New statistics released about Canada’s Vaccine Injury Support Program (VISP) showed the Liberal government has paid out over $2.7 million to claimants.. COVID-19 Vaccine Needle .The government paid 50 different claims of “serious and permanent injury” from COVID-19 vaccines that were approved by Health Canada..VISP received 1,299 claims, with 209 inadmissible because they were incomplete or did not meet the eligibility criteria..The medical review board fully assessed 221 claims, 662 collecting medical records, and 48 pending. .This is the first time VISP released statistics, which included financial payouts and the number of paid-out claims..READ MORE A COVID-19 vaccine-injured woman shares her experience.Trudeau announced the VISP in December 2020, with VISP beginning to accept claims in June 2021..To receive VISP compensation, a Canadian must have a “serious and permanent injury” connected to a Health Canada approved COVID-19 vaccine..However, the VISP is not limited to just the COVID-19 vaccines. It also includes all vaccines that “provide protection against preventable diseases.”. Covid vaccine .The government did not release information on how much compensation each approved claim received, or what their claim was for..VISP defines a serious or permanent injury as “a severe, life-threatening, or life-altering injury that may require in-person hospitalization, or a prolongation of existing hospitalization, and results in persistent or significant disability or incapacity, or where the outcome is a congenital malformation or death.”.READ MORE Sask MLA calls for investigation into COVID-19 vaccination deaths.The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) showed one in 10,000 people experienced a serious reaction to a COVID-19 vaccine..According to PHAC, there have been 52,203 adverse reactions to the COVID-19 vaccines, with adverse reactions defined as “temporary rashes, fatigue, vaccination site pain and headache.”.Of the 52,203 adverse reactions, PHAC considers 10,300 as serious adverse reactions..As of November 2022, 93 million COVID-19 doses were administered in Canada.. COVID-19 vaccinesCOVID-19 vaccines .The government said the average time for a VISP claim to be processed is 12 to 18 months..A claimant needs a doctor to apply and then a VISP doctor reviews the claim and may request further medical records..After all the information is compiled, a panel of doctors determines if it is “probable” that the vaccine caused the specified injury and the financial payout..Quebec does not take part in VISP, as Quebec has its own vaccine injury program..The next time VISP will release statistics is June 1, 2023.
