The widow of a 32-year-old UK doctor who died from an adverse reaction to the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine has been awarded a vaccine damage payment of £120,000.
Charlotte Wright’s husband Dr Stephen Wright died just ten days after receiving his first dose of the AstraZeneca jab on 26 January. Stephen has been settling down for a quiet night in front of the television with his wife after putting the children to bed when he fell ill.
The young father experienced what appeared to be a stroke, and passed away on the same day at 2pm, leaving behind Charlotte and their two sons, Izaac (7) and Elijah (1).
It later became clear that Stephen, a children’s psychologist for the NHS, died because of a blood clot in his brain that he developed after having the Astrazeneca jab.
He had been due to start a new job as a senior clinical psychologist at Great Ormond Street Hospital when he passed away.
Speaking to Wales Online in February, Charlotte recalled her husband’s sudden death:
“I made him dinner and he didn’t want to eat it, which wasn’t like him. But we got the kids to bed and we were watching TV together and Stephen fell asleep.
“He woke up complaining of pins and needles in his arm. After half an hour they hadn’t gone away and we did the stroke test and his arm was moving to one side on its own.
“He said ‘Char, I’m not doing that’.
“That’s when we started getting worried and called the ambulance.”
Paramedics rushed the mental health specialist to hospital while Charlotte had to remain at home because of Covid rules.
She recalled how they said ‘I love you’ twice before he left. The next time she would see her husband would be at King’s College Hospital where he remained on life support for several days before passing away.
Charlotte said the fact she qualified for the vaccine damage payment represented “some kind of vindication” after waiting 16 months for an acknowledgement that her husband’s death was caused by taking the vaccine.
Sharing a photo of the letter she received from the NHS Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme to Twitter, the widow and mother of two wrote: “Here it is….proof…..in writing. I’ve been waiting over 16 months for this piece of paper….I thought I would feel less empty. I am happy I finally have some sort of vindication……but it’s not enough….it will never be enough.”
Here it is….proof…..in writing.
I've been waiting over 16 months for this piece of paper….
I thought I would feel less empty.
I am happy I finally have some sort of vindication……but it's not enough….it will never be enough. pic.twitter.com/VfWdVglLaj
— Charlotte Wright Vaccine Widow (@MrsCharWright) August 24, 2022
The father of two is one of 66 people in the UK who are known to have died from rare complications after receiving the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine.
Since her husband’s tragic death, Charlotte has campaigned for better support for families who have lost loved ones because of the vaccine. In June, she said better support packages were necessary for families bereaved because of the vaccine.
The widow recently spoke to Mark Steyn of GB News about the impact of losing her husband to the vaccine, and becoming a single parent to their two boys.
The young mother thanked him for giving her a platform, and explained that the relief she has gotten “isn’t only monetary” but was also found in the fact that the payment meant she had clarity and confirmation about her husband’s cause of death. “I doubt I will ever get a sorry,” she said.
Very moving @marksteynonline interview on @GBNEWS just now with Charlotte, widow of a vaccine death victim Dr Stephen Wright. Poor guy had young children.
Where are you @sajidjavid ? pic.twitter.com/dWitT7Ans6
— Ben Leo (@benleo444) May 5, 2022
The outspoken mother is part of the organisation ‘Vaccine, Injured, Bereaved UK’, a group formed of 95 individuals and families who have either been “severely injured or bereaved as a direct result of receiving a Covid-19 vaccine in the UK”. It is currently campaigning for the UK Government to create a “bespoke Covid-19 compensation scheme to ensure those adversely affected by the vaccine are appropriately compensated, emotionally and medically supported through the life changes and/or grief this caused”.
The organisation adds: “We are not anti-vaccination but rather pro-fairness: Central to our campaign is the notion that providing financial compensation to support those few adversely affected by vaccination is, in our view, the fair, moral and equitable thing to do.”
The mother of two says that the fact that so little was known about adverse vaccine reactions meant her family was neglected in the wake of Stephen’s untimely death. It took 10 days for the doting father’s death to be reported to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).
Ms Wright has attended and spoke at numerous ‘freedom rallies’ and protests against mandatory vaccination. She has claimed that mainstream media have prevented her from sharing her husband’s story, but she is determined to do so through social media and media organisations which will give her a platform.
Today at the Freedom Rally RIP pic.twitter.com/Y8RRpUKdjm
— Awakein_london (@awakein_london) January 22, 2022
Here I am sharing my husband's story on the only platform I have because mainstream media won't let me. I go to these freedom rallys because I want to share the TRUTH, it does not make me anti-science – it's SCIENCE that proved what killed him! pic.twitter.com/3cNmmsgsYx
— Charlotte Wright Vaccine Widow (@MrsCharWright) March 31, 2022