The New American
In an April 19Â article at LewRockwell.com, natural-health entrepreneur Dr. Joseph Mercola updates readers on his ongoing investigation into government tracking of the unvaccinated.
Last year, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) added three new diagnostic codes to the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), a medical list maintained by the World Health Organization (WHO). The new codes specifically target immunization status. If you have not received the Covid jab, your medical chart will now bear the stamp Z28.310 (unvaccinated for COVID-19). If you are not fully boosted, youâll be labeled with Z28.311 (partially vaccinated for COVID-19). Patients deemed vaccine deficient in non-Covid related diseases get the designation Z28.39 (other under-immunization status).
Fact-checkers such as Reuters spout the usual ânothing to see hereâ response. The diagnosis codes merely help doctors identify at-risk patients and help public health officials track statistics, they say. However, WHO specifies that ICDs âsupport payment systems [and] service planning,â among other patient-care roles.
