Though previously largely silenced or dismissed by the federal government and the media, thousands of Americans have spoken out about alleged injuries and new medical issues they were diagnosed with after receiving an mRNA-style covid-19 vaccine.

That legion has now been joined by a particularly prominent and loud voice, conservative-leaning podcaster Megyn Kelly, who revealed on her show this week that she, too, is suffering ill effects from vaccines she previously received, according to the Daily Mail.

Kelly's surprising revelation coincides with the recent announcement about the preliminary findings of an admittedly small and incomplete research study that linked the mRNA covid vaccines to a slew of health issues that have been dubbed "post-vaccine syndrome."

Kelly diagnosed with "unspecified autoimmune condition"

On the Wednesday episode of her eponymous podcast, Kelly spoke with cardiologist Dr. Aseem Malhotra and surprised everyone by revealing that her doctors have diagnosed her with an "unspecified autoimmune condition" that could be linked to the two shots and single booster she previously received of Pfizer's mRNA covid vaccine.

She said that doctors have been unable to determine exactly what is wrong with her immune system, and noted, "I asked the rheumatologist if it could be linked to the Pfizer vaccine and booster, and she said 'Yes, and you're not the only patient I have who's had this sequence of events.'"

"I wish I hadn't done it, but I did," Kelly said of getting vaccinated against covid, and added that her belief in the official insistence that the shots were perfectly safe for everyone was "the number one thing I've been wrong about."

New study links mRNA vaccines to "post-vaccine syndrome"

The Daily Mail reported that Kelly's admission comes at the same time that Yale University researchers revealed that they may have discovered a link between the mRNA covid vaccines and a health condition they call "post-vaccine syndrome," though the researchers cautioned that the study was small and the preliminary results remain a "work in progress."

Nevertheless, the newly identified syndrome features symptoms that include "brain fog, dizziness, tinnitus, and exercise intolerance," as well as other "distinct biological changes," such as noticeable differences in immune cells and the continued presence of coronavirus proteins in the bloodstream years after an individual first contracted the virus or received the vaccine.

Researchers also believe they found a link between the new syndrome and the reawakening in some individuals of what is known as the Epstein-Barr Virus, which can lay dormant in a person's system for years and is suspected of causing mononucleosis or even cancer in some patients.

Kelly's guest also claims to be vaccine-injured

Ironically enough, the Daily Mail observed, the guest who Kelly shared her grim medical news with also believes that he suffered an injury linked to the mRNA covid vaccine.

Dr. Malhotra, who is an ally of HHS Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and has been similarly accused of spreading "misinformation" about vaccine injuries, told the outlet of Kelly's revelation, "The fact that one of the United States' most popular public figures only just opened up about being vaccine-injured, feeling safe to discuss it with a doctor who understands the situation, suggests that many, perhaps millions of Americans are suffering in silence."

He revealed that more than two years after he received the Pfizer vaccine, he was diagnosed with psoriasis, an autoimmune condition marked by red and scaly patches on the skin that has been tentatively linked by some researchers to the vaccines, though some research suggests the inflammation is more closely linked to the lack of a certain beneficial bacteria in the gut.

Health officials still insist benefits of vaccines outweigh the risks

To be sure, the federal government still officially insists that covid vaccines are overwhelmingly safe for children and adults and that the benefits of the protection against the virus outweigh the relatively slim possibility of suffering an adverse reaction, such as anaphylaxis or heart inflammation known as myocarditis and pericarditis.

That said, as more research is conducted and as more people who believe they were injured by the vaccines come forward, that official stance may eventually be altered.