Virginia Officials refuse Autopsy on Woman who died 20mins after Pfizer shot, despite family asking for one.

State Health Commissioner Norman Oliver told public information officers in an email Feb. 5 that if reporters asked whether an autopsy was done, they should say “a full autopsy was not needed in order to ascertain whether the death was related to the vaccination.”

In a follow-up interview with The Virginian-Pilot, Oliver said he misspoke in that email. What he meant was the preliminary findings did not indicate Keyes had anaphylaxis, a severe allergic reaction, he said. Oliver clarified he did not mean they had ruled out whether the vaccine contributed.

When asked why the state didn’t do an autopsy, he referred the question to the chief medical examiner, Dr. William Gormley, who reports to him.

“I do not tell the medical examiner how to be a pathologist,” Oliver said.

Gormley declined to be interviewed, instead providing written statements through a Virginia Department of Health spokeswoman, who said he wouldn’t talk about any specific case.


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