Angela Tabak is a heartbroken mother who lost her brain injured son to suicide during COVID. The lack of accessible healthcare contributed to his distress as he tried to manage going to college. Angela comments on the state of her son’s mind at the time, “I knew how fragile he was and what had happened to him, how it had gotten even worse since COVID.”
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Mandy Geml and her family suffered unspeakable hatred and segregation for not being vaccinated, which caused incredible anxiety and fear. Mandy's daughter was in grade 8 and she was called a murderer by her teacher who claimed to not be pointing out her vaccination status but was preventing her from participating in everything the class was doing. As Mandy said, "she’s being removed from everything that she’s in, so how is that not?"
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A family and integrative medicine physician Dr. Chong Wong, recounts some of his experiences dealing with patients who suffered from vaccine adverse events and mental illness due to stress and anxiety from vaccine mandates and lockdowns. Describing he interactions with family providers Dr. Wong said, “it’s so heart-wrenching to see full grown men in tears and so much stress because, as you know, men are the providers. And so proud of their work as providers. And here are these men that are just, like, broken. He also describes how these patient interactions affected his own health and wellbeing.
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Jay McCurdy is a teacher with 24 years experience in education. He addresses the impacts on children of COVID restrictions, the quality of education, and the aftermath. Students are far behind where they should be and not acquiring the knowledge at the same rate they used to.
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A very outgoing, energetic person before she received one shot of the Pfizer vaccine, Josephine Fillier still suffers from the adverse effects. Her doctor of 23 years disregards her symptoms saying they have nothing to do with the shot. Pleading with the doctor in his office Josephine told him, “I know something is wrong with me. I need help”.
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Janessa Blauvert has been working on upgrading her education since 2016, entering nursing in 2018. She graduated with honors but was not able to complete her clinical placement due to the public health emergency. Janessa is still unable to work in her profession as she is not vaccinated.
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Dr. Tucker relates his observations of the deteriorating mental health of military members over the course of the pandemic. This was exacerbated during the pandemic because of the mandates and interprovincial travel restrictions which resulted in further limiting social contact.
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