Lake Country man suffers severe side-effects, diagnosed with Guillain Barre syndrome days after receiving COVID vaccine
February 17, 2022
A Lake Country man who suffered an adverse reaction after receiving his first dose of the AstraZeneca COVID vaccine says he feels the provincial and federal government are letting people like him down.
Ross Wightman, 40, was the picture of health before getting his first shot on April 1. Since then, he has spent 67 days in hospital and has been diagnosed with Guillain Barre syndrome.
While he can’t conclusively pin his condition on the vaccine and doesn’t consider himself an anti-vaxxer, Wightman says those like him who have suffered adverse effects “are collateral damage” to governments, and he would like to see more transparency around potential side-effects.
“The lack of recognition or admission of adverse effects is a clear indication that politics come before people,” Wightman said in an email to Castanet.
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