{"id":2597675,"date":"2026-05-01T11:39:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T15:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/covid-is-biggest-scandal-of-the-21st-century-joe-concha\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T11:42:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T15:42:23","slug":"covid-is-biggest-scandal-of-the-21st-century-joe-concha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/covid-is-biggest-scandal-of-the-21st-century-joe-concha\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID is \u2018biggest scandal\u2019 of the 21st century: Joe Concha"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcovid-is-biggest-scandal-of-the-21st-century-joe-concha%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2597675&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>joe Concha, a Washington Examiner columnist, argued on Fox Business that COVID-19 vaccine safety failures uncovered in a Senate preliminary report represent the \u201cbiggest scandal\u201d of the 21st century. He said the Biden governance and related agencies allegedly didn\u2019t detect or act on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kaiser-permanente-branch-mandates-all-employees-including-pregnant-women-take-coronavirus-vaccine\/\" title=\"Kaiser Permanente Branch Mandates All Employees, Including Pregnant Women, Take Coronavirus ...\">safety signals<\/a> despite the FDA learning in 2021 about <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >advanced data analysis methods<\/a> that could identify adverse effects. Concha also questioned whether the vaccines were adequately tested before rapid rollout and criticized the administration for dismissing concerns to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-relaunch-of-kamala-hq-as-gen-z-content-hub-what-to-know-2\/\" title=\"Harris relaunch of &#039;Kamala HQ&#039; as Gen Z content hub: What to know\">maintain political momentum<\/a>, suggesting side effects discussed by the public-such as heart-related events-are reflected in the report.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p><em>Washington Examiner<\/em> columnist <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/joe-concha\/\">Joe Concha<\/a> said <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/covid-19\/\">COVID-19<\/a> was the \u201cbiggest scandal\u201d of the 21st century, after a Senate report revealed Wednesday that the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/biden-administration\/\">Biden administration<\/a> failed to detect safety issues with the vaccines. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou hear there were dangers with the COVID shot, but because the auto-pen administration politically thought it wouldn\u2019t be a good idea to let the public know that, this is criminal stuff,\u201d Concha said on Fox Business\u2019s <em>Evening Edit <\/em>on Thursday. <\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4551174\/covid-scandal-joe-concha\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>COVID is \u2018biggest scandal\u2019 of the 21st century: Joe Concha<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4551024\/doj-complaint-new-jersey-in-state-tuition-illegal-immigrants\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>DOJ files complaint against New Jersey for providing in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-underwater-by-double-digits-in-wisconsin-and-pennsylvania-ahead-of-campaign-stops\/\" title=\"Biden Underwater by Double Digits in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania Ahead of Campaign Stops\">-state college tuition<\/a> to illegal immigrants<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4550740\/johnson-caps-chaotic-house-week-wins-gop-infighting\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Johnson caps chaotic House week with several wins despite GOP infighting<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share?id=3506656&#038;userid=11311&#038;usertype=user&#038;loginid=9421&#038;playercolor=%23000000&#038;playersize=auto&#038;code=da11a563e5d1c5b1df30a47263918510\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ronjohnson.senate.gov\/services\/files\/4DF802C8-DE9B-46C7-B470-37DD85569A76\">preliminary report<\/a> detailed records of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fda\/\">Food and Drug Administration<\/a>, which became aware of a \u201cstate of the art\u201d advanced data analysis method in 2021 that could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-johnson-demands-answers-from-twitter-ceo-on-how-covid-facts-were-determined-to-be-misinfo\/\" title=\"Sen. Johnson Demands Answers From Twitter CEO on How COVID Facts Were Determined to Be &quot;Misinfo&quot;\">detect safety signals<\/a> for adverse effects from the COVID-19 vaccines. <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Concha said the side effects detailed in the report are what many people have been talking about, including heart attacks. <\/p>\n<p>Concha questioned whether the vaccine was thoroughly tested before being pushed out to the public during the pandemic. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/4549612\/cdc-jay-bhattacharya-hits-critics-covid-19-vaccine-study\/\"><strong>CDC HEAD JAY BHATTACHARYA HITS BACK AT CRITICS OVER WITHHELD COVID-19 VACCINE STUDY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you think about it in retrospect, the fact that we pushed out this vaccine as quickly as we did without the true testing <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/robert-f-kennedy-jr\/\">Robert F. Kennedy Jr<\/a>. has been talking about, was this thing really vetted the way it should before it went out?\u201d Concha asked.\u00a0\u201cNow we\u2019re hearing the Biden administration, just to score political points, just said, \u2018Nope, it\u2019s all good, just keep going with it,\u2019 so they could show they saved the country from this virus that wasn\u2019t a threat to most of the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Concha called COVID-19 \u201cthe biggest scandal,\u201d citing a Senate report on vaccine safety issues<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3984,"featured_media":2597676,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP21127445196452.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[78945,3774,52093,38975,5894],"class_list":["post-2597675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-21st-century-scandal","tag-covid-19","tag-joe-concha","tag-media-commentary","tag-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP21127445196452.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2597675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3984"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2597675"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2597675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2597679,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2597675\/revisions\/2597679"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2597676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2597675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2597675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2597675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}