AstraZeneca (AZ) was lauded by all official channels during lockdown for its Oxford University-linked COVID vaccine, and politicians made it well known that they had taken it.
Now, the pharmaceutical company has been confronted by two legal cases and could face dozens more over a condition known as Vaccine-induced Immune Thrombocytopenia and Thrombosis (VITT). This blood clot side effect has been linked to the AZ vaccine and can lead to further issues.
The Telegraph reported on Wednesday that AZ is being sued in the High Court in a test case by Jamie Scott. Scott, a father of two, suffered a significant permanent brain injury as a result of a blood clot after receiving the pharmaceutical company’s vaccine in April 2021. While he was in the hospital, his wife was called three times to tell her to come and say goodbye. Scott is now unable to work.
Around the time he was vaccinated, official scientists were shifting the goalposts regarding who could receive certain vaccines. A fortnight before his inoculation, the Joint Committee on Immunisation and Vaccination advisory body said that adults under the age of 30 should be offered alternatives to the AstraZeneca vaccine due to the risk of clots. Another fortnight later, this was boosted to adults under 40.
Scott was 44 when he was vaccinated. His wife said:
We are private people, but we cannot stand the injustice of it. We have been lobbying the Government for 18 months for fair compensation for the injury caused by the vaccine.
We were told by the Government [that] the vaccine was safe and effective but what’s happened to Jamie has been life changing and their [AstraZeneca] vaccine caused that.
AstraZeneca cannot continue to ignore the circumstances in which their vaccine has caused devastating injury and loss.
This comes after members of the official COVID inquiry spent most of the past week squabbling over swearing in government WhatsApp chats.
AstraZeneca is understood to have denied causing Scott’s injuries in its legal response. It also said in a statement that patient safety was its “highest priority.” It added:
Regulatory authorities have clear and stringent standards to ensure the safe use of all medicines, including vaccines. Our sympathy goes out to anyone who has lost loved ones or reported health problems.
Another case is being brought forward by the widower and two children of Alpa Tailor, a 35-year-old who died after taking the vaccine.
The Telegraph reports that Scott’s case “could pave the way for as many as 80 damages claims worth an estimated £80 million” related to VITT.
