Payments have been awarded for conditions including stroke, heart attack, blood clots, inflammation of the spinal cord and facial paralysis
Nearly 14,000 people in Britain have applied for payments from the government for alleged harm caused by Covid vaccines, new figures show.
Freedom of Information requests made by The Telegraph show that payments have already been awarded for conditions including stroke, heart attack, dangerous blood clots, inflammation of the spinal cord, excessive swelling of the vaccinated limb and facial paralysis.
Around 97 per cent of claims awarded relate to the AstraZeneca jab, with just a handful of payments made for damage from Pfizer or Moderna.
Since the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS) was founded in 1979 it has had around 16,000 applications, but the Covid jab has made up the vast majority of claims.
Seb Sanders, the British champion flat race jockey, has been fighting on behalf of his wife, Leona, who was left hospital-bound after three Covid jabs, but their claim was rejected.
Mrs Sanders, 52, who suffered from the rare autoimmune disorder granulomatosis - which causes inflammation of the blood vessels - was told the jab would not interfere with her condition and, if anything, would be ineffective, because of her impaired immune system.
She had her first AstraZeneca jab in February 2021, followed by a booster in April.
“It was only a day or two after that she collapsed in the bathroom, her left leg had given way, but we weren’t blaming the injection because nobody had warned us, so we never put two and two together,” said Mr Sanders, who is now a pundit for Sky Sports Racing.
Rapid deterioration after third jab
However Mrs Sanders’ condition rapidly deteriorated after a third vaccine - this time Pfizer - in December, when paralysis started to move upwards from her feet.
She was admitted to Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, where a scan revealed transverse myelitis, a swelling on the spinal cord, which is a known side-effect of the vaccine.
The condition left her unable to walk for seven months and in spite of a brief remission in the summer of 2022, her condition has continued to deteriorate, exacerbated by picking up Covid and developing sepsis while in hospital.
“The collapses all came just days after she had the vaccine,” said Mr Sanders. “But the medical assessor rejected the claim. --->READ MORE HERE
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Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman signed the mask ban, the first of its kind in the United States, into law early Wednesday.
A controversial ban on wearing face coverings in public spaces was enacted Wednesday in New York's suburban Nassau County, a move quickly criticized by civil rights advocates and state officials as violating free speech rights.
During a news conference early Wednesday, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman signed the ban, the first of its kind in the U.S., which criminalizes the wearing of face masks to hide identities in public spaces except in cases of medical, religious or cultural purposes. Supporters of the ban have called it a public safety measure, targeting people who commit crimes while wearing a mask to hide their identity.
Those who violate the law face a misdemeanor that can be punished with up to one year in prison and a $1,000 fine.
"This is a broad public safety measure," Blakeman said at Wednesday's news conference. "What we've seen is people using masks to shoplift, to carjack, to rob banks, and this is activity that we want to stop."
But civil rights advocates and state officials said the law infringes on free speech rights and expressed concerns over potential consequences of the ban, including safety risks for protesters and health risks for local communities.
"Masks protect people who express political opinions that are controversial. Officials should be supporting New Yorkers' right to voice their views, not fueling widespread doxxing and threatening arrests," Susan Gottehrer, Nassau County regional director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, said in a statement.
"Masks also protect people’s health, especially at a time of rising COVID rates, and make it possible for people with elevated risk to participate in public life," Gottehrer added. "We should be helping people make the right choice for themselves and their loved ones − not letting the government exile vulnerable people from society." --->READ MORE HEREFollow links below to relevant/related stories and resources:
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