Below is an excerpt of longer form research, which can be found here.

We have lost a daughter, sister, family member and friend – our Katie Lees, from an adverse reaction to a provisionally approved vaccine which was not recommended or made available as the preferred vaccine for those aged under 60 until Prime Minister Scott Morrison went against expert medical advice and decided to offer the COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca to anyone over the age of 18 on June 28^th 2021 when there was no large official outbreak in NSW, Australia. Morrison’s decision came eleven days after ATAGI re-iterated its existing recommendation of not recommending AZ as a preferred vaccine for people under 50, by extending the age to 60 on 17^th June 2021, and twenty-six days before ATAGI would declare a large outbreak in NSW sufficient to ‘strongly advise’ anyone over the age of 18 to use AstraZeneca.

In addition to the petition, we call for (in no particular order, covering but not limited to):

• Katie’s death and that of 10 others who tragically died in Australia from AstraZeneca to be morally acknowledged in Australian parliament. As per the speech made by Susan Templeman on 23rd November 2021 in Australian parliament, we call for a public memorial acknowledging those who died during the pandemic, both as a result of the disease and of the vaccines and public recognition at major gatherings in the form of a minute’s silence. Prime Minister Scott Morrison to acknowledge those who have died or been disabled through the vaccination program. Recognition by the Prime Minister of what these people have experienced and what their families have lost. They have lost this for the sake of the rest of the community.”[1]
• Specific research into women’s health, an evaluation of policies, and changes to the communication of risk in medical advice for women from sources across the board from government to media, including opinion pieces promoting AZ for younger women around the time of Katie’s death – as there was no transparency of the higher risk for more severe TTS for younger women, no diversity of media coverage.
• Funding for grief counselling and grief support groups to be made immediately available for all families and friends who have lost a loved one to the AstraZeneca vaccine in Australia and internationally.
• A vaccine compensation scheme that proactively reaches out to people who’ve lost a family member, one with specific time frames, relying on an expert legal and medical panel that considers impact statements from family members and treats them generously.
• Global and local recognition of those who have died during the COVID-19 pandemic, created in consultation with families in the form of public memorials, a minute’s silence, and other memorialisations’.
• Vaccine safety monitoring programs around the world to be internationally collated, transparently and efficiently communicated in real-time to inform people of risks concurrent with existing vaccine administration data so people can compare risks as they occur.
• Establishment of an independent global safety database for vaccines where health professionals and the public can upload adverse reactions with the results displayed in real-time, and global collaboration between medical experts and health professionals in the interests of protecting patients from harm, rather than any ulterior motives.
• Australian government funded ‘Vaccine Safety Surveillance’ websites such as ‘AusVax Safety’ – ‘Australia’s active vaccine safety system’ and ‘Covid Living Data’ to display real-time data of adverse reactions and fatalities from vaccines as reported by the TGA.
• A commitment to a confirmed date of commencement and time-frame for an independent inquiry or royal commission into the Australian government’s pandemic response, including analysis of decision-making in vaccine choice, procurement, rollout and the no-fault indemnity scheme in relation to informed consent.
• Investment into medical research in Australia and internationally so this never happens again.
• Guidelines for media and government on how to report sudden deaths due to causes such as vaccines, to minimise harm to those connected to the people who died and increase empathy.
• AstraZeneca the company to acknowledge the deaths linked to the COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine and make their global safety database information publicly available to transparently communicate the global and geographical risks of TTS from COVID-19 AstraZeneca, including a breakdown of risk of TTS and fatality from first and second doses, conveyed separately.
• Fellow Australians to treat everyone affected by vaccine injuries and deaths with compassion, understanding and respect, at the bare minimum…

– Katie Lees’ Family

[1] Source: https://parlview.aph.gov.au/mediaPlayer.php?videoID=561706&operation_mode=parlview