Alberta MLA Shane Clayton Getson, who was injured by the COVID-19 vaccine, says doctors have been prevented from openly discussing and reporting vaccine harms.."The Royal College of Physicians has driven those doctors undergrounds, quite frankly, and their messages are not getting out," he told the Western Standard. "I've started sharing my story because I think we're at a stage where it's ok to talk about it, and we've got a lot of folks out there with vaccine injuries.".Getson, an UCP MLA for Lac Ste. Anne-Parkland, said following his first vaccine dose in October 2021, he experienced high fevers, chest pain, rashes, facial swelling, arthritis symptoms, a collapsed right lung, and a loss of mobility in his right shoulder.."I had to tell my staff members, 'I physically cannot work more than eight hours,' or else all the symptoms would start creeping back, and I just couldn't take that risk. It was brutal," Getson said.."That's when I decided to come out and tell folks, 'enough is enough.' There are vaccine-injured people out there that are suffering quietly through it," he said..Getson said after he contracted COVID-19 in April 2022, he began seeing "a bunch of symptoms be mitigated and my energy levels start to come back.".He noted he had already gotten COVID several times prior to getting vaccinated..READ MORE: Vaccine injured UCP MLA calls COVID passports' apartheid program'.While Getson admitted he's not a medical expert "by any means," he claimed to have access to "tons" of frontline healthcare workers that gave him medical advice and spoke about their concerns..Getson said he's talked to many doctors who have differing opinions on the COVID-19 vaccine's effectiveness and associated risks, but according to Getson, the College of Physicians silenced those doctors..According to Getson, the number of reported vaccine injuries is also being under-counted. He pointed out while Canada had a high overall COVID-19 vaccine uptake, its reporting of injuries has been "diminished" compared to other countries.."So that doesn't statistically make sense. You have more people taking it, but we have less reactions. And you have to attribute it back to the protocols that are allowing these doctors to actually report these injuries, as well as the negative connotations of reporting them," he said..Nearly a dozen Canadians previously told the Western Standard it was next to impossible to report their vaccine injuries to the Canadian Adverse Events Following Immunization Surveillance System. Many said their doctors also feared being investigated and losing their medical licenses if they spoke about COVID vaccine harms..READ MORE: EXCLUSIVE: Vaccine-injured Canadians search for answers.Getson said his doctor told him, "It's like coming across a car crash, and there are wrecked vehicles and people injured on the side of a street. But you can't say anything because you weren't physically behind the wheel during the crash. So therefore, there's no car crash.".Since speaking out about his injury, Getson has heard from "dozens" of people in similar situations, including a European Member of Parliament and a "literal" rocket scientist from Australia..Getson said while many Albertans pushed back against COVID restrictions, "and rightfully so," the federal government refused to let up.."Whether it's travel restrictions policies or vaccine mandates, none of them make any sense, given the circumstances around something that's been proven to be ineffectual," he said.."It seems to be more about control than it is about health, and that is very concerning.".Getson says Canadians need to have an open and honest conversation about how ineffective and harmful many of the COVID-era public health restrictions were. And he believes vaccine injuries should be at the core of that dialogue. ."If we don’t, we will see pressures put on an already strained system simply because we wishing it goes away if ignored, and that is just downright dangerous," he said.."When we finally get all of this to come out in the open, and we try to figure out how to deal with the number of people having these health complications, that will be a reckoning in our system.".READ MORE: EXCLUSIVE: Women experiencing long-lasting and 'severe' menstrual changes post-vaccination
Alberta MLA Shane Clayton Getson, who was injured by the COVID-19 vaccine, says doctors have been prevented from openly discussing and reporting vaccine harms.."The Royal College of Physicians has driven those doctors undergrounds, quite frankly, and their messages are not getting out," he told the Western Standard. "I've started sharing my story because I think we're at a stage where it's ok to talk about it, and we've got a lot of folks out there with vaccine injuries.".Getson, an UCP MLA for Lac Ste. Anne-Parkland, said following his first vaccine dose in October 2021, he experienced high fevers, chest pain, rashes, facial swelling, arthritis symptoms, a collapsed right lung, and a loss of mobility in his right shoulder.."I had to tell my staff members, 'I physically cannot work more than eight hours,' or else all the symptoms would start creeping back, and I just couldn't take that risk. It was brutal," Getson said.."That's when I decided to come out and tell folks, 'enough is enough.' There are vaccine-injured people out there that are suffering quietly through it," he said..Getson said after he contracted COVID-19 in April 2022, he began seeing "a bunch of symptoms be mitigated and my energy levels start to come back.".He noted he had already gotten COVID several times prior to getting vaccinated..READ MORE: Vaccine injured UCP MLA calls COVID passports' apartheid program'.While Getson admitted he's not a medical expert "by any means," he claimed to have access to "tons" of frontline healthcare workers that gave him medical advice and spoke about their concerns..Getson said he's talked to many doctors who have differing opinions on the COVID-19 vaccine's effectiveness and associated risks, but according to Getson, the College of Physicians silenced those doctors..According to Getson, the number of reported vaccine injuries is also being under-counted. He pointed out while Canada had a high overall COVID-19 vaccine uptake, its reporting of injuries has been "diminished" compared to other countries.."So that doesn't statistically make sense. You have more people taking it, but we have less reactions. And you have to attribute it back to the protocols that are allowing these doctors to actually report these injuries, as well as the negative connotations of reporting them," he said..Nearly a dozen Canadians previously told the Western Standard it was next to impossible to report their vaccine injuries to the Canadian Adverse Events Following Immunization Surveillance System. Many said their doctors also feared being investigated and losing their medical licenses if they spoke about COVID vaccine harms..READ MORE: EXCLUSIVE: Vaccine-injured Canadians search for answers.Getson said his doctor told him, "It's like coming across a car crash, and there are wrecked vehicles and people injured on the side of a street. But you can't say anything because you weren't physically behind the wheel during the crash. So therefore, there's no car crash.".Since speaking out about his injury, Getson has heard from "dozens" of people in similar situations, including a European Member of Parliament and a "literal" rocket scientist from Australia..Getson said while many Albertans pushed back against COVID restrictions, "and rightfully so," the federal government refused to let up.."Whether it's travel restrictions policies or vaccine mandates, none of them make any sense, given the circumstances around something that's been proven to be ineffectual," he said.."It seems to be more about control than it is about health, and that is very concerning.".Getson says Canadians need to have an open and honest conversation about how ineffective and harmful many of the COVID-era public health restrictions were. And he believes vaccine injuries should be at the core of that dialogue. ."If we don’t, we will see pressures put on an already strained system simply because we wishing it goes away if ignored, and that is just downright dangerous," he said.."When we finally get all of this to come out in the open, and we try to figure out how to deal with the number of people having these health complications, that will be a reckoning in our system.".READ MORE: EXCLUSIVE: Women experiencing long-lasting and 'severe' menstrual changes post-vaccination
