Man with “post-COVID-19 vaccination syndrome” euthanized in Canada
By isabelle // 2024-11-04
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A Canadian man in his late 40s became so ill following his COVID-19 vaccine series that he asked for euthanization – and Canadian health authorities granted his request. The man, who lived in Ontario, died via euthanasia after his doctors concluded that his “post COVID-19 vaccination syndrome” was severe enough to qualify him for Medical Assistance In Dying (MAID), which is Canada’s euphemism for assisted suicide. He reportedly experienced “suffering and functional decline” after getting three doses of the jab and also suffered from numerous mental illnesses, including anxiety, personality disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder and depression. He was hospitalized twice due to his physical symptoms, which were accompanied by thoughts of suicide. Ultimately, he was diagnosed with post COVID-19 vaccination syndrome, a problem that is not listed in the current vaccine reporting system in Canada. A 16-member Medical Assistance In Dying review committee found that although he did not receive a unifying diagnosis across the many specialists he visited, they believed that “the most reasonable diagnosis for Mr. A’s clinical presentation (severe functional decline) was a post-vaccine syndrome, in keeping with chronic fatigue syndrome.” However, there were some questions about whether his condition qualified as “irremediable,” which is a prerequisite for assisted suicide in Canada. Moreover, some medical experts believed that his mental health issues disqualified him from receiving euthanasia. He was ultimately categorized as “Track 2,” which refers to individuals who are not terminally ill and whose natural deaths are not considered to be reasonably foreseeable. Many doctors take issue with Track 2, including University of Toronto psychiatrist and medicine professor Dr. Sonu Gaind, who told National Post that he was concerned “by almost everything in this report.” He added: “I think we have gone so far over the line with Track 2 that people cannot even see the line that we’ve crossed. It’s pretty clear that some providers are going up to that line, and maybe beyond it.”

Officials are reviewing euthanasia cases involving people who were not terminally ill

An Ontario MAID death review committee is currently looking into this case and several others involving individuals who were not terminally ill. In another case, a man in his late 40s suffering from severe ulcers and several mental illnesses, including narcissistic personality disorder, bipolar disorder, anxiety, chronic thoughts of suicide and depression, was given assisted suicide. A different case involved an unemployed man in his 40s suffering from inflammatory bowel disease and opioid and alcohol addictions. He was not offered treatment for his addictions, and in a psychiatric assessment, he was asked if he knew about MAID and was provided with details about receiving it. His family was concerned about it, so his MAID provider drove him to the place where he was euthanized in a blatant transgression of professional boundaries. The Canadian euthanasia program is currently the world’s fastest-growing one, with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau working to expand it 13-fold since it first became legalized. Making matters worse is the fact that the average wait time for medical attention under the country’s healthcare system is 27.7 weeks, which is leading some people to take desperate measures and seek euthanasia instead of waiting for proper help. More than 13,000 Canadians chose to end their lives by MAID lethal injections in 2022, making up 4.1% of all deaths in Canada and marking a 31.2% rise over the previous year. Right now, euthanasia is the sixth leading cause of death in Canada, although Statistics Canada has conveniently left this off of its list of top 10 leading causes of death. The agency claims this is because it lists the illnesses people had when seeking assisted suicide as their primary cause of death rather than the euthanasia itself. Sources for this article include: NationalPost.com LifeSiteNews.com
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