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Vaccine Injury of Peter Vonich


What was your life like before you received the COVID-19 vaccine?

Peak physical shape as an Air Force Combat Rescue Officer working in special operations. Daily intense exercise. Great health.

Describe the symptoms and the timeline of the reaction.

Vaccine in mid-afternoon.

Wake up around 2-3am the following morning with uncontrollable shakes, fever like symptoms, and the most severe overall flu like response I have experienced in my entire life. I stumble around barely able to control my walking in order to find Tylenol. I take some and try to get back to sleep.

Feel poor for the next 24 hours and mostly back to normal after 48 hours. Within the next month or two I start having sharp pinpoint pains around the body after drinking alcohol. This continues to this day. I slowly developed muscle fasciculations over the next year (2022) which have recently (early 2025) become much worse. This could also be related to Lyme disease which preceded the vaccine but had not cussed these symptoms prior. Exercise intolerance has also gradually worsened with it most severe over the first half of 2025. It exacerbates all neurologic symptoms. I have also had personality changes reported by family and now have brain fog exacerbated by exercise and mental exertion. Food sensitivities and intense reactions have also occurred.

Describe the solutions that helped your symptoms

Exercise moderation .
HistDAO for MCAS.
Sauna.
High quality sleep.
Hydration.

Which solutions were not helpful?

N/A
New to all this so I haven’t tried much.

What would you like others to know?

Doctors do not make clear the process (if one exists) by which to report and be treated at the outset. I only came to understand my symptoms could be related to the vaccine years later after a doctor suggested it. The passage of time makes it much harder to present a convincing case.

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