Joseph Pritchard
Day 4 · September 11, 2026 · 0:29:58
Key points Joseph Pritchard is a 46-year-old former project manager who was very physically active, worked out five days a week, and was healthy before vaccination at around 41. He says he received Pfizer doses in May and July 2021 and a booster in December 2021, and did not have COVID when injured. He recounts being told his new high blood pressure, weakness, and sweating were just aging rather than vaccine-related. He testifies that on New Year's Eve 2021 a football-sized cyst erupted, causing necrotizing pancreatitis, sepsis, and multi-organ failure. He says he was initially dismissed as drug-seeking, then placed in a coma for three weeks and hospitalized nearly six months. He describes lasting damage including diabetes from a destroyed pancreas, deep vein thrombosis leaving 35 percent leg circulation, and kidney, liver, and throat damage. He says he still awaits any response from the vaccine injury program and expresses anger and fear of becoming homeless without help.
Speaker 1
0:02 Our next witness is Joseph Pritchard. 0:05 Joseph, will you put the Bible in your right hand? 0:09 Joseph Pritchard, do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God? 0:20 I do. 0:22 I'd like to introduce you to the inquiry, but first I want to point out, you're going to be describing some injuries. 0:29 You didn't have COVID when you were injured. 0:31 This is 0:32 And another thing is, is that when we were having earlier conversations, you made it clear to me that because you were in a coma, you have some memory issues. Speaker 1
0:45 Brain fog, much like some of the other people here today. 0:48 Right. 0:48 So we just need to be patient with you, perhaps, depending on how things go. 0:55 So not that we were going to be impatient anyway. 0:59 You were 46, so when all of this happened, you'd be around 41. 1:02 I was. 1:04 You were a project manager. 1:05 You built commercial buildings, houses. 1:08 You were involved with an elevator company. 1:12 You'd move machines. 1:12 You're basically very involved in things like that. 1:17 Very physical. 1:18 You were healthy before vaccination. 1:21 I was. 1:21 I worked out five days a week. 1:23 Yeah, which is one of those things. 1:26 So 1:26 You when you say worked out, you mean go to the gym with lifting weights. 1:30 Yeah. 1:31 So a serious bodybuilder. 1:35 You told me. 1:35 I wouldn't say that. Speaker 2
1:36 I wouldn't say that. 1:38 But I put in a lot of effort to stay healthy and avoid, you know, those things that come with aging. 1:42 Right. 1:43 Yeah. Speaker 1
1:44 You're at work by 6 a.m. You were telling me you're lifting stuff all day. 1:48 You have energy and focus. 1:50 Very active and healthy. 1:52 And no medications, which tells us that you're not being managed on anything. 1:59 Actually, usually I wait until we go through the test a little bit. 2:03 I want to get your photos right away. 2:05 They're very good. 2:07 Before you describe things. 2:08 So, David, can we have the first photo? 2:11 And so tell us about this photo. 2:13 You're healthy in this photo. Speaker 2
2:15 I was at lunch, and I actually just got my hair cut the day before, and somebody wanted to see it. 2:20 So I just happened to have that photo on my phone, so I shared it with you. Speaker 1
2:23 Right. 2:24 Yeah. 2:24 So this is a selfie before you're vaccinated and you're healthy. 2:30 And for a little bit of a contrast, let's go to the next photo. Speaker 2
2:36 Yeah. 2:38 I must have been in the middle of my coma at that point, as you can tell. 2:44 And if you look carefully at my stomach, that wasn't from burgers and whatnot. 2:48 There was a football-sized cyst in my stomach at that point that... 2:53 was exploding and had me septic. 2:55 If you notice how swollen my arms, my hands, and my neck is there, it was leaking and causing me multi-organ failure. 3:04 So it was at this point that I told my family to make my funeral arrangements. 3:09 And these were the photos, I think I stole them from my dad's phone, of me. 3:14 I guess your family members take pictures of you so they can show everybody what happened on the way out, right? 3:19 And so I decided to do it. Speaker 1
3:22 them with you guys today yeah i have to tell you that um i'd look i've looked at this photo on several locations and every time i see this photo i get angry i do too so i'm trying to look at it yeah and i'm not trying to be rude but i didn't know you could put that many tubes down somebody's throat if there's another picture i sent you that's more back more and it has more of the machines Speaker 2
3:51 As my father said, I was hooked up to everything in the hospital, dialysis. 3:56 I think you can actually see the dialysis machine in the back. 3:59 I had banks of those IV machines with, they call them channels, and all the little bags and whatnot. 4:05 I had, you know, they actually installed tubes coming out of places you wouldn't accept normally see tubes. 4:12 Like in my chest, I had a tube. 4:14 I had tubes coming out of my arm. 4:16 I had wires in my feet. 4:17 I have a small... 4:19 quarter-sized circle on the back of my head that I guess they had to put some sensor in. 4:23 So I just tell everybody I was in the Matrix for a while. 4:26 So, you know, they kind of get a good laugh out of that one. Speaker 1
4:30 Right. 4:30 So I hope this photo is still on the screen for the online audience. 4:36 So just to recap again, several things are going on. 4:39 So first of all, you're in a coma. 4:41 You're not aware when this photo is taken. 4:45 Your stomach is extended because, as you described it, there's like a football-sized cyst, but it's burst, and you're septic. 4:52 It was leaking, yes. 4:53 It was 32 centimeters, according to the doctor. 4:57 Right. 4:57 And so that's part of the reason why you're so bloated. 5:02 Like when we look at your neck, like we looked at that picture before. 5:06 It's like your neck today. 5:09 This is like a triple chin. 5:11 You've got so much water, and your arms are so large. 5:14 Yeah. 5:15 So can we go to the next photo? Speaker 2
5:19 So this photo was taken a month or two later. 5:22 And the young man in the photo with me, I've grown up with him. 5:26 He was like a nephew to me. 5:28 And he was brought into the hospital. 5:29 So I unhooked all my machines and told them, you know, I thought I'd never see him again. 5:35 And when they brought him into the ER, he collapsed playing soccer. 5:39 I can't remember what happened to him. 5:40 I insisted on going down to see him. 5:43 And when I came in the room, he didn't even know it was me. 5:45 As you can see, it was a big difference in the picture from two months before. Speaker 1
5:50 Yeah, I picked this picture to show how much weight you had lost. Speaker 2
5:54 Yep, I was, I went, I think in the last photo, I was over 300 pounds. 5:58 I normally walk around about 240. 6:00 And in that picture, I was 152 or 153 pounds. 6:05 Yeah, no, it's a visible difference. Speaker 2
6:09 And I noticed I had the raccoon eyes, like we were talking about before. 6:12 Hair loss. 6:15 Unfortunately, I'm not hooked up to all the machines there. 6:17 So I was only allowed to be in the ER for a few minutes before they wheeled me back up to the other room and hooked me back up again. Speaker 1
6:24 Right. 6:24 Well, and that in itself is part of the story. 6:26 So when this picture is taken, your treatment protocol is so strict that basically you're confined to bed because you've got all these tubes in you. 6:37 Right. 6:37 And different machines running. 6:40 Right. 6:41 Okay, well, let's talk about your experience then. 6:44 You get your first shot, a Pfizer shot, on May 20th, 2021. 6:49 What happens? Speaker 2
6:51 It wasn't immediate onset. 6:53 I like to think I'm tougher than most people and things take longer to get to me. 6:56 But, you know, you start feeling off. 7:00 You don't feel yourself. 7:02 It was during the pandemic, so things were slowing down and, you know, we weren't as busy as we normally are. 7:08 So I maybe figured, you know, I'm skipping the gym now, and maybe that's why. 7:13 But I did notice that I started feeling what the doctors started saying was hypertension. 7:19 Oh, you have high blood pressure. 7:21 That's weird. 7:21 You've had high blood pressure before. 7:23 Could this be COVID? 7:24 No. 7:25 You're over your 40s now. 7:26 This is what happens. Speaker 1
7:27 It's part of the aging process. 7:29 So I just want to stop you here because you are, at the time, 41. 7:34 Mm-hmm. 7:39 You, you know, are going to the gym five days a week. 7:44 You're like on your feet working all day, lifting, doing things. 7:48 You've never had high blood pressure. 7:51 And you're being told this is just, oh, it's because you're in your 40s now. 7:56 You're like you're 41. 7:56 Yeah. 8:00 So the degree you got blood, high blood pressure. 8:06 Was there any testing? 8:08 Were you put on any medications? Speaker 2
8:10 Yes, there was some standard medication. 8:12 I can't remember what it was called now, but they said this is what everybody who takes who has high blood pressure. 8:18 I believe my resting blood pressure was like 160 over 100, which is pretty significant. 8:25 And I remember thinking like, hmm, something's not right here. 8:29 But, you know, maybe I just work out more and eat a little bit better and it'll go away. 8:33 Because, you know, it definitely wasn't the vaccine, according to the doctor I spoke to at the time. Speaker 1
8:38 Now, you're also weak and you're having sweating issues around that time. 8:43 Can you share with us about those? Speaker 2
8:46 You know, if you don't feel great, you're sweating, you get little hot flashes, like, you know, like almost like you're nervous. 8:54 And, you know, I thought maybe I just need to do better at the gym. 8:58 Like, this is terrible. 8:59 I don't feel that well. 9:01 And... 9:03 I didn't think to question that it was the vaccine. 9:05 I did initially, and they just said it was aging. 9:08 And I really wish that somebody had said, hey, maybe you should go get a little more testing because I could have probably prevented all of this. Speaker 1
9:17 And I'm just going to stop you there because this seems to be a common theme. 9:22 And it's something I think we need to point out is we've had several witnesses indicate that if they had been 9:30 recognized as vaccine injured and then treated for their injuries, that a lot of the suffering and deterioration that they suffered could have been stopped then. 9:42 Like the story could have been different. 9:44 And that's your case also. Speaker 2
9:46 It could have prevented everything that followed, you know, from New Year's Eve of 2021, which was about five months before, or four months before that picture was taken. Speaker 1
9:57 Okay. 9:58 So you're, 10:00 Blood pressure's high, you're weak, you're sweating all the time. 10:05 You're also having temperature problems in bed. Speaker 2
10:08 Yes. 10:09 So one of my good friends that I work out with, he's a personal trainer. 10:13 I remember telling him that I had like three different temperature zones on my body. 10:17 I had one set of blankets which were heavier for my legs. 10:20 Then I had basically a light sheet over my stomach. 10:23 And then I had a different blanket over my chest and up on my neck. 10:27 And I remember him looking at me, he's like, you should go to the doctor and get checked out. 10:30 He goes, this is abnormal. 10:32 And I said, well, you know, it's COVID. 10:36 You just can't get into a doctor. 10:37 It's very hard, right? 10:39 And I had, this would have been getting close to my booster shot. 10:46 I remember having that discussion with him saying like, you know, something's not right. Speaker 1
10:52 Okay. 10:52 So you have July 21st, 2021, you get your second shot. 10:57 So that was Pfizer also? Speaker 2
10:58 It was also Pfizer. Speaker 1
11:00 And tell us what happened. Speaker 2
11:02 Just more of the same. 11:03 That discussion we just had was after the second shot. 11:05 Okay. 11:06 So things have just gradually gotten worse. 11:09 And, you know, it wasn't until there's a picture of me. 11:14 I didn't include it. 11:15 It was taken around September of that year. 11:18 And my friend's mother, who is a chronically ill person, looked at me. 11:22 She goes, you know, you're swelling up because your face, you don't look right, your lips and everything. 11:26 And I said, 11:27 Well, you know, maybe I'm just putting weight on because we haven't been working. 11:31 And in hindsight, she saw it coming. 11:33 She said, you know, something's wrong with you. 11:35 You need to go get checked out. 11:36 You're going to be in big trouble. 11:37 And I dismissed it thinking that, you know, what does she know? 11:41 She's not a doctor, right? 11:43 Like the CBC said, you know, your crazy relative's not always right. 11:48 She was. Speaker 1
11:50 There's a lot of that going around. 11:52 So December 27, 2021. 11:57 You get your booster. Speaker 2
11:58 Right. 12:01 I actually didn't remember this conversation up until a friend of mine reminded me about it. 12:05 He goes, do you remember you called me? 12:06 Because he had his booster about a week before. 12:09 And I said to him, I really don't feel well. 12:12 I'm going to go back to the hospital and get checked out. 12:16 And I thought maybe, you know, it says you have a reaction after the vaccine. 12:21 You might feel unwell for a short period of time. 12:22 So I'll just go home and see how it plays out. 12:25 And that's what I did. 12:26 And then all hell broke loose on December 31st. 12:32 So that's when I went back into the hospital. 12:35 And I was actually rushed to the hospital because I thought I was having a heart attack. 12:39 And what I didn't know was the cyst had started to erupt and explode. 12:43 And I was having an acute necrotizing pancreatitis attack. Speaker 1
12:48 Now, at that time, you're throwing up. 12:51 What are you throwing up? Speaker 2
12:53 I'm throwing up, well, first you empty out your stomach, and then I was drinking a lot of fluids to try and replace the stuff that had come out, and then I started throwing up this black stuff and stomach bile. 13:06 It looks like something straight out of a movie. 13:07 I have a picture of the nurse holding it up somewhere. 13:10 It looks like a black pitcher full of nasty bile, or I don't know what to describe it as, but it doesn't look right. 13:16 It looks like you're in a horror movie. 13:18 And... 13:21 you know, I just kept coming out and coming out. 13:22 And I guess it was leaking through my cyst or I'm not sure how it actually happened, but it was extremely, it freaked me out. 13:31 So I was in the hospital saying, hey, look, you know, I go to the bathroom and nothing but blood would come out. 13:37 And they were just, okay, we'll have to give you an MRI and do your blood work and go wait in the hall. 13:42 We'll let you know how it goes. Speaker 1
13:44 Right. 13:44 My understanding also is this, you're having really extreme pains. 13:48 Yes. 13:49 And you described it to me as like, 13:52 As if you're shot with a shotgun. Speaker 2
13:54 Yes, big shotgun. 13:56 And right here where my pancreas was. 13:58 And I remember on the way to the hospital, I was, my friend drove me and he stopped at a red light. 14:04 And I just looked at him and started trying to push his leg to go on the gas. 14:06 And we got to go, like, I'm not going to make it if you don't hurry. 14:09 And, you know, when we got there, they were good enough to rush me right in and hook me up to an AKG because I thought it was my heart. 14:16 But it turns out your pancreas is over in this neighbourhood too. 14:19 So, you know, as soon as they thought... 14:22 I wasn't having a heart attack, then they kind of put me on the back burner and gave me a scan thinking maybe, you know, being New Year's Eve, I was there for another reason that was left on us. Speaker 1
14:31 Well, let's, no, let's go there. 14:33 You were actually, it was made clear to you that they have no interest in treating you because they think you're there drug seeking. Speaker 1
14:41 And because I operated heavy trucks and machinery, I would always have blood tests done. Speaker 2
14:47 And I'm always on top of my health. 14:49 I go for yearly these 14:51 wide-spectrum blood tests. 14:52 And I said to them, I said, if you'd like, check my file. 14:55 I don't use drugs. 14:56 I've never used drugs. 14:57 And you'll be able to see that in my medical records. 15:00 But being New Year's Eve, I guess there's a few people who thought it would be, you know, I was there to extend the party of some kind, right? Speaker 1
15:07 Right. 15:07 Now, okay, so they basically dismiss you on New Year's Eve, but you end up right back then. Speaker 2
15:12 Right. 15:13 So I ended up going home, and I ended up getting a phone call from the doctor at the hospital, and he asked where I was. 15:20 And I was back home in bed because, you know, being in the hallway of a hospital is very uncomfortable. 15:26 So I went back home again and the doctor called and told me I was extremely sick and they were going to send an ambulance for me and come pick me back up because I need to get to the hospital because I wouldn't be alive if I didn't get there fast. 15:36 And that's because they had done a CT scan and finally looked at it. 15:39 And saw what was going on. 15:41 So I went back into the hospital and I'm not sure where they put me, but I think I went straight into the ICU. 15:48 I can't really remember. 15:50 But I just remember more and more doctors coming in and having more and more tubes and then they hit you right away with heavy duty drugs and everything starts just becoming kind of blurry and blended together. 16:03 Right. 16:03 It was communicated that you weren't likely to survive though, right? 16:07 Right. 16:07 Before they put me into the coma, one of the nurses came over and kind of held my hand and she said, you know, you're going to have to fight like hell and you might not make it through this or something to that effect. 16:17 And I just looked at her and I said, okay. 16:20 And I remember one of the nurses was sitting there and I mistook her for another person I knew. 16:25 I thought it was a friend in the room. 16:26 So I thought very carefully about it. 16:28 One of my last words to be. 16:30 So I looked at her and I smiled. 16:31 All right, let's rock and roll. 16:32 And that was it. 16:34 And then I remember waking up after the coma and my nurse was standing there going, welcome back. 16:40 And that was about three weeks later. Speaker 1
16:43 And you were in the hospital for roughly five months. Speaker 2
16:46 Almost six, almost six months. 16:49 And I think they would have kept me there longer, but I'm a bit of a fussy patient. 16:53 And I told them as soon as my legs work well enough to get out of here, I'm going home because I felt I was in almost like a prison. 17:02 And it's not a very nice place to be living, especially during the pandemic. 17:05 I mean, the worst thing was you'd see doves on the door and that meant the person had passed away and they're supposed to give them space to agree with their loved one. 17:16 mostly like, especially in the ICU, there's just body bags going by constantly. 17:20 And, and, you know, you're sitting there intubated, looking at everything. 17:24 And it's quite scary because you're, you know, you realize that you could be in the next one leaving that hospital. 17:28 Right. 17:30 And, you know, there's no coming back from this. 17:32 This is, this is it. 17:33 You're, you're right there on death's door. 17:36 And, and I just use that to fight harder to get back here today. Speaker 1
17:41 Right. 17:42 So you ended up, you, you spoke about this cyst and it, it, 17:46 It was a problem. 17:46 It kept growing. 17:48 It's the size of a football. 17:51 Now, it was started by a blood clot, right? Speaker 2
17:53 It was. 17:54 And I should also point out, I've heard a few people mention it. 17:56 I also had a deep vein thrombosis, I believe it's called. 18:01 I sent you a picture in my right leg. 18:03 So my right leg's currently at 35% circulation. 18:07 And I'm guessing we'll be amputated one day in the not too distant future. 18:10 They haven't said it, but I'm fully diabetic now. 18:13 That cyst took out my pancreas. 18:16 So you have a tail on your pancreas, and apparently mine's missing or disfigured so badly that at my last urologist appointment, he was looking at it, and he told me he's never seen a living person with a pancreas like mine. 18:27 And I just told him, I go, you know, if you look at my medical file, you realize that I'm kind of like the Harry Potter of the place, right? 18:33 I've, you know, I kind of beat it, and I feel very lucky. 18:39 With the deep vein thrombosis, I had to have three separate surgeries to get it corrected. 18:43 So I guess it was a very bad one. 18:45 Two at one hospital and then halfway through they paused and threw me in a real ambulance and took me up to another hospital where they managed to tackle it. Speaker 1
18:55 So it was a... 18:56 Right, and that affects the way you walk today because you've only got 35% circulation in that leg. 19:03 So can you tell us about your walking? Speaker 2
19:06 You know, you have to work at it every day. 19:08 I don't just walk. 19:09 I look at where I'm going. 19:10 I have to be very careful. 19:13 Like some of the other people said, when you go to the mall, I almost have to go like this when I'm walking because if somebody steps on my foot and causes an injury, I'll lose it. 19:20 So I'm very careful, especially when you go get groceries or you go to a crowded place. 19:23 I just don't go. 19:24 I'll just wait in the car and send in, you know, either the person I live with or I'll ask a friend to go in because, you know, somebody steps on your foot, you might not ever have it again. 19:34 Right, and you're limited to how far you can go also. 19:37 Right. 19:37 I mean, some days I don't leave my apartment. 19:41 Some days I try and walk around the block. 19:43 If I have a good day, I'll keep going until it starts hurting. 19:47 You know, it's a daily fight. 19:50 And you have to keep your leg elevated for a large part. 19:54 Correct. 19:54 So at home, currently I'm still waiting for the vaccine injury program or whatever it's called these days to acknowledge me, but... 20:03 I've had a makeshift leg elevation thing. 20:06 I think I sent you a picture of it. 20:07 And basically it was a laundry basket with pillow shoved in it. 20:10 And I sleep with my feet like this. 20:12 Now it doesn't work that well because as soon as you fall asleep, usually the whole contraption falls over. 20:15 But, you know, it's working, you know, the majority of the day I'll sit there like that. 20:20 And I watch a lot of TV and between, you know, I'll get up and walk for 20 minutes around the apartment or I'll go walk around the building, then come back in and put my legs back up again to make sure that the 20:31 The feet are above the heart, which is what they tell you to do to induce circulation. Speaker 1
20:35 Right. 20:36 And you've had kidney damage because of this. 20:41 You've had liver damage because of this. 20:44 For a period of time, you had to wear diapers. Speaker 2
20:46 Yes. 20:47 There was no control over my body. 20:50 I know I look fairly well these days. 20:52 And your wife even pointed out I look like security. 20:56 And, you know, it made me feel pretty good because I don't look like that anymore. 20:59 But, yeah, I mean, you wouldn't go anywhere. 21:01 Like, even to this day, I have to have a bathroom within, you know, a short walking distance from my room because in the middle of the night you'll just wake up, and if you don't get there in time, you're doing laundry, you know? 21:14 And it's embarrassing to be doing that in your 40s. 21:16 That's something you should be doing in your infinite age and maybe in the end, you know, when you're on your way to heaven. 21:22 But, you know, at 40, 41, 42, 43, you shouldn't be doing this. 21:26 It's not normal. 21:29 You also feel sick all of the time. 21:32 Yes. 21:33 I've got borderline chronic pancreatitis now. 21:36 I'm off dialysis finally before I left the hospital. 21:39 They finished that off my kidneys and my liver came back. 21:44 I can't go anywhere near alcohol. 21:45 Not that I ever did. 21:46 But, you know, if somebody is having a toast, I'm doing it with water. 21:50 I drink mostly water and the odd time I'll have like a little soda, you know, zero sugar thing. 21:57 But 21:57 you have to be very careful what you put in. 21:58 Like if I decide to go over and have a steak, I'm paying for it. 22:02 And even if I take my little pills I have to eat every time called Creon for my pancreas, you're still sick afterwards. 22:09 If I eat anything high fat, I'm instantly sick. 22:14 And you're also in pain. 22:16 Yes, throughout my whole body. 22:17 My throat went 80% necrotic. 22:21 My thoracic surgeon was very concerned apparently when I was in the hospital that I'd have to have my throat rebuilt and 22:27 I might just have to have a hole put in because this was all damaged and wouldn't come back. 22:31 And the last time I saw her, she did the camera down my throat inspection. 22:35 She said that it actually became grossly normal, whatever that means. 22:39 So, you know, like certain foods you can't eat, they'll stick in there. 22:43 Sometimes if I take pills and I don't water them down, I can cough them back up when I'm out walking, which is kind of odd. 22:48 I'm guessing they get stuck in the ridges in there. 22:50 So the reason why I'm not wearing a tie today is for that reason is this is very sensitive and hurts. 22:55 So if I give this a good grab, I mean, it feels like, you know, like the Terminator grabbed me by my neck and it's extremely painful. 23:04 The pancreatitis is painful. 23:06 My leg is painful. 23:07 And then much like Shannon described, I have that electric, I call them electric seizures. 23:13 I don't know what the right term for them is, but you're basically, your nerves all start firing and you start doing the jiggle. 23:20 And it's happening less and less as time goes on, which I'm thankful for. 23:23 But for the first year, I'd just be walking, I'd fall on the ground and start, sorry, I'd be hanging onto the wall and walking, and then I'd fall over and start doing the shakes. 23:33 And people think you're having a seizure and I'd just leave me alone for half an hour, I'll be fine, you know? Speaker 1
23:38 Like half an hour. 23:40 So what's been the most difficult part about this? Speaker 2
23:44 Trying to get help. 23:46 You know, I've been diagnosed with major PTSD and all kinds of different variations of it. 23:52 And I just kind of smile because there's been no help. 23:55 And, you know, you go to the doctors and try and find a specialist, which a lot of my specialists have left. 24:00 And then my doctor, my current GP, has been fighting tooth and nail to get me to new doctors. 24:05 You know, he just said there's not the help out there that you think there is. 24:08 I've had no offer for help for the PTSD other than some stuff that the hospital recommended that would be paid for by BISP or VAP or whatever it's called these days. 24:17 And, you know, it's very expensive. 24:19 It was like $50,000 or $60,000. 24:21 And, you know, I've been fighting with them. 24:25 I applied right away. 24:26 Like many of the other people here, I had a hard time to get my doctor to sign it. 24:30 And it took him a while to read through everything. 24:33 And he signed it. 24:34 And I joined the program. 24:35 And, you know, I kind of made a little list of all the things that I'm going to need. 24:39 And there's been radio silence. 24:43 told me that they got my records and then they had to take my name off them because I might find it. 24:47 My privacy was violated. 24:48 And then they told me, sir, you're going to be up in three, four months for your review. 24:52 And I got really excited that help was on the way. 24:55 And after the couple of months I called in and, or I emailed them and they said, sorry, sir, we've had some issues. 25:00 It'll be another couple of months. Speaker 2
25:01 Wait another couple of months. 25:02 And then after a while, they just told me, sorry, we've lost, you know, we're handing it over to health Canada and good luck to you, sir. 25:09 You can, you can deal with them. 25:12 So, 25:13 Like everybody else in this room, I'm sure I'm waiting as well to even hear when my appointment is going to be to get my review done. Speaker 4
25:21 Thank you, Mr. Pritchard. 25:22 I've got some questions for Mr. Ruff. Speaker 3
25:27 Thank you. 25:28 You started answering my question, or I was going to go with this, because you said you've applied through the Vaccine Injury Support Program, now the Vaccine Impact Assistance Program, and you're now sort of in limbo. 25:40 Right. 25:40 So can you just elaborate a bit more on the timelines that you're talking about here, the last time you had sort of feedback from the program? Speaker 2
25:48 So I called them after. 25:48 I did all the participating on the line. 25:51 They had those little video sessions. 25:53 And I talked to this person a while ago, and they said, we saw your emails, included the emails from the last program where they're giving the runaround. 26:03 And they said, well, unfortunately, you know, we're just getting going. 26:06 But they said, we have to put you back to, like, you're not at the medical stage. 26:10 You have to go back a step. 26:13 And I was like, okay, well, like, you know, can't you just put me where I was before? 26:18 And they said, well, we're going to try and get you through the program by the end of the year, try and get you in front of the medical board. 26:22 But... 26:23 this was in May. 26:24 And then the last time I talked to them, they just said, you know, I was in queue that they didn't make, the lady did mention that I had a ton of, she goes, you have a really huge file. 26:33 And I said, Oh, I know. 26:35 You know, I know it's a lot to go through, but I mean, it's pretty obvious that, you know, you don't have four or five major things go wrong all within, you know, a short period of time like that. 26:45 And they just said, we'll get back to you. 26:46 So, I mean, 26:48 You know, people have your life in their hands. 26:49 You're not going to call them up every five minutes and be a pest, right? 26:52 I hang up on people like that, so I'm trying not to do that, right? 26:55 And, you know, I need the help. 26:57 Like, I need, you know, I can't work anymore. 27:00 Even coming here, I didn't want to come. 27:01 I thought a couple times about pulling out because this is a lot. 27:04 Like, I like to be at home. 27:05 I have a shelf full of medication. 27:08 I have to take five, six needles a day to be here as an inconvenience and to taking care of myself. 27:16 But I thought it was necessary to come. 27:18 I do hope that they will get back to me. 27:20 I mean, you always remain positive. 27:23 That helps on the way. 27:24 You know, it's like you don't want to be negative and think that they're not. 27:27 But, you know, at some point, you know, I don't know if it's OK to say this or not, but the government said, if you take this and something happens, we'll take care of you. 27:38 And you're all scrutinized and going through this program. 27:40 And it's making me upset. 27:42 I see President Zelenskyy. 27:44 He shows up in Canada and he doesn't have to submit doctor's notes and do all this stuff or even have his financials looked at to see what he has. 27:51 And he gets billions of dollars. 27:53 And then I see that they're giving millions of dollars away to other countries where they've got motorcycles. 27:58 You know, I used to ride motorcycles. 27:59 I'd like one, right? 28:01 I could ride it to my appointments. 28:03 And then here I am that took their shot on their advice because they said I had to if I wanted to go to a restaurant or if I wanted to travel or do any of these things. 28:11 And I got sick and it 28:12 All I get is a phone call saying we're going to think about it. 28:14 It's like teasing somebody hungry with a nice juicy steak or a nice juicy meal. 28:20 It's cruel what you're doing. 28:23 I mean, all these people, we don't have a time machine. 28:25 We can't go back and stop ourselves, which I wish I could, and say, no, no, no, this is not what you think it is. 28:32 We just want help so we can spend the remainder of our days and have some kind of 28:37 help and comfort and not worried about homeless. 28:40 I'm sure everybody saw the homeless people on the benches around here, you know, and I worried I'm going to end up like that. 28:45 And I probably would have ended up like that if it wasn't for friends and family who've given me a place to stay or some money or, you know, even I don't know when it's time to take my medications. 28:55 One of my friends gave me a smartwatch. 28:57 So it beeps at me when it's time to take one of my 15 or 20 medications, which has been very helpful. 29:03 But that was this program's job to do. 29:06 And they haven't done it yet. 29:08 All they've done is made me very angry. 29:09 And, you know, I have to sit here and bite my tongue because I have some words I like to use, but I promise, Sean, I wouldn't. 29:15 Where's home? 29:16 I live in York Region. 29:19 Thank you. 29:19 Toronto. Speaker 4
29:21 Thank you very much for coming in and sharing that. Speaker 2
29:23 And thank you, Mr. Allison, because, you know, everybody here is, you know, it's a big parliament building and there's a lot of MPs and we only have, you know, three here. 29:32 I think it's three, right? 29:33 So, you know, I appreciate the work you guys are doing because, 29:36 This needs to be heard. 29:38 And I know Canada takes care of everybody else, but me and everybody else who's come here, we do need help. Speaker 5
29:44 So thank you very much. 29:51 Thank you for following my recommendations.