Disgraced ex-NYC COVID czar committed perjury to push vax mandates: critics

NYC’s disgraced ex-COVID czar Dr. Jay Varma may have perjured himself by repeatedly testifying under oath that vaccination is the only way to stop the spread of coronavirus, critics said.

Varma, who served as ex-Mayor Bill de Blasio’s senior health advisor during the heart of the pandemic — and was caught in recently released hidden-camera video boasting about attending drug-fueled sex parties during the pandemic — confessed in the footage that natural immunity to the deadly virus is just as good as the jab.

“It doesn’t make any difference at all,” Varma said in one clip, after a woman he was speaking to claimed to know people who wouldn’t have sex with unvaccinated partners.

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“Everybody’s been exposed to the virus. Whether you’re exposed to the virus because it’s breathed on you or because you got injected into you. It’s the same immune response.”

However, while testifying on the city’s behalf in multiple lawsuits from businesses and ex-city employees opposing COVID mandates, Varma sang different tunes.

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“The COVID-19 vaccine has been shown to offer those persons with a prior COVID-19 infection greater protection against reinfection,” said Varma in a sworn October 2021 affidavit.

Councilwoman Joann (R-Queens) accused Varma of perjuring himself — and in the process purposely spreading misinformation to push vaccination mandates that ultimately put many New Yorkers out of work.

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“Dr. Varma swore under oath that the vaccine was the most effective way to prevent the spread of new COVID strains, but in captured footage he privately acknowledges that there was, in reality, no difference between vaccinations and natural immunity,” said Councilwoman Joann Ariola (R-Queens)

“This is outright perjury . . . perjury that cost thousands their livelihoods – and he must be held accountable for his actions.”

Varma could not be reached for comment, but in a previous statement said the footage released by podcaster Steven Crowder as “spliced, diced, and taken out of context.”

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