AstraZeneca

Nikola Brindley had been a dental nurse for over a decade. She knew vaccines. When she was asked to take AstraZeneca’s COVID jab in July 2021, she agreed without hesitation. Within hours, she was in A&E. Multiple organ systems began to fail. “I collapsed on the doorway and pretty much lost the ability to walk,” she recalls. Today, she uses a wheelchair.

Pia Aksoy lost her hearing. After an AstraZeneca vaccination in March 2021, experts diagnosed a likely irreversible unilateral hearing loss. The occupational insurance recognized the vaccine injury. But the courts? Two instances dismissed her lawsuit. She had to go all the way to Germany’s Federal Court of Justice (BGH).