React19 leaders will be meeting with federal senators, members of Congress, and Food and Drug Administration officials primarily to discuss changes they say need to be made to the government's Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. The VICP currently is not compensating most COVID-19 vaccine-injured people for their injuries, though many have reported being injured by one or another of the hastily approved government-mandated COVID-19 vaccines. Vax-injured advocates say a small percentage of all injures are being reported to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) because health officials are strongly discouraging doctors from diagnosing such injuries as such and reporting them.
The meetings were facilitated by Rep. Debbie Lesko (R-Ariz., 8th District), who was made aware of the plight of COVID-19 vaccine-injured people and the need for changes to the VICP by her former constituent, Steve Wenger. He's a former Arizonan who was vaccine-injured in Arizona and now lives in Rogers, Minn. Wenger and other React19 members will stress to federal officials the need for changes to the VICP, among other issues, including the hasty approval of those vaccines despite what they say was inadequate testing of them.
Wenger reluctantly got the jab while working as a construction project manager on a Native American reservation in Arizona, where COVID-19 had hit the community hard. He was pressured to get the vaccine, and after he did, his health took a nearly deadly downward spiral, including being a quadriplegic for months. He's been diagnosed with Guillain-Barré Syndrome, a disorder where the immune system attacks the body's nerves and can ultimately paralyze.
Wenger's health has improved considerably due to treatment, but his balance and ability to walk are still greatly compromised since he has no feeling in his legs from the knees down. It's easier for him to ride his motorcycle than it is for him to walk with a cane, because walking on any uneven surface such as grass can make his ankles give out.