Lucy Taberer with her son Orson. Image by Mark Tomlin

[June 27, 2021] A mother-of-three from Leicester died after suffering a rare catastrophic reaction to the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccination, her family has said.

Lucy Taberer, 47, fell seriously ill after getting the jab and developed blood clots on her brain causing a massive stroke. Lucy’s heartbroken partner and fiance Mark Tomlin, from Aylestone, told LeicestershireLive about the devastating impact her death has had on him and their five-year-old son Orson.

He said Lucy, a playgroup leader, initially experienced mild and common side effects in the days after she was vaccinated at the Peepul Centre in Belgrave on March 19. But her condition gradually worsened causing her to be rushed into hospital and despite the best efforts of medics to save her, she died 22 days after being vaccinated. Mark said: “She knew there might be some side effects but she wasn’t worried.

Editor’s Note: Here is the recent story covering the auto-censorship by twitter. Lucy died last year in June 2021. — mmd

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