Victims of Chinese COVID Vaccine Injuries Demand Fair Investigation, Compensation

Victims of Chinese COVID Vaccine Injuries Demand Fair Investigation, Compensation
A medical staff member prepares a dose of the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine in Shenyang, in China's northeastern Liaoning Province, on Aug. 1, 2021. STR/AFP via Getty Images
Sophia Lam
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A group of rights defenders representing victims of Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccines protested in Beijing last month to appeal for fair medical investigation and adequate compensation.
The rights group went to the top health agency, the National Health Commission, on Dec. 1, 2022, bringing a list of 1,290 individuals who were allegedly diagnosed with leukemia after getting a COVID vaccine. More people joined them on Dec. 2, filing their complaints with the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the top disciplinary body.

Obtaining medical compensation is difficult in China as there is a lack of independent medical investigations, which are usually done by experts chosen by the Chinese regime.

“We have sacrificed our lifelong health and even our lives after being forced to be vaccinated against COVID-19. However, we have not been given the dignity and justice we deserve,” reads an open letter posted on Chinese social media. It was allegedly written by families of vaccine victims and edited by Tan Hua, a Shanghai resident who claims that she had an adverse reaction from a rabies vaccine.

In 2014, Tan developed epilepsy, a chronic neurological condition characterized by recurrent seizures, after receiving a rabies vaccine manufactured by a Chinese company.

Tan told the Chinese language edition of The Epoch Times that she is still struggling to get compensation from the rabies vaccine manufacturer.

She said that the hardship is both physical and financial, on top of the unfair treatment of the communist regime.

“I have encountered problems in seeking proper diagnosis and fair compensation. My mother, Hua Xiuzhen, was sentenced to imprisonment for defending my rights, and she has been deprived of her retirement pension and other welfare,” she said.

“Our lives have been extremely difficult, and it is even more difficult to see a doctor. We have been under strict surveillance all these years.”

Tan’s mother, Hua Xiuzhen, wrote on her Twitter account: “For the past nine years, we have been defending our rights. I was imprisoned, and I have been living under control and surveillance for half of the nine years.”