able to get…” “It is near impossible. You've got to have the right timing on your diagnosis. You've got to have the right condition. You have to have the right level of severity and then you've got to have this land into the right hands…” @thelatmg @latimesstudios_

EXCLUSIVE: Previously Healthy Mother Developed Lifelong Neuropathy Within One Hour of Covid-19 Shot During Clinical Trials “I got my one and only shot November 4th, 2020 and within an hour I started having tingling and burning down the same arm as my injection. And then it moved to my other arm and then to my legs, then to my head.” @thelatmg @latimesstudios_

BREAKING: Covid Vaccine Injury Survivor And Advocate Says Young Service Members Were “Struck Down” in Prime of Their Life “In our(@React19org) membership, we have an inordinate number of military service members because the younger population were somehow impacted at a higher rate than older people. And so the people that we deal with the most are people that were hit and struck down at the prime of their life.” @thelatmg @latimesstudios_

.@DNIGabbard has taken a decisive step to end "government gaslighting" of Havana Syndrome survivors. Under the Biden administration, whistleblowers told us their debilitating injuries were blamed on "mental health issues." Some women on assigned overseas for the US government were told their hormones or failure to get pregnant explained their neurological symptoms. It was cruel because it minimized their brain injuries and compounded their daily struggle to make sense of the world. @RepRickCrawford