Evidence pack

Copies of the documents cited in The government's worst case for vaccine injury reports lasted one week, kept in case an original is moved or taken down. Files are byte-for-byte copies. Each entry gives the original address, how the file was obtained and its SHA-256 checksum; SHA256SUMS and manifest.csv list all of them. Where a page number is cited in the article it is the PDF page, not a printed number. The tables under data/ are computed from public sources named in each entry.

Each entry shows the date it was added. The full list with checksums is in manifest.csv and SHA256SUMS.

1. GDIT monthly status reports to CDC, Oct 2020 to Jul 2022 (69 pp.) (7,404 KB, added 2026-10-25)
   The VAERS contractor's monthly reports to CDC, with cover emails. Page 8 holds the December 2020 chart.
   Original: https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23720938/cdc-general-dynamics-documents.pdf
   Obtained: First published 21 Mar 2023 by Josh Guetzkow (Research Rebel, https://researchrebel.substack.com/p/the-banality-of-vaers), who said an anonymous source obtained the reports by FOIA; posted on DocumentCloud by Zachary Stieber, The Epoch Times, 23 Mar 2023. The two copies are page-for-page identical (9 sampled pages compared); the bytes differ because DocumentCloud re-saved the file.
   Used in the article for: Pages 2, 8, 17, 18, 20, 21, 24, 25, 55-68
   SHA-256: 7520579a2dda76d2669bcb2ff54fe22d9b57b3b50619700efdd058bd4bdb999c
2. CDC FOIA 23-00363, Responsive Records Part 2 (478 pp.) (22,998 KB, added 2026-10-25)
   Contract statement of work, emails on the backlog and the surge, GDIT reports, FDA/CDC emails.
   Original: https://icandecide.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/23-00363-Responsive-Records_Part2.pdf
   Obtained: Obtained by ICAN via FOIA; posted by ICAN, Sept 2026.
   Used in the article for: PDF pages 11, 96-97, 173, 194, 199, 204, 281, 360, 476
   SHA-256: c873140bf4b1dda0b403f440cc9fe6d129cf1bb85f3ad922c9af81b942ac8f19
3. VAERS task order 75D30120F09621, 27 Aug 2020 (142 pp.) (11,320 KB, added 2026-10-25)
   The original order, with the statement of work. Page 7 holds the 1,000-reports-a-day and 40-percent-serious sentence.
   Original: https://jackanapes.substack.com/api/v1/file/0df1fc00-d262-41e0-9b3a-d124da3ec4c2.pdf
   Obtained: Posted by Josh Guetzkow in "FOIA'd Contracts Show CDC Expected up to 1,000 VAERS Reports per Day" (Research Rebel, 10 Dec 2022): https://researchrebel.substack.com/p/foiad-contracts-show-cdc-expected
   Used in the article for: PDF page 7
   SHA-256: 90624cd863f3dfbe8efad2c2a71555e15f33c17db3b392e4ca809d16e371a86c
4. ACIP, 27 Jan 2021: COVID-19 vaccine safety update (Shimabukuro) (1,190 KB, added 2026-10-25)
   The slide saying death reports are "processed the day of report."
   Original: https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/105658/cdc_105658_DS1.pdf
   Obtained: CDC Stacks.
   Used in the article for: Death-report processing slide
   SHA-256: afd09f805e585e5b7f9b8d71011d9870e4b960a776b4552a538831c39d6e3440
5. NAIIS partner call, 11 Feb 2021: COVID-19 vaccine safety update (Shimabukuro) (330 KB, added 2026-10-25)
   The same death-report slide, the day after the 70,000 letter.
   Original: https://www.izsummitpartners.org/wp-content/uploads/covid-19-vaccine-safety-update-shimabukuro.pdf
   Obtained: IZ Summit Partners.
   Used in the article for: Death-report processing slide
   SHA-256: 2d6397490ba8fcef7ac6fd816572d7d6394f9250256ff1674be620b94123a187
6. ACIP, 1 Mar 2021: COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Update (Shimabukuro, 40 pp.) (1,088 KB, added 2026-10-25)
   Slides 11-12: 104,763 "pre-processed" reports and the table of processed reports.
   Original: https://web.archive.org/web/20240830043920/https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/acip/meetings/downloads/slides-2021-02/28-03-01/05-covid-Shimabukuro.pdf
   Obtained: Removed from cdc.gov (404); copy from the Wayback Machine capture of 30 Aug 2024.
   Used in the article for: Slides 11-12 and closing slide
   SHA-256: abb4d3d2d064261f1034a43b535e6bc9c9718547c3f25d01c1052a256b391d0e
7. ACIP, 14 Apr 2021: CVST with thrombocytopenia after Janssen (Shimabukuro) (663 KB, added 2026-10-25)
   Checked for any statement on processing capacity; none.
   Original: https://web.archive.org/web/20240714023739/https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/acip/meetings/downloads/slides-2021-04/03-COVID-Shimabukuro-508.pdf
   Obtained: Removed from cdc.gov (404); Wayback Machine capture of 14 Jul 2024.
   Used in the article for: Absence of any capacity statement
   SHA-256: c365289845ce73eac2530d6a0d0a63f602137f80d40a51ccdb77ddad35516482
8. ACIP, 12 May 2021: Thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome (Shimabukuro) (1,483 KB, added 2026-10-25)
   Describes "screening of pre-processed reports."
   Original: https://web.archive.org/web/20240912204233/https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/acip/meetings/downloads/slides-2021-05-12/07-COVID-Shimabukuro-508.pdf
   Obtained: Removed from cdc.gov (404); Wayback Machine capture of 12 Sep 2024.
   Used in the article for: Case-finding slide
   SHA-256: 32cbc81cd17be3fb0e688ca03465212c93af713a6cae344a4afcedd686f61f7b
9. ACIP Summary Report, 28 Feb to 1 Mar 2021 (101 pp.) (1,660 KB, added 2026-10-25)
   CDC's record of the 1 Mar 2021 briefing and the questions asked.
   Original: https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/113294/cdc_113294_DS1.pdf
   Obtained: CDC Stacks.
   Used in the article for: PDF pages 72-79
   SHA-256: 9c3763a9602ddfec0415beb075a2c20a0bf8277267ec1c1a3dbdbe9d76a313bc
10. Senate PSI release, Part 1 (FDA emails) (16,523 KB, added 2026-10-25)
    Includes FDA's 12 Apr 2021 email on the VAERS backlog (PDF p. 29).
    Original: https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/Part-1.pdf
    Obtained: Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.
    Used in the article for: PDF page 29
    SHA-256: 9258fce7aaa28880e1eb74ba2973d4494ae50d4a98d3c9a69c712757cd80c911
11. Senate PSI release, Part 2 (FDA emails) (11,710 KB, added 2026-10-25)
    Includes FDA's 12 Mar 2021 email on the GDIT backlogs (PDF p. 162).
    Original: https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/Part-2.pdf
    Obtained: Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.
    Used in the article for: PDF page 162
    SHA-256: 496875441f45a8f615e3bcb307d7157bccab1854a51e2c5d2b298e4ded420f99
12. V-safe protocol, version 2, 28 Jan 2021 (701 KB, added 2026-10-25)
    Call trigger: missed work, unable to do normal activities, or got care.
    Original: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/pdf/V-safe-Protocol-v2-012821.pdf
    Obtained: CDC.
    Used in the article for: Why "priority 2/3" exists
    SHA-256: 8d774dc8399bb8566e03869a92a8d1d961be44584abc24b3f630554ebc6abdbb
13. V-safe protocol, version 3, 20 May 2021 (CDC copy) (279 KB, added 2026-10-25)
    Call trigger narrowed to medically attended events.
    Original: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/pdf/V-safe-Protocol-508.pdf
    Obtained: CDC.
    Used in the article for: Why "priority 2/3" exists
    SHA-256: b0c271749a98ebdf76733f212182fc42d7eee83fe9b0f77279707a81e86fa0d2
14. V-safe protocol, version 6, 21 Oct 2022 (776 KB, added 2026-10-25)
    Same trigger as version 3.
    Original: https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/158502/cdc_158502_DS1.pdf
    Obtained: CDC Stacks.
    Used in the article for: Protocol comparison
    SHA-256: a207d61668c50c3782f27757b5c45a0f3b6d49b9775c5273f4e03a1a586a91e7
15. Senate HELP hearing, S. Hrg. 117-202, 4 Nov 2021 (266 KB, added 2026-10-25)
    Walensky: "the most robust vaccine safety system."
    Original: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-117shrg46782/html/CHRG-117shrg46782.htm
    Obtained: GovInfo (public domain).
    Used in the article for: Walensky statement
    SHA-256: b25767af451c88c731e87cb5b7d60bd89a99b27bf1883774a8e33793e3794b2c
16. House Select Subcommittee hearing, "Assessing America's Vaccine Safety Systems, Part 1," 15 Feb 2024 (53 pp.) (231 KB, added 2026-10-25)
    Witnesses Jernigan (CDC), Marks (FDA) and Grimes (HRSA), sworn. Marks on the "avalanche of reports" is on PDF p. 17.
    Original: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-118hhrg54866/pdf/CHRG-118hhrg54866.pdf
    Obtained: Government Publishing Office, govinfo.gov.
    Used in the article for: Page 17
    SHA-256: 945197713016d9863892b1a212e22b5a4bbec210c7d358369158bc7e7eeaf257
17. House Select Subcommittee hearing with CDC Director Walensky, 13 Jun 2023 (47 pp.) (215 KB, added 2026-10-25)
    Walensky, sworn. VAERS exchange with Rep. Greene on PDF p. 38.
    Original: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-118hhrg52638/pdf/CHRG-118hhrg52638.pdf
    Obtained: Government Publishing Office, govinfo.gov.
    Used in the article for: Page 37-38
    SHA-256: 5a8308b41bab373dc90e1d06184100323682096f342cb9ca5092e4509d2e86c1
18. Senate HELP hearing, 11 Jan 2022 (176 pp.) (2,300 KB, added 2026-10-25)
    Walensky and Fauci on VAERS death reports, PDF pp. 70-72.
    Original: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-117shrg48897/pdf/CHRG-117shrg48897.pdf
    Obtained: Government Publishing Office, govinfo.gov.
    Used in the article for: Page 72
    SHA-256: 1d0ab3cf54279c88393f4e736751c2a4e9055d5fe466b24b82206ff16c7942b9
19. Sen. Ron Johnson to the Attorney General on Dr. Shimabukuro's records, 9 Apr 2025 (5 pp.) (161 KB, added 2026-10-25)
    HHS could not locate the Immunization Safety Office director's records; asks DOJ to investigate.
    Original: https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/services/files/7EC8AB4F-A151-4ADD-8603-7AA906295FC9
    Obtained: Senate website; copy held 25 Oct 2026.
    Used in the article for: Pages 1-3
    SHA-256: 89c41783631a2a19e8645b82949f7100eff806941040a02985959983b0dc6a0b
20. MMWR 30 Apr 2021: Safety monitoring of the Janssen COVID-19 vaccine, March-April 2021 (138 KB, added 2026-10-25)
    Shay, Gee, Su, Myers, Marquez, Liu, Zhang, Licata, Clark, Shimabukuro.
    Original: https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/105633/cdc_105633_DS1.pdf
    Obtained: CDC Stacks.
    Used in the article for: Author list; limitations
    SHA-256: 9c9e869b91231e8274c82a5e3f49b2863a97b0c4d67cc54519d8cd7f9cb98541
21. CDC post-authorization safety monitoring of COVID-19 vaccines, Shimabukuro, 30 Oct 2020 (1,417 KB, added 2026-10-25)
    Title slide: Vaccine Safety Team, CDC COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force.
    Original: https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/97350/cdc_97350_DS1.pdf
    Obtained: CDC Stacks.
    Used in the article for: Title slide
    SHA-256: 8483e59a33897764678c3f2a4fffd1e298c355fd669d9b845c7ce78c13749214
22. Myers, V-safe and VAERS update, NAIIS Summit, 19 Oct 2021 (4,636 KB, added 2026-10-25)
    Tanya Myers, Vaccine Safety Team, CDC COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force.
    Original: https://www.izsummitpartners.org/wp-content/uploads/2-v-safe-myers-10-19-21.pdf
    Obtained: Partner site.
    Used in the article for: Title slide
    SHA-256: ba28079cb6cb59d1ad3e250111bacaab2c21a5fb4cf6760595e0484e7c45b317
23. Senate PSI majority staff interim report, "Failure to Warn," 21 May 2025 (52 pp.) (11,410 KB, added 2026-10-25)
    Majority-staff narrative of CDC and FDA records on the myocarditis signal, the dropped Health Alert Network bulletin, V-safe's symptom list and the 25 May 2021 White House Q&A. Characterisations are the majority staff's; the emails it quotes are cited by page.
    Original: https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/
    Obtained: Senate PSI release of 21 May 2025; copy held 25 Oct 2026.
    Used in the article for: PDF pp. 5, 13-15, 22, 27-28, 46-47
    SHA-256: 7f81b50f7167284d564e3b6bef3b0995cfc5ab3b947b09eb9265daf1e88e52f4
24. Senate PSI records release of 21 May 2025: Woodcock to Walensky, 26 May 2021 (1 page, PSICOVID_00005565) (93 KB, added 2026-10-25)
    Page 87 of part 03 of the records HHS produced to the Senate (the full part is 29 MB). Woodcock: "do you know that FDA does not concur with issuance of the myocarditis HAN as written?"; "I just learned that this was about to go out, despite our concerns."
    Original: https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/
    Obtained: Page extracted from the Senate PSI release of 21 May 2025; copy held 25 Oct 2026. The page is a scan: the text is in the page image.
    Used in the article for: The whole page
    SHA-256: 7f77262fee71fbe0066f1d928b39e4d55de670db811932dd861c560861a238c9
25. CDC VAERS Standard Operating Procedures for COVID-19, as of 4 Dec 2020 (30 pp.) (378 KB, added 2026-10-25)
    CDC's procedure for the VAERS contractor. Table 4.4 (PDF p. 25) sets the processing deadlines in business days.
    Original: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/pdf/VAERS-COVID19-SOP-4-Dec-2020-508.pdf
    Obtained: Wayback capture of 15 Dec 2021 (https://web.archive.org/web/20211215050250/https://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/pdf/VAERS-COVID19-SOP-4-Dec-2020-508.pdf); the cdc.gov address no longer serves it.
    Used in the article for: Pages 10, 25
    SHA-256: 62931e5c04e2f66f8f3c6c66e2ff8defaab29d580d1170f03515d1332ffe729e
26. CDC VAERS Standard Operating Procedures for COVID-19, as of 29 Jan 2021 (43 pp.) (567 KB, added 2026-10-25)
    Same procedure, edition of 29 Jan 2021; adds same-day follow-up for anaphylaxis (Table 4.4, PDF p. 27).
    Original: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safety-systems/media/pdfs/vaers-v2-sop-508.pdf
    Obtained: Wayback capture of 16 Jan 2025 (https://web.archive.org/web/20250116121654/https://www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safety-systems/media/pdfs/vaers-v2-sop-508.pdf).
    Used in the article for: Page 27
    SHA-256: 481704542052c65b505da1a884c1486b8838344a6ae9566b687e0c0b56ecd87a
27. CDC VAERS Standard Operating Procedures for COVID-19, as of 2 Feb 2022 (37 pp.) (706 KB, added 2026-10-25)
    Same procedure, edition of 2 Feb 2022; US COVID-19 deadlines unchanged (Table 4.4, PDF p. 21).
    Original: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/pdf/VAERS-COVID19-SOP-02-02-2022-508.pdf
    Obtained: Wayback capture of 7 May 2022 (https://web.archive.org/web/20220507004743/https://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/pdf/VAERS-COVID19-SOP-02-02-2022-508.pdf).
    Used in the article for: Page 21
    SHA-256: 1db1f7286011c4a6245dbfffd74fb74dff37b918e27d635355c8ddbd83f30804
28. USAspending.gov transactions for the VAERS and V-safe awards (13 KB, added 2026-10-25)
    Every obligation and de-obligation on the awards named in "Where the money went", with dates and amounts.
    Original: https://www.usaspending.gov/
    Obtained: Pulled from the free USAspending.gov API on 25 Oct 2026.
    Used in the article for: Where the money went
    SHA-256: 31879a38e13bd3cee363004d9237c7a01c3bb1a155db013222f48170dabcf76d
29. Daily COVID-19 VAERS reports by date received (21 KB)
    Public VAERS files 2020-2023, domestic file, VAX_TYPE COVID19, counted by RECVDATE (files as of 2026). Behind the share chart.
    SHA-256: a630ef795c0f94fcdf48cae9b650aa1d6bdf5e18df0ab59b04f6b7dc6abb421d
30. Monthly COVID-19 VAERS reports and report flags (1 KB)
    Same source; the flag columns count reports where the report form has DIED/HOSPITAL/L_THREAT/DISABLE = Y. Flags record what the report says, not cause.
    SHA-256: cacb073ba0ca6fee0c5f2ccd229414ccc00bc5d7378c6e997b5673960047a1e1
31. V-safe call-log summary counts (0 KB)
    From the two ICAN FOIA files 23-00926 and 23-00925, loaded in waves.db. Method in the research files.
    SHA-256: 85bea0d44b20c33125eafca15183d02de234148864be2203f3b71510e88ca857

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