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Episode: Brianne Dressen: COVID-19 Vaccine Trial Participant Sues AstraZeneca After Years Of âElectrocuting Painâ & Mere $1300 Compensation Offer
Description: In 2020, Utah mom & former teacher Brianne Dressen wanted to help her community through the pandemic, so she joined a clinical trial of AstraZenecaâs COVID-19 vaccine â one of the first in the USA. But afterward, she says she developed such severe side effects, she began planning her own suicide to escape the âconstant agony.âWithin hours of beginning the trial, Brianne experienced adverse reactions including âblurred vision, a headache, ringing ears and vomitingâ that worsened and required multiple hospitalizations. Now grappling with enormous medical expenses, Dressen is suing the pharma giant after it allegedly offered her a single payment...