Although the COVID-19 “crisis” officially ended a couple of years ago, its repercussions linger on. These include opportunistic politicians who leveraged the situation for increased control, a swiftly developed and distributed vaccine, an overestimation of the virus’s deadliness, and potential international involvement.

In light of these ongoing concerns, the FDA has broadened its investigation into vaccine-related fatalities to encompass adult deaths as well.

The expansion of this study is noteworthy:

Aside from the vaccine debate, which is now under heightened scrutiny, numerous questions remain unanswered — at least in official circles. As reported by RedState during the outbreak, there was a great deal of debate about the virus’s origins and the apparent lack of insight from those managing the crisis or responding to its emergence.

The inquiry began in September, spurred by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s repeated claims that the coronavirus vaccine is dangerous and deadly despite the widespread scientific consensus that the shots are safe.

At the time, the agency said that it was looking into children’s deaths, in apparent response to the vocal concerns of vaccine skeptics who are allies and supporters of Mr. Kennedy.

Here’s where the study is expanding:

“F.D.A. is doing a thorough investigation, across multiple age groups, of deaths potentially related to Covid vaccines,” Andrew Nixon, a spokesman for the Department of Health and Human Services, said on Tuesday.

The broader review follows a memo in late November by Dr. Vinay Prasad, the F.D.A.’s top vaccine regulator, who informed staff members that the agency had linked about 10 children’s deaths to the Covid shots. He highlighted the dangers of myocarditis, or inflammation of the heart muscle, which the agency has for years cautioned is a rare but worrying side effect, especially 

Aside from the vaccine issue, which now seems to be drawing some very scrutiny, there are a lot of questions about this left unanswered – at least, officially. As we covered here at RedState at the time, there was a lot of discussion as to the source of the virus, and why, at the time, there seemed to be a moratorium on brains among anyone involved with the virus, its origins, or the reactions to it.