COVID Vax Compensation Recipient ‘Disheartened’ Over Lack of Recognition of the Vaccine Injured

BC man one of the first Canadians approved for payout due to COVID-19 vaccine injury

A pharmacist prepares a dose behind a counter lined with vials of COVID-19 vaccines, in Toronto on June 18, 2021. The Canadian Press/Nathan Denette

Ross Wightman, who was diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome shortly after receiving a dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, has become one of the first recipients of funds under Canada’s Vaccine Injury Support Program.

But the plight of others who have suffered vaccine injuries weighs heavily on the realtor and former pilot from B.C.’s Okanagan Valley.