27/07/2025
70 down. Another 10 in investigation stage.
This one’s a textbook example of what happens when post-hoc speculation meets a well-placed 'Forest of the Fallen' poster at the local market. A tough health run? Yes. But the vaccine link wasn’t made until months later... after shingles, after a medication reaction, and after encountering anti-vax narratives.
It’s a classic case of retrospective contagion... where genuine suffering is reinterpreted through the lens of someone else's crusade. That’s how manipulation spreads... not by facts, but by hijacking uncertainty and turning it into ideology.
Not every illness needs a villain. And not every villain is Pfizer.
Case #70 – Elise D
💉 Reported Vaccine: Pfizer (3 doses: Jul 2021, Aug 2021, Jan 2022)
📋 Claimed Injuries:
Electric zaps in head, trigeminal neuralgia, shingles, anti-convulsant hypersensitivity syndrome (AHS), inflamed liver, shoulder injury, drug withdrawal symptoms, full-body rash, nerve pain, thigh numbness, weather-sensitive pain, persistent dull ache, Centrelink dependency
⏱️ Timeframe: Minor zaps after each dose; major neurological flare post-booster (Jan 2022)
🔴 Traffic Light Rating: HIGHLY LIKELY FALSE
(A long and winding narrative where the vaccine is blamed for everything—shingles, medication side effects, liver inflammation, even a misaligned bicep after an MRI. Painful? Yes. Proved? Not even remotely.)
🔍 What Happened?
Elise, 34, was a healthy Canberra-based admin worker who experienced mild electrical “zaps” in her head and ears after both Pfizer doses in 2021. She noted them in a personal health diary and reported them through the official ACT vaccine side effect system. They lasted a week each time, then resolved.
In January 2022, after her third Pfizer shot, the zaps returned for two weeks... this time stronger. She didn’t connect anything unusual to the jab until weeks later, when she woke with severe neck pain, sought emergency care, and was diagnosed with nerve impingement in her cervical spine.
Soon after, her symptoms escalated: intense zapping, screaming pain, ER visits, hospitalisation, and a suspected case of trigeminal neuralgia. She was prescribed carbamazepine and Endone. A rash followed. Her mum suspected shingles, which was later confirmed... along with a diagnosis of carbamazepine hypersensitivity syndrome. She was discharged with painkillers, antivirals, and instructions to follow up with her GP.
From there, the story spins outward:
Gabapentin prescribed, never taken.
Naproxen causes rash.
Liver enzymes skyrocket.
Bicep possibly “dislodged” by rude MRI tech.
Left side of body develops permanent dull ache.
A pine needle homeopathic remedy halts the nerve zapping.
Ultimately, Elise resigns from her job and goes on Centrelink.
She now believes it was all caused by the COVID vaccine... and was validated by a Forest of the Fallen display at the Merimbula markets.
🧠 Let’s Break It Down:
1. Trigeminal Neuralgia ≠ Vaccine Injury
TN is commonly caused by compression of the trigeminal nerve or shingles... which Elise developed in hospital. There’s no biological mechanism linking mRNA vaccines to TN directly, and she admits the pain preceded shingles by only a short time.
2. Medication Side Effects Aren’t Evidence of Vaccine Harm
The hypersensitivity reaction was triggered by carbamazepine, not the vaccine. Liver inflammation, full-body rashes, and withdrawal symptoms were consequences of pharmaceutical interventions... not of the jab itself.
3. A House Built on Assumption
She assumes the shoulder was injured by an MRI. She assumes the zaps were from the vaccine, not shingles. She assumes her liver reacted to Pfizer via the carbamazepine chain. No treating doctor linked any of this to the vaccine... only to each other.
4. Homeopathy Saves the Day?
Pine needle essence stopped the zapping, she claims. While we’re glad she found something that helped, that’s not how pathophysiology (or evidence) works.
5. From Neuropathy to Narratives
By the end, Elise is blaming the government, pharma, and public health campaigns. She admits she only considered the vaccine as the cause after seeing a Forest of the Fallen display. This is classic retrospective attribution, not clinical causation.
🗣️ Summary:
This is a story of medical whiplash. One issue led to another, but each was either unrelated (shingles), iatrogenic (carbamazepine), or vague (tingling). At no point was a direct vaccine link confirmed. The tragedy here isn’t a jab gone wrong... it’s a cascade of medical misadventure misattributed to the wrong culprit.
💬 My Unqualified Opinion:
Elise’s pain is valid. Her frustration is real. But her conclusion is flawed. The vaccine may have been the first domino... but the rest of the stack was made of unrelated, common, or entirely explainable medical events. If Pfizer did anything, it certainly didn’t cause shingles, hypersensitivity syndrome, or pine-needle-based relief.
Verdict: 🔴 Highly Likely False
A rough health journey, but the blame lands miles from the source. What she calls a vaccine injury, the evidence calls unfortunate coincidence.