BBC hosts husband taking legal action after death from Covid jab

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The husband of BBC presenter Lisa Shaw, who died after having her first Covid jab, has said that he is taking legal action.

Lisa died in May 2021 a week after having the injection and in the days before her death the BBC Radio Newcastle host suffered from severe headaches, which turned out to be a bleed on the brain.

After being admitted to hospital, she gave husband Gareth Eve one last kiss and told him “I’m tired” before she tragically died.

He has now spoken out admitting he has “no option” but to take legal action as he plans to sue the makers of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine after failing to get answers elsewhere.

He is part of a group of about 75 claimants, some of whom have lost relatives and some who survived with injuries.

Speaking to the BBC, he said: “It’s not in my make up to turn around and say I want to sue somebody, but for almost two years we’ve tried to engage with the government and MP’s since Lisa died and not one of them had reached out or engaged with us at all.

“That’s the reason we’re left with no alternative – if the government or AstraZeneca don’t want to engage with us, then what else are we supposed to do?”

Gareth said all he wanted was “some sort of acknowledgement or recognition that these deaths have occurred”.

He continued: “We’re not crackpots or conspiracy theorists, we’re husbands and wives and family members who have lost somebody.

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“These things have happened to too many people and we’re made to feel like it’s a dirty secret, that we’re talking about something we shouldn’t be talking about.

“It’s established it’s been caused by AstaZeneca’s Covid vaccination – it’s not about Covid, it’s not about how many lives the Covid vaccination saved, it’s about what this vaccination has done to Lisa and other families, not about how successful it was or whether somebody is anti-vax.”

He added: “Whatever the money, it’s not going to bring my son’s mam back.”

In August 2021, Newcastle Coroner Karen Dilks ruled Lisa died from a very rare “vaccine-induced thrombotic thrombocytopenia”, a condition that leads to swelling and bleeding on the brain.

The AstraZeneca vaccine was the first jab approved for use in the UK in December 2020 and went on to save thousands of lives.

A spokesperson for the Department of Health said all vaccines had “undergone robust trials” before being rolled out.

AstraZeneca said: “We are unable to comment on ongoing legal matters. Patient safety is our highest priority and regulatory authorities have clear and stringent standards to ensure the safest use of all medicines, including vaccines. Our sympathy goes out to anyone who has reported health problems.”

Last weekend, on April 1, Gareth tweeted: “I’ll love you forever Lisa.”

He now raises their eight-year-old son, Zachary, alone.

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