Former CNN host said he was ’sick’ like people injured by COVID-19 vaccines.
Chris Cuomo has backtracked after suggesting he was injured by a COVID-19 vaccine, saying he actually has so-called long COVID.
“I did not say I was vaccine injured. I have #LongCovid I am told. I had symptoms before I even had the vaccine,” Mr. Cuomo wrote on the social media platform X on May 7.
During an episode of his NewsNation program this month, Mr. Cuomo interviewed nurse Shaun Barcavage, who described what he said were symptoms from a vaccine injury.
“We know that vaccines can have unintended consequences, AKA side effects, but nobody’s really talking about it because they’re too afraid of blame, and they just want it to go away,” Mr. Cuomo said on the show. “But the problem is people like Shaun—and me—and millions of others who still have weird stuff with their bloodwork and their lives and their feelings—you know, physically—are not going away.”
After the clip circulated widely, Mr. Cuomo said that he received a vaccine but that his symptoms started beforehand.
“Could the vaccine have had an influence on me? Possible, given the spike protein found in my blood, which is present in both the virus and the vaccine,” he wrote on X.
Dr. Robin Foreman Rose, Mr. Cuomo’s doctor, previously told The Epoch Times that many patients with problems from COVID-19 experience a decline after receiving a vaccine.
There are few differences between people with long COVID, or lingering symptoms after COVID-19, and people with symptoms that appear after vaccination, Dr. Rose said. She said that “the line between long COVID and vaccine injury is starting to blur.”
Dr. Rose did not respond to a request for comment. Mr. Cuomo has not returned inquiries.
In a video posted to Mr. Cuomo’s Substack, Mr. Cuomo said his symptoms are similar to those among people with mast cell activation syndrome, including sensitive skin that reacts when touched.
He said Dr. Rose placed him on a specific diet that features foods to combat his symptoms and remove the spike protein from his cells.
