Sen. Ron Johnson Unloads Devastating Safety Data on Fauci — Says COVID Shot Logged Nearly 7,000 Death Reports Per Year While FDA Ignored Warning Signs and Pushed Remdesivir

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) dropped another bombshell during Wednesday’s explosive Senate hearing with Dr. Anthony Fauci, confronting the former COVID czar with adverse event data that he argued should have triggered urgent scrutiny years ago—but instead was ignored while federal health agencies relentlessly promoted COVID vaccines and Remdesivir.

Johnson’s latest exchange came after he previously confronted Fauci with stacks of studies on ivermectin and questioned why federal officials dismissed evidence supporting alternative treatments before Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination during the hearing.

The Wisconsin senator displayed comparative adverse-event figures during the hearing, arguing they represented safety signals that federal regulators refused to adequately investigate.

“These are averages. Again, it doesn’t prove causation, but there’s correlation. It’s there. It’s there for a safety signal,” Johnson said.

The chart, titled “Drug Adverse Event Comparison” and labeled “FDA and CDC Data: Worldwide,” compared adverse event reports, total reported deaths, and average deaths per year across multiple products.

According to the chart presented by Johnson:

• Ivermectin (30 years, 1996–2026): 5,127 adverse events, 518 deaths, averaging 17 deaths per year.
• Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) (38 years, 1988–2026): 37,270 adverse events, 5,404 deaths, averaging 142 deaths per year.
• Flu vaccines (36 years, 1990–2026): 243,335 adverse events, 2,770 deaths, averaging 77 deaths per year.
• Dexamethasone (57 years, 1969–2026): 143,017 adverse events, 25,589 deaths, averaging 448 deaths per year.
• Tylenol (57 years, 1969–2026): 184,186 adverse events, 42,627 deaths, averaging 747 deaths per year.
• Remdesivir (69 months): 10,657 adverse events, 2,751 deaths, averaging 546 deaths per year.
• COVID-19 vaccines (68 months): 1,677,227 adverse events, 39,182 deaths, averaging 6,922 deaths per year.

The chart also highlighted that 9,342 reported deaths occurred on days 0, 1, or 2 following COVID-19 vaccination.

Johnson asked:

“Which is safest? What did the FDA freak us out about? Ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine, when they turned a complete blind eye toward the injection injuries.”

He emphasized that the statistics alone do not establish causation but argued they warranted serious investigation rather than dismissal.

Johnson then shifted to what he described as conflicts of interest surrounding the federal COVID treatment guidelines.

Citing investigative journalist Sharyl Attkisson, Johnson said a review of financial disclosures found numerous members of the government panel responsible for crafting coronavirus treatment recommendations had financial relationships with Gilead Sciences, the manufacturer of Remdesivir.

According to Johnson, Attkisson reported that:

• Nine panel members disclosed relationships with Gilead.
• Several additional members allegedly had prior ties extending beyond the disclosure period.
• Two served on Gilead’s advisory board.
• Others received consulting fees, research funding, or honoraria.

Johnson suggested those relationships may have influenced recommendations favoring Remdesivir while discouraging hydroxychloroquine.

“Gilead made billions of dollars off Remdesivir and people died,” Johnson declared.

The senator also referenced Nobel Prize-winning scientist Dr. Drew Weissman, telling the committee that newly surfaced communications between Weissman and Fauci dated February 8, 2020, could further illuminate what federal officials knew during the earliest days of the pandemic.

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🚨 JUST IN: Sen. Ron Johnson just pulled out BOMBSHELL data in front of Dr. Fauci exposing that COVID vaccine and Remdesivir deaths were NUMEROUS yet IGNORED, while Fauci fearmongered against Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine

COVID VACCINES: 1.67 MILLION adverse events, 39K… pic.twitter.com/xpzirywup5

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) July 29, 2026

Johnson’s questioning follows months of investigations into the federal government’s handling of COVID-era policies.

As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, Johnson has repeatedly accused public health officials of ignoring mounting evidence of vaccine-related injuries and failing to investigate what he calls overwhelming safety signals.

Also, Johnson zeroed in on Fauci’s August 29, 2021 CNN appearance where the so-called “science” declared there was “no evidence” ivermectin was helpful against COVID.

“You said there’s no evidence that ivermectin is helpful,” Johnson said. “On that exact same day… There was a website that was tracking the randomized controlled studies. Here they are showing 60, 70% efficacy of ivermectin. The same day you say there’s no evidence. There was all kinds of evidence.”

Johnson didn’t stop there. He pressed Fauci on whether he was involved in the FDA’s coordinated attack on the Nobel Prize-winning drug, and on the parallel sabotage of hydroxychloroquine, because the only way to secure emergency use authorization for the experimental mRNA shots was to claim no effective treatments existed.