Julian Scholefield said the paralysis came over the course of a few hours, just 12 days after he received his second dose of a Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
A Summerland resident is frustrated that the government’s Vaccine Injury Support Program is taking so long to go through his case, a year after he says the COVID-19 vaccine caused a rare neurological condition that left him paralyzed from the waist down.
A nearby neighbour, who also happened to be a doctor, rushed Scholefield down to the Penticton Regional Hospital. “We've got a three-floor lift and that was a significant cost, obviously out of pocket. That cost may or may not be covered by the vaccine injury support program. We don't know. And so at this stage, it's sort debt that's sort of lingering, sitting there.”
“One of the most eye-opening things for me, being now in a wheelchair, is how helpful people are...I found that people are eager to open a door or to offer assistance. And that, to me, is very heartwarming.” Information on the B.C. Centre for Disease Control website stated that the rare condition can occur up to six weeks following vaccination. Side effects can happen from vaccines and "vaccine safety is continuously monitored to identify any serious adverse events."
Since being released from the hospital, Scholefield has been seeing anyone who can help with alternative medicine therapies, including an acupuncturist, an osteopath, a homeopath, a naturopath, a quantum neurologist and a pulsed electromagnetic field therapist.“It's a year later, and I’m still finding out how to make things work, how to do things in day-to-day life. Getting up in the morning is probably the worst,” he said. “It's the hardest.
“My file is still under review. And what that means is kind of on a bi-weekly basis, I check in and say ‘Hey, where's my file at?’ And they say, ‘Still waiting.’ And I've called in, emailed in, followed up, and it's still under review and to me, that's just taking too long.
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