“Our family doctor told me to NEVER get another covid shot as the next one would most likely kill me,” wrote Coby Israel.
An Air National Guardsman who suffered an allergic reaction to the COVID-19 vaccine after receiving the shot on base was denied military healthcare benefits for the injury, meaning his resulting medical bills weren’t covered and he wouldn’t be exempt from a booster mandate if one is implemented.
Senior Airman Coby Israel of the 139th Airlift Wing has served in the Missouri Air National Guard for four-and-a-half years and is a crew chief, which means he maintains, services, and inspects aircraft before and after flights.
Israel told Just the News recently that he received the second COVID shot on Nov. 7, 2021 after arriving on base to drill and being told to either submit a Religious Accommodation Request for exemption from the vaccine mandate or get the jab. He had received the first shot, he recounted, and had heard about service members being dishonorably discharged for not complying with the direct order to get vaccinated. Since he is a student receiving educational benefits from the military, he didn’t have much of a choice, he explained.
After receiving the second shot, Israel immediately reacted with COVID symptoms and was sent home. In the following days, his face would break out in a red, burning rash. On Nov. 14, he recalled, he “broke out in hives and had an anaphylactic reaction” and was rushed to the emergency room because he was unable to breathe as his throat closed from being swollen. The hospital gave Israel a steroid and Benadryl for his reaction, which the ER doctor said was a result of the shot.
Two days later, Israel went to his family doctor as he was reacting to the shot again. His doctor told him not to get a booster shot because of his reaction to the second dose.
Israel’s mother ordered an EKG test, which found he had an irregular heart rate. He was referred to a cardiologist, who performed a test and found he had a prominent moderator band of the right ventricle in his heart. The cardiologist wouldn’t say what caused the anaphylaxis but said that the prominent moderator band was from the COVID shot.
Israel said that after the anaphylactic reaction he was sick every week with a new illness, from strep throat to bronchitis to mono to COVID. His mother, Jamie, told Just the News that he basically “didn’t have an immune system” from November 2021 to March 2022, as he would repeatedly contract illnesses.
Because Israel received the vaccine while on active duty orders, he requested a Line of Duty (LOD) determination. When an LOD determination is granted, it means that a service member who is injured or becomes sick while on orders will receive medical benefits from the military to cover the costs of care.
Israel’s LOD determination was denied. He appealed the denial, which was also denied. . . . (read more at Just The News)
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