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NARRATIVE – Patients who have seen serious symptoms appear following an injection tell the Figaro their battle to have causality recognized, saying they come up against medical “omerta”.
Franck Austrui, 52, remembers over and over these “12 days that changed things” his life. It was in May 2021. This cook from Charentes Maritime had to go to a holiday center to work there. For the train, the Covid-19 vaccination pass is mandatory. Without flinching, he receives his first dose of Moderna. “Ten days later, the fever rises, above 40 degrees. I think it's Covid, but the test is negative. The doctor stops me for a week, says it's the flu. After several days, the fever lasts. He makes me take a blood test. Then an x-ray, because of abdominal pain. Nothing. I was sent to the emergency room in Royan. There, when they see my state, it's panic. My troponin level was at 1000 or so (troponin, produced by the heart muscle, is released into the blood when it is damaged, Editor's note)”.
In the cardiology department of Bordeaux where he is transferred, Franck is diagnosed with myocarditis…
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