COVID ‘Crimes Against Humanity’: New Emails Renew Calls for Accountability

The COVID-19 pandemic may be fading from the headlines, but for millions of Americans, the wounds remain raw. Now, newly surfaced documents and whistleblower allegations are reigniting a fierce debate over whether the government’s response constituted a deliberate betrayal of its citizens—what some are now calling crimes against humanity.

Writing in American Thinker, commentator Eric Utter argues that the time has come for accountability, not just reflection. According to Utter, the pandemic’s toll—hundreds of millions of lives damaged, children scarred, families torn apart, and a surge in mental illness—was not an accident but the result of hubris and malfeasance by politicians and public health officials who became “drunk on their own power.”

The Fauci Email

At the center of the new revelations is an email from Dr. Janet Woodcock, who served as Principal Deputy Commissioner of the FDA from February 2022 to February 2024, to Dr. Anthony Fauci. The email, released by Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI), reveals Woodcock’s concerns about adverse reactions to COVID-19 vaccines. She wrote that she had received multiple reports of patients experiencing hard-to-classify adverse events, adding, “no one takes them seriously, no one knows how to treat them, and there is no effort to study this.”

Utter seizes on this quote as evidence of systemic neglect. “Would this were ‘just’ another case of government incompetence,” he writes. “It is an example of government hubris, malfeasance, and outright disdain for its citizens.”

The email, he argues, is a smoking gun that officials knew about serious adverse reactions but chose to ignore them—leaving patients without treatment or answers. For Utter, this is not an isolated failure but a pattern of disregard that extended beyond vaccines to the broader lockdown response.

Whistleblower Allegations on Lockdowns

Utter also points to recent whistleblower claims that the lockdowns were never about protecting public health. Instead, the alleged motivation was to prevent society from achieving herd immunity before the vaccines were rolled out—a plot, in his view, to test people’s gullibility and compliance. If true, the entire pandemic response would be seen as a massive experiment paid for by Big Pharma and big government, a “match made in hell.”

While these allegations remain unproven, they have gained traction among skeptics who have long questioned the official narrative. The release of the Fauci email has added fuel to that fire, suggesting that even top officials harbored private doubts about the safety of the very vaccines they were promoting.

A Deeper Divide

For Utter, the Woodcock email is a metaphor for a broader problem. “This could just as easily be said of the entire Democrat-Socialist Party’s view of middle-Americans, Christians, and straight white males,” he writes. He argues that these groups—whom he believes deserve reparations—have been dismissed and denigrated by an elite class that sees them as obstacles to progress.

The call for reparations is not for the pandemic’s victims in general, but specifically for these demographics, whom Utter claims have borne the brunt of the shutdowns and the social engineering that accompanied them. He dismisses the idea that the pandemic was a time to move on, insisting that “there are times when a society just needs to let something go to be able to move on in a positive way. This is not one of those times.”

The Unanswered Questions

At its core, Utter’s argument is about accountability. He questions why no one has been held responsible for the decisions that ruined lives and livelihoods. The email from Woodcock, the whistleblower allegations, and the reported 82% miscarriage rate among women vaccinated in their first trimester—which he alleges was covered up—all point, in his view, to a systematic failure that must be addressed.

The miscarriage figure, which he likens to “forced abortion,” is a particularly inflammatory claim. Utter asserts that Fauci “knowingly covered up data” revealing this statistic, a charge that, if true, would represent a profound betrayal of trust. Yet, as with the whistleblower allegations, these claims have not been independently verified.

A Republic at Stake

Utter concludes with a warning: “Now more than ever, the ability to speak our minds is crucial to the republic we cherish.” He frames the push for accountability as not just about the past, but about the future—about ensuring that no government official or corporation ever again treats citizens as pawns in an experiment.

For supporters, the new evidence is a long-overdue reckoning. For critics, it is more of the same misinformation that has plagued public discourse since the pandemic began. What is undeniable is that the questions raised by Utter and others are not going away. As the country moves forward, the demand for truth and accountability will continue to shape the national conversation.

This article is based on an opinion piece by Eric Utter published in American Thinker on August 17, 2026. The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the position of this publication.

Source: www.americanthinker.com — https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/08/covid-crimes-against-humanity/