Covid Vaccine & Man’s Death Not Related, Inquest Told

A coroner has returned a narrative verdict at the inquest into the death of a 23-year-old Waterford man, who became ill and died five days after receiving a Covid-19 vaccine.

Cork City Coroner Philip Comyn told the family of Roy Butler, from O’Reilly Road in Waterford, that the cause of death was a spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage.

In the verdict, Mr Comyn made recommendations surrounding the need to inform the general public of the need to report adverse reactions of vaccines, and who to report those reactions to.

Our Sorcha King, Solicitor for the family explained “Roy Butler’s death highlights the importance of a Coroner’s inquest. Executives from Johnson and Johnson were called and questions put to them about the vaccine and other adverse events associated with it.

In the lead up to the inquest, a report from Johnson and Johnson identified 59 people who suffered intracranial haemorrhage within 10 days of receiving the vaccine.

During evidence, another investigation revealed within 28 days of receiving the vaccine, 36 young adults suffered an intracranial bleed after the first dose, while 2 others suffered a bleed after a booster dose. This was from an initial pool of approximately 400 recipients of the vaccine, who were not considered young adults.

It is hoped the Coroner’s recommendations are taken on board and please to greater public awareness about adverse events associated with vaccines and other medical products.”

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Case History

Our Sorcha King was instructed by the family of the late Roy Butler at a three-day inquest before the Cork City Coroner, Mr Philip Comyn.

Roy Butler was 23-years-old when he received the Jcovden (previously COVID-19 Vaccine Janssen) on 12 August 2021.

Text messages read into evidence during the inquest showed he complained to friends and family over the course of the next few days; feeling groggy, fatigued and having headaches.

On 16 August 2021, he texted his mother to come up to his bedroom, where he was found in bed convulsing and vomiting.

He was brought by ambulance to Waterford University Hospital, and subsequently transferred to Cork University Hospital where he died on 17 August 2021. He had suffered a catastrophic intercranial bleed.

The Coroner has retired to consider his verdict.