The Canadian Adverse Event Reporting System (CAERS) has begun a cross-Canada campaign to inform people about vaccine injuries. .“It’s to let people that are injured know that they are not alone,” said CAERS CEO Max Daigle in a Monday interview. .“It’s OK to come out and accept they have been injured.” .Daigle said the process for the You Are Not Alone (YANA) campaign started off with designing a decal to be placed on the back of trucks..The YANA campaign started January 19 with a truck going around Ontario with a billboard of resident "Meredith" with the slogan “COVID-19 vaccine injured” and hashtag #YouAreNotAlone. Meredith took COVID-19 vaccines and has experienced abnormal side effects since. .Daigle acknowledged people are being paid out for suffering vaccine injuries, but “money is not going to solve the issue.” He said people need help. .Canadian government records published in July show a total of eight COVID-19 vaccine death and injury claims were paid to date in Canada, with 654 awaiting completion of medical reviews. .READ MORE: Eight COVID vaccine injuries paid in Canada, 654 under review.The eight anonymous claims were the first to be paid under a $75 million vaccine compensation program launched in 2021..Managers of the Vaccine Injury Support Program said of 774 claims received, 71 were rejected due to incomplete information or ineligibility. Eight claims were paid and 654 are under review as investigators retrieve medical records..Daigle said the goal for YANA is to have as many decals as possible on the back of trailers. While it is not confrontational, he said it puts stories out. .The CEO went on to say it has been tough to talk about vaccine injuries outside of the echo chambers. He said the mainstream media is starting to cover them, politicians are not talking about them, and it is not accepted by the medical profession. .Daigle said it is tough to talk about vaccine injuries because people were told the COVID-19 vaccines were going to eliminate the virus. People are afraid to step outside their perspectives because it might make them question their decisions. .He said the media, politicians, family doctors, and public health officials should be admitting these vaccines are not safe for every one. .CAERS has found the most common vaccine injury in a sample it took was neurological symptoms at 22.6%. .This was followed by cardiovascular symptoms (18%) and musculoskeletal symptoms (14.1%). Out of this sample, many people have multiple adverse effects. .CAERS was launched in April, which Daigle said would facilitate discussions about vaccine safety among medical professionals and public health experts..READ MORE: Alternative vaccine injury reporting system launched in Canada.“We’ve seen family physicians are not reporting [injuries], or when they try to report them, it’s either denied by the Public Health Agency of Canada or Health Canada,” he said. .It is based on a triage system, where users submit their adverse reactions and medical information to be evaluated by administrative staff. After a team of healthcare providers evaluate a submission, it will facilitate diagnosis, treatment, and legal action by collaborating with relevant organizations and professionals..CAERS received funding to design the decals and print them out, but Daigle is looking for truck drivers to go across Canada with them. If he can find 50 to 200 trucks to go up and down the roads every day, he said he thinks it “has great potential to open the conversation.” .“It could be a lot bigger than Health Canada is displaying,” he said.
