What effect can/will the larger issue of the reliability of government data are in question. In this case, they suppressed data indicating efficacy and safety. I certainly don’t trust corporate data (because they have a vested interest). Government data were always reliable, regardless of the political winds.
Officials at the Food and Drug Administration have blocked publication of several studies supporting the safety of widely used vaccines against Covid-19 and shingles in recent months, a spokesman for the Department of Health and Human Services confirmed.
The studies, which cost millions of dollars in public funds, were conducted by scientists at the agency, who worked with data firms to analyze millions of patient records. They found serious side effects to be very rare.