<p id="">A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that a whistleblower’s lawsuit against a hospital system for <a href="https://www.thegoldreport.com/news/healthcare-worker-sues-health-system-for-suppressing-vaers-reporting" id="">refusing</a> to report vaccine injuries will move forward.</p><p id="">When the COVID-19 shots were rolled out in December 2020, Deb Conrad was working as a physician assistant at United Memorial Medical Center (UMMC), one of the hospitals in the Rochester Regional Health (RRH) system. Conrad began to notice adverse events in patients directly following the injections, including breakthrough infections and deaths.&nbsp;</p><p id="">However, Conrad noticed that these adverse events were going unreported. Under <a href="https://www.nvic.org/law-policy-federal/vaccine-injury-compensation/1986-national-childhood-vaccine-injury-act" id="">federal law</a>, medical providers who administer COVID-19 vaccines must report adverse events patients suffer after getting a vaccine to the CDC’s <a href="https://vaers.hhs.gov/" id="">Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System</a> (VAERS). Importantly, they are not required to prove that the vaccine caused the event—only to report what occurred. As a condition for administering vaccines, providers must sign an agreement with the CDC pledging both to report adverse events and to train their staff on how to do so.</p><p id="">"The VAERS system and the reports sent to this system from providers and the public offer critical information that helps the CDC and the FDA to rapidly identify safety signals for vaccines that may be harmful or ineffective after release on the population and also documents the event/symptoms that occurred following an individual's receipt of a vaccine,"&nbsp;Conrad explained. "This is a permanent record which includes a permanent number given after the report is verified by the CDC. <a href="https://www.fda.gov/safety/medical-product-safety-information/medwatch-forms-fda-safety-reporting">Medwatch </a>for medications and VAERS for vaccines are the two critical systems developed to help keep the public safe from potentially unsafe products after release to the population following clinical trials." </p><p id="">When she saw that RRH was neither reporting adverse events to VAERS&nbsp;nor training its staff to do so, Conrad took it upon herself to begin filing VAERS reports after her shifts. She collaborated with UMMC’s lead emergency physician, Dr. Danielle Notebaert, who helped identify patients in the ER with potential vaccine-related injuries. By May 2021, Conrad had submitted over 160 reports. She also began training other hospital staff members to recognize and report patients with possibly vaccine-related adverse events to VAERS.</p><h2 id="">Hospital: Stop being ‘anti-vaxxy’</h2><p id="">Conrad repeatedly reminded hospital administrators of the reporting requirement and even offered to take on the responsibility herself. But UMMC leadership showed no interest. Internal emails revealed that administrators dismissed adverse event reports as insignificant, citing the overall volume of vaccinations. In one message dated May 6, 2021, higher-ups discussed a vaccine-related skin reaction but chose not to notify their teams.</p><p id="">When Conrad asked to be allowed to continue reporting, she was told to “dial it back” and limit reports to her own patients. At one point, administrators accused her of sounding “anti-vaxxy”:</p><p id="">“In reading the few emails you sent me... it does come across a bit… uh very vaccine...ugh I won’t say very but it comes out quite, it comes out quite almost anti-vaxxy, right... We are very much advocating for patients to receive the vaccine... We want people to understand that on the whole this is a very safe vaccine and that the science supports that.”</p><p id="">She was further instructed to “tow [sic] the company line”:</p><p id="">“Yes, just like other vaccines, there are folks that are going to be negatively impacted but, on the whole, we have seen a tremendous benefit... we’re employee providers and we do on some level need to... tow the company line.”</p><p id="">Hospital administrators later told Conrad her VAERS submissions were being audited because they conflicted with RRH’s “approach to the vaccine.” Since she could no longer submit reports for patients under the care of other staff members, she began forwarding reports on those patients to the hospital's leadership for VAERS reporting. Not only were the reports ignored, but, in at least one case, staff refused to record the deceased patient’s vaccination status or list it as a possible contributing cause of death—even though the shot was administered less than 48 hours before the patient died.</p><h2 id="">Humiliated and fired</h2><p id="">In September 2021, UMMC’s Chief Medical Officer Dr. Tara Gellasch and President Dr. Peter Janes met with Conrad and claimed there were “complaints” from patients or patients’ families about her VAERS reporting. This came as a surprise—Conrad had been recognized for her stellar work and had even been recommended for a seat on the New York State Board for Professional Medical Conduct by the New York State Society of PAs. Nevertheless, the executives threatened to report her for “spreading misinformation about the vaccines.”</p><p id="">Conrad went public about the illegal suppression of VAERS reports. Days later, she was fired from her job. To make an example of her, the hospital humiliated her in front of her colleagues. As she was charting her patients, she was suddenly surrounded by hospital staff, escorted to her workstation to retrieve her personal belongings, and then escorted out of the hospital while closely monitored by HR employees.</p><h2 id="">The case moves forward</h2><p id="">In May 2023, Conrad sued RRH and UMMC under the federal <a href="https://www.justice.gov/civil/false-claims-act" id="">False Claims Act</a>, which prohibits knowingly defrauding the government. Her legal team, the Warner Mendenhall Law Group, argues that RRH violated its contract with the CDC by knowingly failing to report adverse events and falsifying records. The complaint was later amended to include a retaliation claim under the same law.</p><p id="">In response, RRH and UMMC attempted to dismiss the case by arguing that the CDC’s reporting requirement applies only to individuals handling the vaccines—not the hospital system as a whole. But on June 11th, U.S. District Court Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. <a href="https://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/new-york/nywdce/1:2023cv00438/145751/54" id="">denied</a> the motion, allowing the case to proceed.</p><p id="">"I am thrilled that our case will move forward,"&nbsp;Conrad told The Gold Report. "As a medical provider, my duty to the patients I serve is first do no harm. We cannot allow organizations to suppress and threaten the providers on the ground from identifying and reporting safety issues related to new medical products and vaccines, especially when given under emergency use authorization and mandated on the population. This compromises not just trust in the medical system and governing bodies as a whole but compromises the entire vaccine program." </p><p id="">Conrad added that a favorable judgment in <em id="">United States v. Rochester Regional Health </em>would set a major legal precedent that enforces VAERS reporting. This could dramatically increase the number of reported adverse events and potentially expose critical safety issues with existing vaccines. </p><p id="">Conrad now works as an advanced practice provider director at <a href="https://goldcare.com/" id="">GoldCare</a>.</p>

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<p id="">The United States Embassy in Israel is boycotting the country’s annual Pride celebrations in a major reversal of US policy.</p><p id="">In past years, the US embassy participated in LGBTQ celebrations in June, which has been declared “Pride Month” by activists. The embassy has also been known to host its own Pride celebrations. This year, however, the US Embassy sent a letter to Israel’s Foreign Ministry saying that it will do neither.</p><p id="">"Given the policy priorities of the Trump Administration, the U.S. Embassy will not be conducting programming related to LGB issues," the email said. <a href="https://archive.is/7SPfQ#selection-861.89-861.222" id="">According</a> to <em id="">Haaretz, </em>the “TQ” was dropped deliberately from "LGBTQ" in line with Trump administration policy.</p><p id="">This means the US Embassy will not participate in the Tel Aviv Pride Parade, the largest in the region and one of the largest in the world with over 200,000 participants. In previous years, embassy staff joined the celebrations and contributed resources to the parade. Diplomats from Europe and Canada will participate this year, as they have in prior years.</p><p id="">The US embassy also did not participate in the annual Pride Parade held last week in Jerusalem, which was attended by officials from other countries.&nbsp;</p><p id="">US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, an Evangelical Christian, has openly rejected gender ideology. In 2015, he reportedly quipped that asking Christians to accept the LGBT agenda is “like asking someone Jewish to start serving bacon-wrapped shrimp in their deli.”</p><h2 id="">Bruce ‘Caitlyn’ Jenner</h2><p id="">This year’s Tel Aviv Pride Parade was expected to be smaller than in past years, but not because of the US Embassy’s decision. The Israeli Tourism Ministry has chosen to host Bruce “Caitlyn” Jenner as this year’s Pride celebrity. Jenner, a supporter of President Trump who has repeatedly slammed gender ideology’s ideological takeover of other cultures, has Israeli LGBT activists divided.&nbsp;</p><p id="">"Although Jenner is recognized by the general public as a prominent trans figure, over the years she has expressed open, consistent and documented support for anti-trans policies, while joining the Trump administration, which has turned the violation of the rights of the trans community into a political banner,” Project Gila, an Israeli radical Left organization, wrote in a letter to Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai on Tuesday. “Her political positions and actions do not represent the values of the struggle for equality, justice and human rights.”</p><p id="">Other gender activists were encouraging those who oppose Jenner’s participation to avoid the parade.</p><p>In the end, Tel Aviv Pride Parade was <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/tel-aviv-confirms-todays-pride-parade-canceled/">cancelled</a> all together as Israel expected a response to its attack on Iranian nuclear weapons development facilities.</p><p id="">‍</p>

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Hochul: &quot;These crimes are horrific, I condemn them.&quot;<br><br>Rep. Stefanik: &quot;Because of your sanctuary state policies!&quot; <a href="https://t.co/yxbfZY5Bww">pic.twitter.com/yxbfZY5Bww</a></p>&mdash; CSPAN (@cspan) <a href="https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1933182786908594235?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 12, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><h2 id="">Australia has odd taste</h2><div data-rt-embed-type='true'><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">One of these men is a US-Israeli tech leader who has interviewed the likes of <a href="https://twitter.com/garyvee?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@garyvee</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/stevewoz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@stevewoz</a>, who speaks all over the world, fighting against antisemitism, championing Israeli security. He comes from a good family, the son of a Rabbi, with a war hero brother who gave his… <a href="https://t.co/BCFepnChUE">pic.twitter.com/BCFepnChUE</a></p>&mdash; Nick Splitter (@nicksplitter) <a href="https://twitter.com/nicksplitter/status/1931685364676358448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 8, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><h2 id="">RIP Brian Wilson, RIP California</h2><div data-rt-embed-type='true'><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys represented California at its zenith. Now California is at its nadir. Look at this picture of him on the beach in ‘64. You’d be arrested in California for having a grill on the beach today, but it’s totally fine to torch a Waymo. <a href="https://t.co/prReDRhZPa">pic.twitter.com/prReDRhZPa</a></p>&mdash; Adam Carolla (@adamcarolla) <a href="https://twitter.com/adamcarolla/status/1933199523511226618?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 12, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><h2 id="">How the Trump White House treats the legacy media</h2><div data-rt-embed-type='true'><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/PressSec?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PressSec</a> nukes the Fake News: &quot;Of course the President supports peaceful protests. What a stupid question.&quot;<br><br>🔥🔥🔥 <a href="https://t.co/dOB8wtSV55">pic.twitter.com/dOB8wtSV55</a></p>&mdash; Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapidResponse47/status/1932854614044426358?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 11, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><h2 id="">A man is attacked for saving Old Glory from burning</h2><div data-rt-embed-type='true'><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A man saves an American flag after a Mexican nationalist attempted to throw it into a burning dumpster at the anti-ICE riot in Seattle.<br><br>Antifa militants attacked the man who saved the flag. <a href="https://t.co/qTjkjGuPZZ">pic.twitter.com/qTjkjGuPZZ</a></p>&mdash; Katie Daviscourt 📸 (@KatieDaviscourt) <a href="https://twitter.com/KatieDaviscourt/status/1933046567608734083?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 12, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><h2 id="">Grok goes full woke on immigration</h2><div data-rt-embed-type='true'><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Wait, what? <a href="https://t.co/TvIU7I0T3u">pic.twitter.com/TvIU7I0T3u</a></p>&mdash; Jack Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) <a href="https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1932176698126254589?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 9, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p id="">‍</p>

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<p id="">A bill legalizing assisted suicide is currently awaiting New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s signature after being passed by the state legislature on Monday.</p><p id="">“This is one of the great social reforms of our state,” said state Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal (D-Manhattan), who sponsored the bill in the upper chamber. “This is about personal autonomy, this is about liberty, this is about exercising one’s own freedom to control one’s body,” he added.</p><p id="">‍</p><p id="">Despite this claim to support the "freedom to control one’s body,” in 2021, Hoylman-Sigal <a href="https://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2021/brad-hoylman-sigal/senator-brad-hoylman-introduces-legislation-end" id="">introduced</a> a bill to bar unvaccinated Americans from entering the state. He also introduced legislation to strengthen vaccine mandates for children by canceling religious exemptions.</p><p id="">The Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD) bill would allow physicians to prescribe lethal drugs to patients who have six months to live or less. Patients must have approval from at least two doctors and produce confirmation from two witnesses that they are of sound mind. The legislation does not require a mandatory waiting period, in-person appointments with doctors, or other safeguards, according to critics. If Governor Hochul signs it into law, New York would become the 12th state to legalize assisted suicide. Delaware legalized it last month, joining California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Vermont, Washington, and Washington, DC.</p><p id="">Dennis Poust, executive director of the New York State Catholic Conference, warned that the MAiD bill “is only the beginning.”&nbsp;</p><p id="">“For the first time in its history, New York is on the verge of authorizing doctors to help their patients commit suicide,” Poust said in a statement <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/06/10/new-york-lawmakers-pass-assisted-suicide-bill-send-to-governors-desk/" id="">published</a> by <em id="">Breitbart</em>. “Make no mistake – this is only the beginning, and the only person standing between New York and the assisted suicide nightmare unfolding in Canada is Governor Hochul.”&nbsp;</p><h2 id="">MAiD in Canada</h2><p id="">Since becoming available to nearly all Canadians in March 2021, Canada’s MAiD program has become a go-to option for doctors recommending "treatment" of citizens who are suffering from various medical conditions. In 2023, 15,280 Canadians <a href="https://www.thegoldreport.com/news/euthanasia-by-the-numbers-canadian-doctors-have-already-killed-the-equivalent-of-a-small-city" id="">died</a> by MAiD, representing about 4.6% of all deaths. Proponents have <a href="https://www.thegoldreport.com/perspectives/canada-a-gruesome-terrifying-culture-of-death" id="">described</a> the program as a “humane” solution to poverty and an end to discrimination. Critics, who include the United Nations, have called on Canadian officials to restrict eligibility for the program.</p><p id="">Although it was originally approved as an option for patients with terminal illnesses, it is becoming increasingly common for healthcare professionals in Canada to offer MAiD to patients who suffer from non-terminal maladies. Thirty-seven-year-old Kayla Pollock, for example, was twice offered MAiD by hospital staff when she became paralyzed after her COVID-19 Moderna shot. In another <a href="https://www.thegoldreport.com/news/canada-euthanizes-man-suffering-from-covid-19-vaccine" id="">case</a>, a man in his late 40s who suffered from a psychiatric condition caused by the COVID-19 vaccine died by assisted suicide. Tracy Polewczuk, who suffers from spina bifida, was twice <a href="https://www.thegoldreport.com/news/canadian-healthcare-workers-suggest-suicide-for-woman-with-spinal-defect" id="">offered</a> MAiD after she broke her leg. When 52-year-old Christine Gauthier petitioned for a wheelchair lift to be installed in her house, Canada's Veterans Affairs office offered her assisted suicide.</p><p id="">Canada hopes to extend the MAiD program even further. In 2027, people suffering from mental illnesses will be <a href="https://tnc.news/2024/02/01/liberals-delay-assisted-suicide-mental-illness/" id="">eligible</a> for assisted suicide, and the Quebec College of Physicians has <a href="https://www.thegoldreport.com/perspectives/assisted-suicide-for-babies-demanded-by-quebec-college-of-physicians" id="">advocated</a> for extending it to deformed or severely ill infants. A parliamentary committee has recommended expanding MAiD to “mature minors.”</p><p id="">The program has even shocked the United Nations, an institution not known for moral clarity. In March, the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities said it was “extremely concerned” about Canada’s MAiD program and urged restrictions that limit eligibility to those with terminal conditions.</p><p id="">‍</p>

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