Oxford University is reaping royalties from AstraZeneca Covid vaccine that killed my wife – Express

Nicola Weideling with her husband Kurt (Image: Family/Solent News & Photo Agency)

A grieving husband has called on Oxford University to admit responsibility for the death of his wife who died after getting an AstraZeneca Covid jab.

Two years ago, Kurt Weideling lost his wife Nicola Weideling,45, a senior manager at Oxford University, who suffered a catastrophic bleed on the brain that killed her.

Mrs Weideling was being treated for blood clots caused by the Covid vaccine developed by Oxford in conjunction with AstraZeneca, While laying on the social bed, Nicola told her friends on social media not to worry about her.

She posted: Fun fact. I am now a vaccine statistic! My neck pain and back pain over the last week or so was in fact masking ... a blood clot (or two, they are still doing scans) resulting from my AZ vaccine a few weeks ago

But the good news is that I have a correct diagnosis and am in the right place to get better. God bless the NHS!! And everyone. I would still recommend the AZ vaccine. I am an anomaly! An absolute outlier statistically.

Two days after that post, she died. Two years on, her husband is fighting to get justice for his wifes life.

The university has received 143 million in royalties for its role in the development of the vaccine. Mr Weideling, 54, said some of that money should now be distributed to the grieving families and victims suing AstraZeneca for deaths and serious injuries caused by the Covid jab, reported The Telegraph.

A coroner ruled that she had died of a rare but recognised complication of the vaccination, known as Vaccine-induced Immune Thrombocytopenia and Thrombosis, or VITT.

He told the publication: Realistically some of that 143 million should have gone to victims. Some recognition for what happened would have been appropriate. That money should have been spent on the victims of VITT.

He shared his wifes final posts on Instagram with The Telegraph to show the kind of person she was committed to doing the right thing and helping others.

She was, he said, very very generous. The university has given a sizeable amount to its 13,000 staff in the form of a 1,000 bonus. Nicola, who was a senior marketing executive at Oxford University Press (OUP), a department of the university, would have been entitled to it.

He shared his wifes final posts on Instagram with The Telegraph to show the kind of person she was committed to doing the right thing and helping others. She was, he said, very very generous.

Mrs Weideling had her first jab on April 21 2021, at a time when the risk from blood clots was already known to AstraZeneca and to regulators, who had advised against its use for the under-30s, who would be offered the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines instead. In May, that would be extended to the under-40s.

A week after that she started to feel a pain in her neck which was later dismissed as a muscle spasm by her GP in Winchester. But by May 8, her husband started to feel worried.

He said: Nicola had a really bad headache and some unusual bruises on her arms. Mr Weideling was working for the Health Research Authority, the body that oversees medical trials and was aware of the possible side effects. He immediately called in the ambulance.

She was taken to hospital in Winchester, where she was diagnosed with VITT, and from there to Southampton General Hospital, with its specialist neurological unit.

Oxford Universitys accounts for 2021/22 show that it received 143.1 million in royalties on the sale of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine. The university was then obliged to pass on 67 million to third parties for use of vaccine technology.

Oxford declined to comment to the publication. It said compensation for the vaccine was an issue for AstraZeneca and for the Government, which promised at the outset of the race to develop a Covid jab that it would underwrite any legal claims.

The adverse reaction is extremely rare, with VITT affecting about one in 50,000 people under the age of 50 who received the AZ jab. AstraZeneca is being sued in the High Court by two VITT victims, cases it is strongly contesting. The drugs company denies any liability and insists the vaccine is not defective, as claimed in the legal actions.

More than two years on from his wifes death, he is trying to rebuild his life. He received a 120,000 payment from the Government under its Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme in recognition that the jab killed his wife, but the sum is not recompense for both the tragedy he has gone through and the lost earnings that contributed to their incomes.

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Oxford University is reaping royalties from AstraZeneca Covid vaccine that killed my wife - Express