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EXCLUSIVE:
Hundreds of CDC Employees
Haven’t Received COVID-19 Vaccine







By Zachary Stieber
April 28, 2022
Updated: April 29, 2022







Nearly 400 employees at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
haven’t received a COVID-19 vaccine, according to data obtained exclusively by
The Epoch Times.

A total of 382 workers at the CDC are unvaccinated, Roger Andoh, a Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA) officer at the agency, told The Epoch Times.

Another nine employees have just had one dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines,
meaning they also don’t qualify as fully vaccinated per the CDC’s guidelines.

Collectively, the number is 3.2 percent of the CDC’s workforce.

Andoh initially pointed to a statement from the government that contained data as
of December 2021 and declined to fully answer The Epoch Times’ FOIA request,
which asked for more detailed figures that were current as of March 15.

“Please note that this is the most recent and most complete data available and some
data elements that you requested are not available,” Andoh said initially.

When asked to clarify, another CDC officer repeated Andoh’s statement.

After The Epoch Times filed an appeal to the Department of Health and Human Services
(HHS), the CDC’s parent agency, the office changed its stance without explaining why.

“After an additional search, we are providing you with the following information,”
Andoh said in the new response.

“The response I got to your appeal from CDC gave me the impression they didn’t
mean to withhold any information in the first place,” Jonathan Nelson, a FOIA analyst
with HHS, told The Epoch Times in an email. “Based on that, my (personal) belief is
that this was just an accidental omission on their part.”

In addition to revealing that 391 employees weren’t fully vaccinated, the CDC said
that 12,399 were fully vaccinated, meaning that they had received two doses of the
Moderna or Pfizer vaccines or the single-shot Johnson & Johnson jab.

Additionally, 5,810 employees shared that they had received a booster dose, although
the agency stressed that employees don’t have to say whether they’ve had a booster.

The CDC also disclosed that the agency had granted zero requests for exemption to
President Joe Biden’s federal worker vaccine mandate, which is poised to take effect
on May 31 after a months-long suspension due to a court ruling.

The CDC’s media office didn’t reply when asked what would happen to unvaccinated
workers who don’t have an exemption, and why no exemptions had been granted.


The data were current as of April 12


Three other health agencies inside HHS that are deeply involved in promoting COVID-19
vaccination and refused to provide data beyond December 2021 still have not provided
the figures requested. They are the Food and Drug Administration,
the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and the National Institutes of Health.

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• [size=1][b]Overall, we rate The Epoch Times Right Biased and Questionable based on the publication of pseudoscience and the promotion of propaganda and conspiracy theories, as well as numerous failed fact checks.[/b][/size]
  

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[size=1]Questionable Reasoning: [b]Conspiracy Theories, Pseudoscience, Propaganda, Fake News, Failed Fact Checks[/b]
Bias Rating:[b] RIGHT
[/b]Factual Reporting: [b]MIXED
[/b]Country: [b]USA
[/b]Press Freedom Rank: [b]MOSTLY FREE
[/b]Media Type: [b]Newspaper
[/b]Traffic/Popularity: [b]High Traffic
[/b]MBFC Credibility Rating: [b]LOW CREDIBILITY[/b]
[/size][size=1][size=1][i][b][b]History[/b][/i][/b][/size]
The Epoch Times is an international, multi-language news media company in print and online. The Epoch Times was first published in New York in April 2000 (in Chinese only) and the online edition in August 2000. In 2003, The Epoch Times launched an online edition in English, printing as a newspaper in New York in 2004.  The Epoch Times was founded by John Tang and a group of Chinese-American Falun Gong practitioners. The Epoch Times publishes in 21 languages in 35 countries across five continents. Their focus topics include sections for world and national news, op-eds, sports, entertainment, business, arts and culture, travel, and health.
On December 20, 2019,  Facebook took down more than 600 accounts connected to The Epoch Times. According to an NBC News report, “The network was called ‘The BL’ and was run by Vietnamese users posing as Americans, using fake photos generated by algorithms to simulate real identities. The Epoch Media group, which pushes a variety of pro-Trump conspiracy theories, spent $9.5 million on ads to spread content through the now-suspended pages and groups.”
Read our profile on the USA government’s influence on media.
[size=1][i][b][b]Funded by / Ownership[/b][/i][/b][/size]
The Epoch Times is owned by the Epoch Media Group, which also owns NTD. The Epoch Times receives funding through a subscription, advertising, and donation model. According to their about page, they are a 501©(3) nonprofit organization.
[size=1][i][b][b]Analysis / Bias[/b][/i][/b][/size]
In review, The Epoch Times covers straight news reporting through journalists and low-biased syndication through the Associated Press and Reuters. However, when reporting on China, they do reflect a strong anti-communism bias. The Epoch Times also uses loaded language that favors the right, such as Why Media Organizations Can’t Let Go of the Fake Russia-Collusion Narrative.

Editorially, there is an extreme Pro-Trump bias. Almost all articles praise Trump or denigrate the left, such as these Democratic Party: A Broken Kaleidoscope? and Five Reasons Trump’s Celebration of America Was Epic Display of Patriotism. According to an NBC News report, the “outlet has spent more than $1.5 million on about 11,000 pro-Trump advertisements in the last six months, according to data from Facebook’s advertising archive — more than any organization outside of the Trump campaign itself, and more than most Democratic presidential candidates have spent on their campaigns.” In general, straight news reporting is sourced and mostly low-biased; however, op-eds 100% favor the right with some promoting conspiracy theories. During the 2020 Coronavirus outbreak and the 2020 Presidential election, they have promoted misinformation. See failed fact checks below.
[b][size=1][i]Failed Fact Checks[/i][/b][/size]
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• [size=1]Jack Andraka, 15, came up with a “100 percent accurate” cancer-detection method: “168 times faster, 26,000 times less expensive, and 400 times more sensitive” than current methods. – [b]False[/b][/size]
  
• [size=1]Dubious Posts Tie Political Families to Ukraine Work – [b]False[/b][/size]
  
• [size=1]No, Yellowstone volcano’s eruption threat level did not increase in 2018 – [b]False[/b] (Corrected)[/size]
  
• [size=1]Concerned artificial intelligence researchers hurriedly abandoned an experimental chatbot program after realizing that the bots were inventing their own language. – [b]False[/b][/size]
  
• [size=1]Did China’s Communist government create the novel coronavirus in a laboratory and release it into the world as a deadly bioweapon? –[b] False [/b][/size]
  
• [size=1]President Donald Trump has 232 electoral votes; Joe Biden has 212, 226, or 227. – [b]False[/b][/size]
  
• [size=1]COVID-19 vaccine mRNA is converted to DNA and enters the cell’s nucleus, so the vaccines can potentially change our DNA – [b]Inaccurate[/b][/size]
  
• [size=1]“COVID Deaths Have Been Vastly Overcounted” – [b]Inaccurate[/b][/size]
  
• [size=1]“Pfizer Knew About Immunosuppression”; “Fully Vaxxed Are More Likely to Die From COVID” –  [b]Inaccurate[/b][/size]
  

[size=1]Further, the Epoch Times has a Beyond Science section that publishes pseudoscience news, such as Supernormal Abilities Developed Through Meditation: Dr. Dean Radin Discusses. Finally, the above referenced NBC News report states, “In addition to claims that alien abductions are real and the “deep state engineered the drug epidemic,” the channel pushes the QAnon conspiracy theory, which falsely posits that the same “Spygate” cabal is a front for a global pedophile ring being taken down by Trump.”
Overall, we rate The Epoch Times Right Biased and Questionable based on the publication of pseudoscience and the promotion of propaganda and conspiracy theories, as well as numerous failed fact checks. (M. Huitsing 8/21/2017) (Updated 04/22/2022)
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QUESTIONABLE SOURCE

A questionable source exhibits one or more of the following:
extreme bias, consistent promotion of propaganda/conspiracies,
poor or no sourcing to credible information, a complete lack of
transparency, and/or is fake news. Fake News is the deliberate
attempt to publish hoaxes and/or disinformation for profit or
influence (Learn More). Sources listed in the Questionable Category
may be very untrustworthy and should be fact-checked on a
per-article basis. Please note sources on this list are not considered
fake news unless specifically written in the reasoning section for
that source.
See all Questionable sources.

Overall, we rate The Epoch Times Right Biased and Questionable based on the publication of
pseudoscience and the promotion of propaganda and conspiracy theories,
as well as numerous failed fact checks.



Detailed Report



History


The Epoch Times is an international, multi-language news media company in print and online.
The Epoch Times was first published in New York in April 2000 (in Chinese only) and the online
edition in August 2000. In 2003, The Epoch Times launched an online edition in English, printing
as a newspaper in New York in 2004.  The Epoch Times was founded by John Tang and a group
of Chinese-American Falun Gong practitioners. The Epoch Times publishes in 21 languages in
35 countries across five continents. Their focus topics include sections for world and national
news, op-eds, sports, entertainment, business, arts and culture, travel, and health.

On December 20, 2019,  Facebook took down more than 600 accounts connected to The Epoch Times.
According to an NBC News report, “The network was called ‘The BL’ and was run by Vietnamese
users posing as Americans, using fake photos generated by algorithms to simulate real identities.
The Epoch Media group, which pushes a variety of pro-Trump conspiracy theories, spent $9.5 million
on ads to spread content through the now-suspended pages and groups.”

Read our profile on the USA government’s influence on media


Funded by / Ownership

The Epoch Times is owned by the Epoch Media Group, which also owns NTD. The Epoch Times
receives funding through a subscription, advertising, and donation model. According to their
about page, they are a 501©(3) nonprofit organization.


Analysis / Bias

In review, The Epoch Times covers straight news reporting through journalists and low-biased
syndication through the Associated Press and Reuters. However, when reporting on China, they
do reflect a strong anti-communism bias. The Epoch Times also uses loaded language that favors
the right, such as Why Media Organizations Can’t Let Go of the Fake Russia-Collusion Narrative.


Editorially, there is an extreme Pro-Trump bias. Almost all articles praise Trump or denigrate the left,
such as these Democratic Party: A Broken Kaleidoscope? and Five Reasons Trump’s Celebration of
America Was Epic Display of Patriotism. According to an NBC News report, the “outlet has spent
more than $1.5 million on about 11,000 pro-Trump advertisements in the last six months, according
to data from Facebook’s advertising archive — more than any organization outside of the Trump
campaign itself, and more than most Democratic presidential candidates have spent on their
campaigns.” In general, straight news reporting is sourced and mostly low-biased; however,
op-eds 100% favor the right with some promoting conspiracy theories. During the 2020 Coronavirus
outbreak and the 2020 Presidential election, they have promoted misinformation.

See failed fact checks below.


Failed Fact Checks





Further, the Epoch Times has a Beyond Science section that publishes pseudoscience news,
such as Supernormal Abilities Developed Through Meditation: Dr. Dean Radin Discusses.
Finally, the above referenced NBC News report states, “In addition to claims that alien
abductions are real and the “deep state engineered the drug epidemic,” the channel pushes
the QAnon conspiracy theory, which falsely posits that the same “Spygate” cabal is a front
for a global pedophile ring being taken down by Trump.”

Overall, we rate The Epoch Times Right Biased and Questionable based on the publication of
pseudoscience and the promotion of propaganda and conspiracy theories, as well as numerous
failed fact checks.

(M. Huitsing 8/21/2017) (Updated 04/22/2022)