Families failed by Covid jabs tell inquiry of pain

Families of those harmed by Covid vaccines told the UK Covid Inquiry they were forced to support each other during the pandemic because there was no other help.

Kate Scott, who represents the group Vaccine Injured and Bereaved UK (VIBUK), said they felt they were "almost being pushed into the shadows during the pandemic."

The inquiry also heard from a victims' group in Scotland which raised concerns that the vaccine had been rolled out too quickly, and that safety had been sacrificed for speed.

This is the Inquiry's fourth module, which will consider issues relating to the development of Covid-19 vaccines and their implementation.

Mrs Scott, whose husband Jamie was left severely disabled by a vaccine, said, "We are an uncomfortable truth, but we are a truth and the truth is for everyone in our group—the vaccine caused serious harm and death."

Jamie Scott, a father of two boys, worked in a high-powered job until he was severely injured by a Covid vaccine.

He spent four weeks and five days in a coma and suffered an extremely rare, life-threatening side effect called VITT, or vaccine-induced immune thrombosis and thrombocytopenia. Jamie survived, but suffered a significant brain injury, which affected his thinking processes. He is now partially blind and his wife says he will never live independently.

Jamie has received £120,000 - the maximum payout from the government's Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme. His wife, who is clear that neither of them is against vaccines, says he will never work again and that this is not a fair or adequate amount.

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Source: BBC News, 15 January 2025