Rita Panahi: Vaccine injury victims have been forced to suffer in silence
Australians who have been ignored by the media, politicians and doctors after suffering an adverse reaction to the COVID-19 vaccine deserve to be heard.
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We were all misled and cajoled when it came to Covid-19 vaccines.
And I say that as someone who was so enthusiastic about being jabbed and freed from lockdowns that I offered to get vaccinated on air in early 2021.
Though adamantly opposed to illiberal vaccine mandates, particularly when it came to healthy young people, I along with many others believed the expert advice that the jabs would prevent transmission.
We now know that is not the case and are starting to learn how many have suffered devastating Covid-19 vaccine injuries.
Many who have suffered in silence came forward when former AMA president Kerryn Phelps penned a submission to a parliamentary inquiry detailing her own vaccine injuries.
“Vaccine injury is a subject that few in the medical profession have wanted to talk about,” Dr Phelps wrote.
“Regulators of the medical profession have censored public discussion about adverse events following immunisation, with threats to doctors not to make any public statements about anything that ‘might undermine the government’s vaccine rollout’ or risk suspension or loss of their registration.”
Veteran Liberal MP Russell Broadbent has also been an advocate for the voiceless victims who have been largely ignored by the media, politicians and some would argue, the medical fraternity.
“It’s very distressing to have these people face-to-face and be speaking to them when you see some of them are so severely damaged,” Broadbent said on Sky News this week.
“Every one of these vaccine injuries were strong, healthy, well men and women before they took the vaccine.”
They deserve justice, including adequate compensation, despite any ill-advised ‘indemnity against liability’ deals granted to drug manufacturers.
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