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Jamie and Kate Scott connected vacation earlier the pandemic
Families of those harmed by Covid vaccines told the UK Covid Inquiry they were forced to enactment each different during the pandemic due to the fact that determination was nary different help.
Kate Scott, who represents the radical Vaccine Injured and Bereaved UK (VIBUK), said they felt they were "almost being pushed into the shadows during the pandemic".
The enquiry besides heard from a victims' radical successful Scotland which raised concerns that the vaccine had been rolled retired excessively quickly, and that information had been sacrificed for speed.
This is the Inquiry's 4th module, which volition see issues relating to the improvement of Covid-19 vaccines and their implementation.
Mrs Scott, whose hubby Jamie was near severely disabled by a vaccine, said: "We are an uncomfortable truth, but we are a information and the information is for everyone successful our radical - the vaccine caused superior harm and death."
Jamie Scott, a begetter of 2 boys, worked successful a high-powered occupation until helium was severely injured by a Covid vaccine.
He spent 4 weeks and 5 days successful a coma and suffered an highly rare, life-threatening broadside effect called VITT, oregon vaccine-induced immune thrombosis and thrombocytopenia.
Jamie survived, but suffered a important encephalon injury, which affected his reasoning processes. He is present unsighted and his woman says helium volition ne'er unrecorded independently.
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Jamie Scott portion successful a coma receiving attraction successful hospital
Jamie has received £120,000 - the maximum payout from the government's Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme.
His wife, who is wide that neither of them is against vaccines, says helium volition ne'er enactment again and that this is not a just oregon capable amount.
"The strategy is inadequate and inefficient - offers excessively small excessively precocious and to excessively few," she said.
The enquiry heard that figures from a Freedom of Information petition by VIBUK amusement that, arsenic of 30 November 2024, victims and their families person made 17,519 claims to the scheme.
Of these:
- 194 person been notified that they are entitled to the payment
- 1,027 radical person waited much than 12 months for a decision
- 126 radical bash not person a determination aft waiting 3 years
Peter Rossiter was a fashionable euphony teacher who died aft contracting Covid
'I tin lone ideate the symptom you are going through'
Covid Inquiry chairwoman Baroness Heather Hallett spoke with a trembling dependable arsenic she told Jean Rossiter, whose lad Peter died aft contracting Covid-19: "I excessively americium the parent of 2 sons of a akin property to Peter, truthful I tin lone ideate the symptom and the grief that you are going through."
Peter Rossiter was a highly talented, classical pianist who brought euphony to beingness portion caput of euphony successful a school, Jean told the inquiry.
However, contempt being a cardinal worker, helium lone received his archetypal vaccine successful May 2021 - 5 months aft the archetypal jab was fixed successful the UK.
That summertime helium was infected with Covid and became earnestly ill, was admitted to intensive attraction successful infirmary but died connected 11 August 2021.
Peter had kept himself fit, said his parent Jean who helped acceptable up the radical Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice UK.
"He followed the rules, we each did and it seems to america arsenic parents that we did everything close and yet Peter mislaid his beingness still, arsenic did truthful galore of the families who're successful our group," she said.
Baroness Hallett said: "So galore radical said that Covid-19 lone affects the older people.
"You had a acceptable and steadfast young son, nether 40, and truthful it helps to punctual radical that we are not conscionable astir protecting radical who immoderate whitethorn deliberation person had a bully innings; we are astir protecting the full population."
The bereaved families besides raised concerns about:
- delays successful immoderate radical receiving vaccines
- poor connection of the guidance for the public
- the dosage interval - the spread betwixt 2nd and 3rd doses of the vaccine
- the prioritisation of definite groups of radical up of others
The Scottish Vaccine Injury Group (SVIG), which represents 750 people, said it had concerns that the vaccine had been rolled retired excessively rapidly and that information had been sacrificed for speed.
It besides raised superior concerns astir the government's vaccine harm outgo scheme.
Ruth O'Rafferty, from the SVIG, said it was "a traumatic experience" for anyone applying.
Being 60% disabled is simply a criteria for the award. She questioned however anyone could beryllium that erstwhile their information fluctuates. She besides said galore of their members had suffered neurological harm and struggled to capable retired forms.
The enquiry volition perceive grounds implicit the adjacent 3 weeks connected this issue, successful London.
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