An American woman who participated in AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine clinical trial is suing the company, claiming it left her “permanently disabled,” according to reports.
Brianne Dressen, 42, a former teacher from Utah, volunteered for the trial in 2020 to “do her bit” and help defeat the pandemic virus.
But within days of receiving the injection, she developed a serious neurological condition and was hospitalized with an intense tingling sensation throughout her body.
The mother of two has since quit her job due to the pain and became a “shadow of her former self,” with the pain leaving her unable to care for her young children like she used to or even drive a few blocks. .
She is suing AstraZeneca alleging a breach of contract, saying they have failed to cover her medical bills for a side effect.
His case is believed to be the first of its kind in the United States, where the British-made AstraZeneca vaccine was never approved. There are also more than 50 cases in the UK.
Brianne Dressen, 42, a former teacher, is suing AstraZeneca after participating in the Covid vaccine trial. She said her stroke left her “permanently disabled.”
Dressen said the worst thing about her illness is that her children don’t remember what she was like before.
“This took me out of my job – I’m still permanently disabled,” she told the UK newspaper. Telegraph.
“I still have that horrible nightmare of the tingling sensation running through my body, from head to toe, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.”
But the worst impact of the disease has been on my children, he added, who are now nine and eleven years old.
They no longer remember who I was before. It really sucks.
“The worst part, the biggest punishment of all this, is the impact on my children.”
Ms Dressen was diagnosed with peripheral neuropathy, a condition that causes numbness and pain due to damaged nerves.
Doctors classified his condition as a “post-vaccine neuropathy” because of its links to the vaccine.
Previous studies have already linked this condition to Covid vaccines, although they emphasize that it only occurs in rare cases.
A paper published last year in Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports found a “higher-than-expected” occurrence of the condition among those who received the Covid vaccine, but concluded that the evidence was not strong enough to recommend withdrawing the vaccine.
In his legal complaint, filed in a Utah court, he says he has become “a shadow of his former self.”
“(I can’t) work, I can’t do any sports activities, I can’t be a mother like she did and I can’t drive more than a few blocks at a time,” the document adds.
She is suing AstraZeneca for breach of contract, saying they did not cover medical costs for a side effect as previously agreed.
Mrs. Dressen appears in the photo above, even with her children.
Before receiving the vaccine in the trial, Dressen says he signed an agreement with the company that promised to “pay the costs of medical treatment of research injuries, as long as the costs are reasonable and you did not cause the injury.”
But she says that since severe sensations arose throughout her body after receiving the shot, AstraZeneca has refused to cover her care.
He has medical bills running into thousands of dollars and has rejected a small settlement offered by the company that would have limited his liability in a lawsuit.
An AstraZeneca spokesperson said the company would not comment on the ongoing litigation.
She said: “Patient safety is our top priority. Based on the body of evidence from clinical trials and real-world data, the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine has continually been shown to have an acceptable safety profile and regulators around the world consistently affirm that the benefits of vaccination outweigh the risks. extremely rare possible side effects. .’