Canadian Military Veteran on COVID-19 Policies and Vaccine Injuries

Military Service and COVID-19 Exposure

• 🇨🇦 Brian Isted served nearly 12 years in the Canadian military, including roles in infantry, military policing (with a deployment to Iraq), and cyber intelligence.
• 💡 His intelligence work between 2019 and mid-2020 provided unique exposure to the unfolding COVID-19 situation.
• 💉 Isted was medically released from the military in 2024 due to a blood clot that occurred six weeks after his second voluntary vaccine, leading to a cascade of health issues.

Canadian COVID-19 Response

• 🚨 Quebec implemented strict curfews and border checkpoints early in the pandemic, requiring military ID to cross provincial borders.
• 🎭 The lifting of restrictions was seen as arbitrary, coinciding with public pushback, leading to an "Orwellian" atmosphere.
• 🇨🇦 Canada's response, while perhaps less extreme than Australia's, was characterized by widespread restrictions and mandates.
• 🗣️ Some Canadian officials were more candid, admitting mandates were for "behavior modification" rather than solely public safety.

Intelligence Briefings and Data Discrepancies

• 📊 Isted's role in intelligence involved monitoring open-source and classified information related to COVID-19.
• 📉 He observed that intelligence briefings often mirrored mainstream media narratives (like CBC), filled with fear-mongering and inaccurate modeling.
• 🧐 Despite being one of the junior members in senior meetings, Isted felt the data presented didn't align with real-world observations, particularly when comparing regions with different lockdown policies.

Vaccine Mandates and Health Consequences

• 🎖️ Isted was required to be fully vaccinated to join the special forces, receiving his second dose in mid-2021.
• 🤒 He experienced severe side effects after the second dose, including fever, chills, and extreme fatigue.
• 🩸 Months later, he developed severe back pain and was diagnosed with a 6cm blood clot in his leg, leading to bed rest and blood thinners.
• 💥 Subsequently, he was diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis, an incurable autoimmune disorder attacking his spine, and also experienced irregular heartbeat requiring cardiology follow-up.

Military Response to Vaccine Injuries

• 🤐 When questioning the origins of his health issues, Isted was often told to stop asking questions and to "shut up."
• 🩺 Doctors' responses varied, with some confiding that the damage from lockdowns was worse than COVID-19 but fearing career repercussions for speaking out.
• ⚖️ Isted is part of a lawsuit with over 300 others against the Canadian military regarding vaccine mandates, alleging unlawful orders despite internal warnings.

Surveillance and Protests

• ✈️ In early 2023, a military spycraft (King Air) was reportedly spotted flying over the Canadian trucker convoy multiple times, allegedly equipped for data scraping from civilian phones.
• 🕵️‍♂️ Email traffic obtained through ATIP (Canada's FOIA equivalent) suggested initial denial and later a pivot to a "training operation" explanation for the spycraft's presence.
• 📢 Isted believes troops were used on civilians, which is unethical and unlawful, and calls for accountability.
• 🚩 Protests against government policies were often demonized as "right-wing extremism" or "terrorism," enabling surveillance measures.

Military Veteran Support

• 🤝 The Military Veterans Wellness Program, run by Aaron Dale and colleagues, provides enhanced support for veterans and training for law enforcement to assist veterans in crisis.
• 🌐 The program has expanded across Canada and internationally, equipping first responders with tools to better understand and react to veterans in crisis, including those with PTSD.
• 🔗 Information can be found via the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP.ca) or by searching for the program online.