Republican Senator hosts event spotlighting rare side effects.
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Corrinne Hess / Wisconsin Public Radio |
7:00 pm, Jun. 28, 2021
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Sen. Ron Johnson sits with people from outside of Wisconsin who claim to have had adverse reactions to COVID-19 vaccines Monday, June 28, 2021, at the Milwaukee Federal Building in Milwaukee, Wis. (Angela Major / WPR)
Health experts and officials are pushing back against Wisconsin Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson over questionable assertions about COVID-19 vaccines.
Johnson, who has said publicly that he won't get vaccinated and has used his position in Congress to advocate for alternative and unproven COVID-19 treatments, drew new criticism this week for an event he organized spotlighting people who say they have suffered adverse reactions to the immunizations.