We wanted to help end the pandemic. But no one considered the consequences... we're scarred for life

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We wanted to help end the pandemic. But no one considered the consequences... we're scarred for life

Daily Mail
By SALLY BECK
11 November 2025



Multiple people across the globe who stepped forward early to receive the Covid vaccine are speaking about what they say is the debilitating neurological condition they developed after getting the shot.

Officials became concerned about potential side effects, even shutting down Oxford-AstraZeneca's phase three Covid vaccine trials while investigators researched possible links to the shot.

Later, health authorities concluded the disabling condition, transverse myelitis (TM), was coincidental and trials were resumed. However, similar cases emerged in recipients of the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines after rollout, raising ongoing concerns about possible connections.

Daily Mail can now reveal that thousands of cases of the same neurological condition were reported after all major brands of Covid vaccines were administered.

Orthopedic surgeon Dr Joel Wallskog, author and Oxford University lecturer Sally Bayley and business owner Rebecca Thommen all received a Covid vaccine - either the AstraZeneca, Pfizer or Moderna shots - and were diagnosed with TM soon after.

TM is primarily an autoimmune condition that causes inflammation of the spinal cord that can lead to sudden weakness, numbness in the limbs, permanent or temporary paralysis, and bladder and bowel issues.

Death is rare but can be caused by complications that affect breathing, or infections resulting from being less mobile.

In the US, about 1,500 people are diagnosed with TM annually. In the UK, that number is between 200 and 300.

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The Moderna and Pfizer Covid vaccines use mRNA vaccine technology.

The Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine uses viral vector vaccine technology. It was not approved or authorized for use in the US.

The earliest reports of symptoms of transverse myelitis were by British neurologist Henry Bastian in 1882 and 1910. The condition has been studied to discern it from diseases such as MS, with defining diagnostic criteria being established in the 1980s. A drummer for metal band Slipknot was hospitalized with transverse myelitis in 2013. The first vaccines for Covid started clinical trials in early 2020.

It has been associated with both bacterial and viral infections. Based on the OP article and the association with infections, it appears that transverse myelitis at least sometimes (apparently ~60% of cases' causes are unknown) happens when the immune system is activated, which happens with infections and with vaccines. More simply, it's an auto-immune condition that happens when the immune system is activated.