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Trump’s Bold Proposal to End Gaza’s Cycle of Suffering
If only that were the truth. The reality is that this is an idea that someone in Trump's family else voiced a year ago. It's not a negotiation ploy, it's their plan. -
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Covid Vaccine Recipients Speak Out After Yale Study Links Shots to Debilitating Symptoms
When Yale University released a groundbreaking study linking Covid vaccines to severe physical changes, Lindy Ayers felt a mix of validation and relief. The 31-year-old Army veteran from Arkansas has been confined to a wheelchair since receiving her second Pfizer shot in 2021, part of the military’s vaccination mandate. For years, Ayers was told that her symptoms—extreme fatigue, sickness, and heart palpitations—were merely anxiety. Later, doctors suggested long Covid as the culprit. When she raised concerns that the vaccine might have caused her condition, she was dismissed and even labeled an antivaxxer. She is not alone. Thousands of Americans have shared similar experiences, and following the study’s release, many in the fields of healthcare, law, and the military have spoken up, saying they finally feel heard after years of being dismissed. Dr. Trevor Keyler, a 39-year-old biology professor from Minnesota who describes himself as "pro-vaccine" and "pro-science," has endured extreme tremors, fatigue, and partial blindness since receiving his Moderna vaccine. Previously active and outdoorsy, Dr. Keyler has been forced to cut his work hours and can no longer enjoy hikes with his wife and two children. For years, doctors attributed his condition to Covid itself or long Covid, denying any connection to the vaccine. The mRNA vaccines produced by Moderna and Pfizer have been credited with saving millions of lives worldwide, including an estimated three million in the U.S. However, experts suggest that the push to combat vaccine misinformation has inadvertently led to individuals with legitimate vaccine-related injuries being ignored and ostracized. Yale’s research identified a condition called "post-vaccination syndrome," in which patients exhibit unique biological changes. Common symptoms include brain fog, dizziness, tinnitus, and an inability to exercise without exhaustion. The study also found that, in some cases, the vaccine appears to reactivate the Epstein-Barr virus and disrupt immune systems in ways still being investigated. Some affected individuals have been found to carry high levels of coronavirus proteins in their blood long after receiving the vaccine, potentially keeping their bodies in a prolonged state of inflammation. Ayers believes she suffers from this syndrome. Before her vaccination in September 2021, she was in peak physical condition. Two months later, she required a wheelchair. Doctors dismissed her symptoms as anxiety and prescribed antidepressants, but her condition continued to deteriorate. Once able to run 10 miles and bike 20, she soon struggled with severe muscle tears, including a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). One day during an art class, she passed out. "I couldn't see. I couldn't hear. I've been in a wheelchair ever since," she recalled. For over a year, doctors assumed Ayers had long Covid due to persistently high spike protein levels. It wasn’t until 2023—two years after her vaccination—that doctors at the Veterans Affairs and Stanford University diagnosed her with chronic fatigue stemming from vaccine residuals. She also tested positive for reactivated Epstein-Barr, similar to findings in the Yale study. "Doctors told me there’s nothing else they can do for me and to just rest. They would say stuff like, ‘You could die in seven months, or you could live the rest of your life like this. We don’t know what’s going to happen to you. We don’t know what’s wrong with you.’” For eight months, Ayers was bedridden and unable to speak. Her husband, a Coast Guard veteran, had to take leave to care for her. "I get these crashes where if I try to take care of myself, my body shuts down and I'm in so much pain. I can't even lift my arms," she said. While she has seen slight improvements, she worries about being dismissed. "I'm not an anti-vaccine person. I think vaccines help people, but I think this specific vaccine hurt a lot of people. It'd be cool if more people understood that it can hurt people so that more doctors will research and they'll have a cure for what I'm going through." Erica Evers, a 42-year-old former legal compliance worker from Iowa, was hesitant to receive the Moderna vaccine but complied to keep her job and health insurance, which she relied on to treat her son’s chronic illness. "I had to choose between his life and my own. It’s not a choice when you’re a mother," she said. The day after her first dose, her right eye became blurry, leaving her unable to see directly in front of her. After her second dose, the condition worsened. A retinal specialist diagnosed her with a hemorrhage at the back of her eye, requiring monthly injections costing over $2,000 per dose. Around the same time, she developed tinnitus and hearing loss. MRI scans revealed brain swelling, but doctors dismissed any link to the vaccine. "I kept asking them if it was the vaccine, and the big hospitals kept saying, ‘No, absolutely not. The shots are safe and effective.’ They couldn’t diagnose what was happening to me," she said. Evers fears waking up one day unable to see her three sons. Though her condition has never been officially tied to the vaccine, she hopes the Yale study will help provide answers. Kameron Snowden, a 57-year-old service technician from Indiana, took the Covid vaccine in support of his wife, a healthcare worker. "I was never a skeptic. For the sake of my wife’s career, it was something I was willing to do," he explained. After his second dose, he noticed heightened senses. "Lights were brighter. I could hear things across the room that I normally couldn't hear. Everything was more vivid." Then came the "frequencies" in his ears, akin to fax machine noises. Doctors initially dismissed his concerns, but by 2023, he developed an irregular heartbeat, feeling as though he was having heart attacks. "I can't bend down and stand up without feeling like I'm losing a grip on consciousness. It literally feels like sometimes my brain is being starved of oxygen," he said. Snowden now avoids being home alone, fearful of a sudden medical crisis. "I just never know what’s going to happen. I’m scared to be left home alone. You just resign yourself to the fact that your days are numbered." Dr. Keyler faced a similar trajectory. A year after his Moderna shot, he was diagnosed with blood clots in his right kidney, followed by rhabdomyolysis, a condition where muscle breakdown releases proteins that can damage the kidneys. He also developed cataracts, a condition usually linked to aging but sometimes associated with kidney damage. "I couldn't stand for more than 20 minutes at a time without being completely exhausted," he said. Eventually, he had to take partial leave from work. In his search for answers, he consulted Mayo Clinic specialists, who could not determine the root cause of his health issues, attributing them instead to post-Covid syndrome. However, Dr. Keyler is convinced his vaccine triggered his ailments. "In general, doctors need to believe what their patients are saying and when they don’t know, not come up with something completely wild out in left field. I was misdiagnosed with so many things along the way and some of them were pretty serious. I think they realize it now, but just how debilitating [the experience] can be… It was very difficult." Based on a report by Daily Mail 2025-02-21 Separate report also in NYT -
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There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about. Oscar Wilde
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