Thousands of people reported mental health challenges — including at least two suicides and three attempted suicides — to V-safe after receiving COVID-19 vaccines during the pandemic.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launched the V-safe app in December 2020 to allow the public to report adverse reactions to COVID-19 vaccines.
Data analyzed by The Defender include V-safe reports from people with a history of mental health issues before the vaccine, who reported those issues became significantly worse after the vaccine.
Other reports came from people who experienced thoughts of suicide or self-harm for the first time after being vaccinated.
The data also include reports from people who said physical injuries related to COVID-19 vaccines took a toll on their mental health.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) last week launched a clinic to study and treat vaccine injuries — less than a month after React19, an advocacy group for the vaccine-injured, released an analysis of V-safe’s entries that included widespread pleas for help.
React19’s analysis found a similar number of people expressing suicidal statements or a death wish (344 participants) — and 8,193 “cries for help” from 1,468 people.
Psychotherapist Joseph Sansone, Ph.D., told The Defender there is evidence that COVID and mRNA injections are “associated with anxiety, depression, insomnia, brain fog, dizziness, psychosis, mania and other mental health issues.”
Sansone, author of “Psychopathic Authoritarianism: A Disease of the Soul,” said the mental health challenges can also result from the ongoing physical pain caused by vaccine injuries. Those injuries can lead to “subsequent grief and loss,” he said.
“Many victims struggling with physical health issues struggle with grief and loss related to their physical illnesses. This is only outweighed by the sense of betrayal and violation,” Sansone said.
