Iraq War veteran in his late 30s claims COVID vaccine gave him condition that causes full body paralysis, with medical records updated to say vaccine injury is cause after doctors tried to blame it on flu

An Iraq War veteran has claimed the Covid-19 vaccine caused him to develop Guillain-Barre syndrome, leaving him paralyzed throughout his body and suffering nerve damage.

Drew — who prefers not to share his last name — says he was an “otherwise healthy 36-year-old” before receiving the mRNA Pfizer vaccine in April 2021.

After two doses, he said he began experiencing “cold/flu symptoms,” which “progressed to numbness, tingling” and then “total paralysis within weeks.”

He says he has been hospitalized and has Guillain-Barre syndrome, a very rare progressive nerve disorder that can cause total body paralysis in severe cases. Most people recover completely.

He says doctors initially did not link his illness to the vaccine, but claims his medical records have now been updated to show he had a ‘vaccine injury’. DailyMail.com has requested a copy of said data.

He said that even two and a half years later, he still struggles to work and has nerve damage that causes him pain

Now that he’s back home, Drew says he’s raising awareness about the side effects of vaccines and says he “still can’t walk without help.”

Drew enlisted in the Army right out of high school and deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom shortly after.

A fundraising page for his medical bills states, “After a four-year hiatus in service, he wanted to continue serving his country and community in MN by enlisting in the National Guard.

‘In 2018 he was deployed again, this time to Kuwait/Middle East.’

He then retired from the military and took a job in sales just in time for the birth of his son.

He then says he received a call from Veterans Affairs encouraging him to get the vaccine and telling him that “it would prevent disease and prevent transmission to an elderly mother.”

He told Alpha News: “It happened in the atrium… they had a few booths, and I just went in, sat down and grabbed it. There wasn’t much information. They didn’t actually tell me anything.

“It was a bit like the assembly line for basic training for vaccines being deployed.”

He said he had flu-like symptoms for a few days, which then turned into “numbness, tingling in my hands, feet, my toes.”

Drew served in the military and claims he was “encouraged” by Veterans Affairs to receive the vaccine

He has a job in sales and says he is campaigning to raise awareness of what he believes are the side effects of vaccines

He ignored the symptoms and attributed them to stress, but within a few days he said he could barely move.

He initially thought he had Covid-19, but when he was admitted to hospital he was diagnosed with Guillain-Barre syndrome.

He says he had to learn to breathe, eat and walk again.

Two and a half years later, he said he is still dealing with the effects, telling Alpha News: “I still have it in my face. As you can see, if you’ve seen photos and videos of me, before I was running races and leading missions and talking to two-star generals every week.

‘It has changed completely. It feels like I’m in someone else’s body, which I have no control over. I am in constant pain, nerve pain, neuropathy, immobile unless I have aids.

“I have ankle-foot orthoses that wrap around my legs and go under the sole of the foot and the shoe to help me stand up and hobble around.”

He claims it took a year for doctors to connect his condition to the vaccine.

He said it took months for doctors to connect the vaccine to his illness

He is now back home and is busy raising money for his medical bills

He said: “I spent months in the hospital bed waiting for answers as it wasn’t COVID.

“Because they were testing me all the time… I was waiting for someone to come in and give me really honest answers about getting a vaccine and they let this happen, but no one could connect the dots there.”

He said doctors were “unwilling” to discuss the vaccine, but told AlphaNews his records have now been updated to show he has a vaccine injury.

DailyMail.com has not seen the medical records.

During his fundraiser, Drew said he is “determined to help his fellow Americans and others in any way he can on the side of freedom and liberty.”