Children's Health Defense By
As a student at the University of California, Santa Cruz, in 2012, 20-year-old Rochelle had a bright future ahead of her. She was studying biology on the pre-med track with straight A’s and was planning on becoming a veterinarian or physician.
Rochelle’s ambitions came crashing to a halt after she received Merck’s Gardasil HPV vaccine that year, which caused her to develop chronic health problems that continue to this day.
But that wouldn’t be the last time a vaccine wreaked havoc on Rochelle’s life — her mother and grandmother later sustained severe adverse reactions to COVID-19 vaccines. And in the case of her grandmother, Rochelle said, the COVID-19 vaccine led to death.
In an exclusive interview with The Defender, Rochelle, now 30, shared her story, and her mother and grandmother’s stories. She asked that her full name and those of her family members be withheld, but provided The Defender with documentation to corroborate her account.
