Covid Inquiry: State failings led to mass death and suffering, damning report concludes - Health Secretaries Hancock and Hunt did not prepare UK for 'catastrophic' pandemic that killed more than 230,0
Daily MailJUN 2024
UK Plans Reforms to COVID Vaccine Injury Compensation
Above: UK Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Wes Streeting on Jan. 7, 2025. Image copyright: Wiktor Szymanowicz/Contributor/Future Publishing via Getty Images
The Spin
Establishment-critical narrative
The UK's forced vaccines harmed many, with 17K VDPS claims but only 188 payouts. The government's slow reaction to known risks like vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia and heart issues led to consequences. With compensation capped at £120K, the system is clearly broken. Everyone who was injured by a vaccine the government forced them to take deserves much better.
Pro-establishment narrative
While the small number of genuinely vaccine-injured people deserve fair compensation, the overwhelming evidence shows that the UK's COVID vaccines are very safe. Besides preventing over 120K deaths and 250K hospitalizations in the UK, their side effects are predominantly mild, with severe reactions being extremely rare. The benefits of vaccination far outweigh these risks.