Talk Truth 09.08.26 - Carrie Sakamoto | In 2021, Alberta mother Carrie Sakamoto followed the public-health messaging and received her COVID vaccines. After her second shot, she became seriously ill and spent 17 days in hospital with neurological complications that she says continue to affect her life today. Carrie shares how doctors attributed her injuries to the Pfizer vaccine, her years-long battle with Canada’s Vaccine Injury Support Program, and why she is bringing her story to the Allison Inquiry in Ottawa.

00:00 - Introduction

01:30 - Guest comes in: Carrie Sakamoto

01:37 - Carrie's life before her vaccine injury

02:39 - Why she decided to get vaccinated

05:01 - Her symptoms begin after the second shot

06:50 - Severe head pain sends her to emergency

07:38 - Facial paralysis and repeated hospital visits

10:03 - Doctors investigate what happened

10:57 - Doctors attribute her condition to the Pfizer vaccine

12:47 - Applying for Canada's Vaccine Injury Support Program

16:13 - The fight for compensation and support

17:07 - Carrie's experience inside the federal injury program

18:29 - Where the money went

20:01 - Why Carrie says the new system still isn't working

21:16 - What she wants Canadians to hear at the Allison Inquiry

23:18 - “They turned their backs on us”

24:16 - Finding support through CanRISE19

25:29 - Final thoughts