A total of eight COVID-19 vaccine death and injury claims were paid to date in Canada, with almost 700 awaiting completion of medical reviews, federal records show. .According to Blacklock's Reporter, the eight anonymous claims are the first to be paid under a $75 million vaccination compensation program launched in 2021..Managers of the Vaccine Injury Support Program said of 774 claims received fewer than a tenth, 71, were rejected "due to incomplete information or ineligibility." Eight claims were paid and another 654 are under review as investigators "retrieve all medical records.".The Department of Health would not say how much has been paid in compensation so far. Claims by families of those who suffer death or injury as a result of COVID shots will be accepted until 2026..READ MORE: EXCLUSIVE: Vaccine-injured Canadians search for answers ."Payments for those who have a serious and permanent injury from a vaccine will be retroactive to the date of the injury," said a June 23 Department of Health briefing note Vaccine Injury Support Program. "Eligible individuals may receive income replacement indemnities, injury indemnities, death benefits including coverage for funeral expenses and reimbursement of eligible costs such as otherwise uncovered medical expenses.".The health department said of 85.9 million COVID vaccine doses given to date, it received 48,670 reports of "adverse events" including 9,878 incidents rated as "serious." Adverse events could include headaches or chest pains. Serious outcomes included heart inflammation, facial paralysis, Guillain-Barré Syndrome and "a total of 355 with an outcome of death reported following vaccination.".Several vaccine-injured Canadians previously told the Western Standard their doctors either refused to consider their conditions were caused by the COVID-19 vaccines, or would not officially categorize them as such out of fears they would be investigated and lose their medical licenses.."Due to my personal experience in attempting unsuccessfully to report the negative side effects of the vaccine, I am skeptical of the official position of the Canadian government, which I consider to be minimizing the risk," said a Canadian whose adverse events following immunization (AEFI) claim was denied by the Saskatchewan Health Authority.."Many of the doctors didn't even want to accept my case, and the ones who did tried their best and they couldn't find anything. There's a systematic approach being taken by all levels of governments to keep the vaccine-injured hidden as long as possible," another vaccine-injured Canadian said..Dr. Supirya Sharma, senior medical advisor for the health department, last December 9 said long term effects of COVID vaccines were not known. "The benefits outweigh the potential risks, but it is still a drug and still a vaccine and there are potential risks even if they're rare," said Sharma. "That's why we continue to monitor it.".READ MORE: EXCLUSIVE: Paramedics speak out about empty hospitals, probable vax injuries during COVID.Dr. Theresa Tam, chief public health officer, earlier described vaccines as "just another layer of protection" that are "not going to be a 100% effective." Tam made the remarks at an Oct. 22, 2021 videoconference at Carleton University in Ottawa.."I was told I was such a downer when I was just trying to be realistic about communicating the fact it is not a magic solution," said Tam. "We have never said the vaccine was going to be a hundred percent effective. But people pick at that concept for unrealistic expectations. So we have to go out there and set some expectations."
