The React19 Podcast

In this special React 19 podcast episode, Heather and Gary Hudson provide a heartbreaking update on their son Cody, who developed severe anti-phospholipid syndrome following his Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination in 2021.  Broadcasting live from Cody's hospital room, they describe years of medical neglect, repeated hospitalizations, strokes, heart damage, and a recent cardiac arrest. Despite constantly f...

What happens when public health policy collides with the foundational principles of medical ethics? In this thought-provoking episode of The React19 Podcast, Ann sits down with psychiatrist, medical ethicist, and author Aaron Kheriaty to explore the ethical questions raised by the COVID-19 era and why those questions remain critically important today. Dr. Kheriaty shares his journey from directing...

When Kristen Trawitzki's husband was finally ready to come home after a life-threatening battle with COVID, her family was told he could not be released unless Kristen and her children were vaccinated. Feeling they had no real choice, they complied—and Kristen says their lives changed almost immediately. A longtime fitness professional who had spent over two decades helping others pursue health an...

Attorney and author Aaron Siri joins us for a conversation that gets to the heart of a difficult question: what happens when people are harmed—and the system offers no clear path to accountability? We unpack the legal realities surrounding COVID-19 vaccine injury, from the sweeping protections of the PREP Act to the barriers individuals face when seeking recognition, care, or justice.  Aaron break...

Senator Ron Johnson joins The React19 Podcast for a direct and unfiltered look at the aftermath of the COVID-19 response—and why, after hearing the stories firsthand, he says he could not turn his back on the vaccine injured. From the earliest public testimonies in 2021 to ongoing investigations, this conversation examines what he describes as a systemic failure—where those suffering serious injur...

Just days before a highly anticipated ACIP meeting—one that many hoped would finally acknowledge vaccine injury and begin restoring trust in public health—it was abruptly shut down, halting a conversation many believed was long overdue. On March 16, 2026, a federal judge, Judge Brian Murphy, issued a preliminary ruling that blocked the newly appointed members of the Advisory Committee on Immunizat...

Before October 2021, Lorin Jeppsen was the picture of health—an active-duty B-52 pilot turned Air National Guard special warfare member, with a deep passion for fitness rooted in both his career and identity. When the COVID-19 vaccine mandate was implemented, Lorin had reservations but ultimately complied under pressure from military leadership and the belief that he would be supported if anything...

In this React19 podcast episode, former United States Army chaplain James Link and his wife, Faye, share their experience following James’s mandated COVID-19 vaccination during deployment, which led to life-threatening heart complications. Their story is a powerful and sobering look at the human cost of vaccine injury, institutional denial, and the resilience required to keep moving forward. They...

Many people may already be familiar with Ernest Ramirez’s heartbreaking story of losing his16-year-old-son and best friend, Junior, shortly after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. In today’s conversation, however, we focus on what came after—the immense personal struggle, the moments when grief nearly caused him to give up, and the strength he has found through others who encouraged him to keep goin...

“If you want to know what it’s like to be vaccine injured, go read about the lepers in Roman times. We are the modern-day lepers. Nobody wants to touch us.”  ~ Chris Pigott Unfortunately, this is the tragic reality the vaccine injured face. Chris spent 20 years as a chemical engineer and was a thriving, high-energy husband, teacher, and community leader—up at 4 a.m., training hard, teaching roboti...

In this episode of the React19 Podcast Michelle Worton, co-founder of CANrise19, a Canadian non-profit supporting the COVID-19 vaccine-injured, shares how her life was permanently altered after her second Pfizer dose, leaving her with severe immune and neurological injuries, multiple complex diagnoses, and a level of disability that has left her largely homebound. Once a thriving dental profession...

“There is a black hole in medicine.” In this episode of the React19 podcast, Dana Parish — author of Chronic: The Hidden Cause of the Autoimmune Pandemic and How to Be Healthy Again , podcaster, health advocate, and former singer-songwriter — shares her battle with chronic Lyme disease and draws striking parallels to the challenges faced by the COVID-19 vaccine-injured and long COVID communities....

Angela’s 16-year-old daughter, Alyssa, was a remarkably bright young woman with a deep love of learning and a vision for her future.  Although initially hesitant to have her daughter vaccinated, Angela felt the mounting pressure of mandates and her physician’s recommendation so ultimately moved forward. Within hours of her second Pfizer vaccine, Alyssa became ill. Days later, she suffered cardiac...

“I actually thought the FDA would care how a guy went from not sleeping to hanging in five weeks, but they said it was just an anecdotal story.” In this episode of the React 19 podcast, Ann interviews drug safety advocate Kim Witczak. Kim is a Consumer Representative on the FDA’s Psychopharmacologic Drug Advisory Committee. Kim shares her personal story of loss after her husband’s suicide followin...

In this episode of the React 19 podcast, 40-year airplane and helicopter pilot, Tim McAdams, shares how his Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine injury caused 2 massive cerebellar strokes which led to a cascade of life-threatening complications. As with most vaccine injured, the hospital doctors dismissed any connections, and although Tim filed a VAERS report, the officials from the CDC never followed up with...

In this episode of the React 19 Podcast , Tammy Hebert shares her deeply personal journey from vibrant health to developing severe, life-altering health issues after receiving the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. She opens up about her struggles with neurological, cardiac, and autoimmune symptoms—and most recently, the discovery of a kidney tumor and two small nodules on her lung. Tammy also describes the...

“We have to look to ourselves as a society in the mirror and think, “How did we make those kind of actions …where we were so lacking empathy, basic ethics, basic humanity, to be so cruel to these people…we need to give them hope.” Finally! After years of silence, a voice of hope has emerged for those injured by the Covid-19 Vaccine. In this episode of the React 19 podcast, Dr. Retsef Levi, current...

A new preprint study by Dr. David Wiseman, CEO of Synechion, Inc., examines how flaws in FDA and CDC monitoring of VAERS may have led to massive safety signal loss for COVID-19 vaccines, including myocarditis, strokes, clotting, neurological symptoms, and more. He highlights serious flaws in current detection methods.  In this episode of the React19 podcast Dr. Wiseman’s reviews his study: “Safety...

“Nobody wakes up one day and says, ‘Let’s take on big pharma.’” Yet, bit by bit, Rebecca Hardy did just that! In this episode of the React19 Podcast , Texans for Vaccine Choice President, Rebecca Hardy, shares the exceptional work her organization has accomplished through grassroots advocacy. She also highlights TFVC’s role in producing the award-winning documentary Follow the Silenced. Rebecca’s...

Deb Conrad is a highly awarded and respected Physician Assistant with an exemplary career whose dedication to public health and safety resulted in being fired from her employer. She has filed a lawsuit on behalf of the government for fraud against all United States citizens. In this episode of the React19 podcast, Deb discusses her ongoing lawsuit against the hospital, the systemic suppression of...

In the spring of 2021, Drew was a fit and healthy 36-year-old retired service member still actively serving in the Minnesota National Guard.    However, as vaccine mandates swept through the military, and mounting pressure from his job as well, he rolled up his sleeve and got the COVID vaccine. What followed was life-altering: Drew was left paralyzed and diagnosed with Guillain-Barré Syndrome, a d...

Our government and medical institutions have silenced the cries of multitudes who once trusted them. Matthew Guthrie’s award-winning documentary, " Follow the Silenced " tells the heartbreaking story of what the immense human cost of this censorship has been. How do we move forward as a nation when so much damage has been done leaving a wake of suffering and tragedy? In this episode of the React19...

Today’s guest is Canadian filmmaker, Dean Rainey, who has just released his documentary “Why Can’t We Talk About This?” The film delves into the life of a man grappling with the aftermath of a COVID-19 vaccine injury, weaving his personal struggle into a broader examination of why such experiences are rarely discussed. (To watch this interview on video: https://youtu.be/IBrGUOiSqrg The film does a...

“There are a lot of days I cry.”  And I cried in anger after doing this interview.  I have heard Monica’s tragic story echoed by tens of thousands of others who have been vaccine injured. How are people treated so dismissively and tossed around for years without receiving proper care? Because the previous leaders of our FDA, CDC, and NIH knew exactly what was happening and deliberately kept this i...

 “This is rough..I have become a prisoner in my own body.” 2 hours after receiving his Moderna vaccine in June 2021, Andre Cherry experienced life-changing health issues, including continual tremors, dystonia, and paralysis, that continue to this day. Joined by his brother and primary caregiver, Christian Cherry, they discuss the emotional, physical, and systemic challenges they have faced while c...