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Australian Woman’s Death Linked to COVID-19 Jab
BY AAP June 10, 2021

The Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration says the benefits of the AstraZeneca vaccine far outweigh the risks after a woman died from a blood clot in the brain in the state of New South Wales (NSW).

Back at home where she was working, her stomach started to feel queasy, like she was getting a stomach bug. Three hours later, she was struggling to breathe. She described the feeling as having a heavy weight on her chest.

“It started out as asthma-type wheezing and being able to get enough (air) in and out," Banks said.

From there, her struggle to breathe “sky rocketed.” She called her partner, saying she needed to get to the hospital. They started out with the goal of getting to the University of Utah, but stopped at the nearest ER as Banks started to feel like she was “dying.”

“They asked me, did I eat anything?” Her reply, “the only thing different is I had the COVID vaccine that day," Banks recalled.

Banks said she was treated at her local hospital with epinephrine, a drug used for asthma attacks and allergic reactions. After several hours of breathing treatments, the EpiPen and Benadryl, she was exhausted but breathing easier and sent home for the night.

By 10 a.m. the next morning, she was in distress again. This time, they went straight to the University of Utah trauma center.


Cari Banks ended up in the University of Utah trauma center after her first and only dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. (KUTV)

“I immediately went to the COVID-ICU,” she said. Once there, “they did the swab and determined it wasn't COVID, but it was a reaction to the shot or vaccine.”

Once stabilized, Banks said she was moved to another floor. The move was short lived.

“I got up there and coded again and they brought me back down," Banks said, using the hospital slang term "coded" to describe when a patient experiences a cardiopulmonary emergency.

All the breathing and wheezing had ruptured my vocal cord," she said.

Banks spent three days in the ICU. A month-and-a-half later, she's working to get her strength and her voice back. Sleep is another thing she’s not getting enough of as she fights post-traumatic stress and the worry she will stop breathing if she goes to sleep.