Photo: Rob Kruyt, BIV
BC Supreme Court in Vancouver
A family who allegedly suffered a stroke after their son got the COVID-19 vaccine in Whistler is suing two pharmaceutical companies and various levels of government.
According to a March 17 lawsuit filed in the BC Supreme Court in Vancouver, Jackson Reimer will be sold in March 2021 through Vail Resorts Inc. (NYSE:MTN), owner of his employer Whistler Blackcomb. , was shot by AstraZeneca plc.
The lawsuit, filed by Jackson and his parents Marina and Perry Rymer, names Canadian subsidiary AstraZeneca Canada as defendants and Verity Pharmaceuticals, the licensed manufacturer of the CobiShield vaccine. Vale Resort; Federal Government and Vancouver Coastal Health Authority (VCH).
Jackson, now 23, has been working at Vail since November 2020. On March 15, the following year, Vail Resorts sent an email to employees saying it was making the vaccine available through VCH.
The lawsuit points out that Health Canada at the time was marketing COVID vaccines, including the AstraZeneca vaccine, under the slogan “The first vaccine is the best vaccine.”
A day after Vail Resorts sent an email to its employees, 13 EU countries had stopped approving AstraZeneca’s vaccine, but it had not yet been approved by US officials.
Jackson received the vaccine on March 17, 2021. The lawsuit alleges that he called Marina six days later and said he was experiencing severe headaches, loss of vision and dizziness.
He was then taken to Whistler Care Center and transferred to Vancouver General Hospital, where he underwent a CT (computed tomography) scan, which showed he had suffered a hemorrhagic stroke to his brain. He also required two platelet infusions.
According to the lawsuit, Jackson spent several days in intensive care and joined him after his mother flew out of Manitoba.
On March 24, Jackson was still suffering from severe headaches and was blind, the lawsuit said. He became unresponsive after a day.
Doctors then performed procedures to stop his internal bleeding. He was also intubated.
On March 30, Vail forwarded a VCH memo to employees, including Jackson, informing them that AstraZeneca’s vaccination had been discontinued due to blood clotting problems in young vaccinated persons under the age of 55.
Since then, Jackson, who had been “very healthy” before the vaccine, was declared legally blind, had trouble speaking, had concentration and time-management problems, and was unable to control his health, according to the lawsuit. could not find a job or complete a college education.
The plaintiff alleges that the defendant knew that other authorities had suspended approval of AstraZeneca’s vaccine, but still provided the vaccine to Jackson.
They allege that both Health Canada and the VCH “mixed” vaccines to the effect that people did not know which vaccine they were receiving, and used misleading or false advertising or labeling of products. It claims to have violated a section of the Food and Drug Act that prohibits it. “The first vaccine is the best vaccine”.
claims have not been proven in court. As of press time, defendants have not filed a response.
