In brief:-
- On 13 August 2021, officials were considering whether to remove or soften wording saying longer gaps between Pfizer doses might reduce myocarditis risk.
- Four days later, CV TAG minutes recorded that the reference had been removed from communications and that “This has been actioned”.
- The Ministry has not identified who requested the change, which communication was altered or why.
- The documents establish the outcome, but not whether the decision was based on scientific caution, politics, or a communications strategy (based on their belief that the populace is too simple-minded to handle even minor distinctions?).