A Republican lawmaker in Maine sounded the alarm over the state’s alarming “silent epidemic” of an 18% increase in excess deaths since 2020, but Democrat colleagues ignored her warnings and stymied her effort to investigate.
Rep. Heidi Sampson (R-Alfred) said the state’s Democratic lawmakers “shrugged their shoulders” when she proposed investigating the increase in sudden deaths in 2020 among young and middle-aged adults in Maine with no known previous illness.
After growing increasingly concerned about the data showing a rise in excess during the COVID plandemic, Sampson tried to bring the issue to the Maine House of Representatives in March.
Sampson compiled 2015-2022 Maine all-cause mortality data analyzed by a statistician, and warned her colleagues that Maine has since 2020 seen close to an 18% increase in excess deaths among 25- to 64-year-olds.
She also cited the CEO of the One America insurance company, saying he “publicly disclosed that during the third and fourth quarter of 2021, death in people of working age 18 to 64 was 40% higher than it was before the pandemic.”
“This data was compiled by actuaries who are the mathematical experts insurance companies rely upon,” she told the Defender. “A 40% increase in deaths is literally earthshaking. Even a 10% increase in excess deaths would have been a 1-in-200-year event.”
She went on to describe the suddenly common phenomenon of “sudden death syndrome”, examples of which include death by heart attack, stroke, meningitis, brain aneurysm, pulmonary embolism, anaphylaxis and asthma.
“You will find hundreds, even thousands, of examples. A few years ago, this was unheard of,” she told her colleagues, adding that “sudden death syndrome (SDS)” was a “silent epidemic” that demanded immediate attention and investigation.
“SDS is an umbrella term. It includes biologically based scenarios describing [the] quick onset of unexpected mortality without prior signs of illness. I’ll repeat: without prior signs of illness,” Sampson said.
“Autopsies may be non-conclusive due to the lack of obvious abnormalities. They may also be non-conclusive because we may not be asking the right questions.”
“If there is even a chance this data is correct, we have the moral obligation to our children to investigate,” she said. “This data represents a flashing red light.”
But she said Democrats moved to swiftly shut down her order for an investigation.
“The Democrats could not reject this order fast enough,” she told The Defender.
She said two Democrats, both doctors, approached her after her speech demanding to know where she got the data and insisting the increased deaths were due to suicides.
“They just shrugged their shoulders,” Sampson said.
“We shut the whole damn state down for 6%,” she continued. “What are we doing with almost 18%? As a mother and a grandmother, this entire issue deeply concerns me. I want my children and their children to have long, healthy lives. We need to get to the bottom of this.”
Sampson has also raised critical questions about the safety of COVID-19 vaccines and warned against the growing influence of international organizations like the World Health Organization (WHO).
“The data are in — it is not safe and effective,” she said. “And until the federal government removes the liability shield from the vaccine manufacturers, the COVID-19 shot must be removed from the Maine market.”
But she told the Defender that “she once again faced resistance from her colleagues,” describing their response as “tense and uncomfortable.”
Her Democrat colleagues also shot down her order to nullify WHO’s now-failed pandemic treaty authority that surrenders state’s rights to the global body in the event of a future pandemic.
“It was heart-sickening to watch my colleagues on the other side of the aisle rapidly stand, object, and vote against this motion,” Sampson wrote in April.
“All I can say is now they are responsible for the information they have heard,” she said. “It is on the record.”