evidence: While announcing a request for a grand jury probe into "crimes and wrongdoing" related to the COVID-19 vaccines, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his panel of contrarian experts repeatedly suggested the shots were too risky. But such claims are unsupported and based on flawed analyses. [...] DeSantis, who is viewed as a potential leading contender for the GOP’s 2024 presidential nomination, initially was supportive of the COVID-19 vaccines. But at the roundtable, he announced he was creating a new panel of experts to "counteract nonsense" from institutions such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health. [...] DeSantis and his experts primarily relied on two analyses to support their claim that the COVID-19 vaccines are more dangerous than medical authorities have let on.