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

This is the throwaway line that diminished the deaths and suffering from AstraZeneca. We heard it parroted over and over again. It was like a mantra; if we all said it enough we might be able to hide from the tragedy of the AstraZeneca deaths.

We know that many people have and are experiencing great loss as a result of the ongoing pandemic of the past three years. Many people have lost loved ones to COVID. Other people will suffer the effects of long COVID for many years to come. People lost their businesses, their jobs, their relationships and their sanity.

The vaccine rollouts have been deeply polarised. In sharing our grief, in feeling each other’s grief we can have an opportunity to shape a more humane and empathetic society where people are valued as human beings and not merely thought of as expendable statistics.

– Katie Lees’ Family