Thu Jun 9, 2022 – 3:58 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) – A man from British Columbia became one of the first in Canada to receive federal financial compensation due to a COVID vaccine injury.
Ross Wightman received the AstraZeneca shot last year in April, and shortly after became totally paralyzed. He was subsequently diagnosed with Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS).
Before this, he worked as a real estate agent and pilot, but now struggles to walk.
According to Wightman, he first experienced severe back pain 10 days after getting the COVID jab. He had to visit the emergency room multiple times and was finally admitted to the hospital once he felt tingling in his face.
“I had full facial paralysis,” said Wightman, as reported by the National Post.
“I could blink, but I couldn’t smile or show my teeth at all and had paralysis from the waist down as well.”
Wightman spent over two months in the hospital before being allowed to recover at home.
GBS is a degenerative nerve disorder that can cause an autoimmune condition leading to “devastating paralysis.”
A new study from the United Kingdom has shown that AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 injection is linked with a significant
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