Allison Inquiry · Unofficial Archive

Key points

1. Patricia Leidl, 64, a former director of communications at the World Health Organization who wrote the first draft of WHO's "State of the World's Vaccines," testifies about her injury.
2. She says she was extremely fit, having done a 26-km hike shortly before her second shot, and took the vaccine to travel for a job in Europe.
3. She says about a week after her second shot she collapsed with a racing heart, swelling, all-over neuropathic pain, a migraine, and light sensitivity, and was diagnosed with POTS.
4. She says she was repeatedly told in emergency she had long COVID, though she did not actually contract COVID until two years later.
5. She describes bloating from 130 to 200 pounds, boils from neck to knees for six months, postmenopausal bleeding after 12 years, breast swelling, and hearing loss with tinnitus.
6. She says she has bilateral Achilles tendinopathy and brain fog, and has spent roughly $250,000 on treatments not covered by the medical plan.
7. She argues she represents a large cohort told they have long COVID, that she lost friends and career prospects, and criticizes B.C.'s law restricting physician speech.