Chapter 2: The Collateral Damage of American Censorship; Desperate Messages, Lives Broken

Brianne Dressen

An excerpt from: Canary In a Covid World; How Propaganda and Censorship Changed Our (My) World. A collection of essays from 34 contemporary thought leaders. Available on Amazon here:

Brianne Dressen was a previously healthy mother of two and a preschool teacher. Her life took a dramatic turn after her own injury in the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine clinical trial. Determined to change her negative reaction into positive action, she co-founded React19.org, a patient advocacy organization currently consisting of over 30,000 members. It was created by the Covid Vaccine injured, for the Covid vaccine injured.

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“Sorry if this is too forward. Not sure if you can point me in the right direction. I have lost my hunger/fullness cues since v in October among other adverse reactions. I am scared and they keep pegging me as depressed and trying to give me high powered anti-depressants like ketamine. Husband and I are not speaking anymore because of how sick I am and he thinks it’s depression and I won’t take the meds. I can’t find a doctor to help or even talk to me without thinking it’s anxiety or depression. I don’t want to live like this. Do you have any ideas? I’m so scared because I have to force myself to eat. I don’t feel emotions anymore so I can’t connect with my family. I have serious brain fog/concentration issues. All of my relationships are gone with my kids, hubby, and friends. I just sit and search my phone trying to find answers. A miracle if you will so that something will get better. I am basically disabled because my brain doesn’t function. I can’t work out because of my hr and not eating enough. It’s heartbreaking. I have no life anymore. I am scared of the future. I need to heal for my family. And for my future. I can’t see living like this for 40 more years.” 

January 2022, another desperate message. This time from Trish who was experiencing just what I had after my COVID vaccine in November 2020. The need for some sort of relief, the fear of the unknown, the abandonment, her cries for help were all too familiar.

As I was  young and healthy, the “why” for me was to protect those around me, to do my part to help get us all out of the pandemic faster. My news source, NPR, was telling me this was the way back to normal life, that the vaccines were the only way. Being a lifetime vaccine taker with no issues, the call to roll up my sleeve to be a part of the solution was never something I had questioned. I didn’t know there were other options, I didn’t understand the importance of “natural immunity,” or alternative therapies. The media, the government, and the drug companies, ensured that I didn’t know about these other very important pieces of information in the COVID debate. 

My days of working with my preschool class, taking my small children on little nature hikes, are now replaced with progressive neuropathy, severe food intolerances, limb weakness, and more than 20 other symptoms. My life now revolves entirely around my physical condition, which is best described by my fellow injured, as worse than death.

As a member of  the clinical trial for AstraZeneca, I reached out to the drug company for help,…….Continue reading the rest of Brianne’s essay in the book:

Continue reading this essay in the book: Canary In a Covid World; How Propaganda and Censorship Changed Our (My) World. A collection of essays from 34 contemporary thought leaders. Available on Amazon here: