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Allison Inquiry | James Freeland | Day 2 September 9th, 2026
James Freeland describes his mother Donna, a healthy 60-year-old with well-managed diabetes, becoming ill during the observation period after her second Pfizer dose and dying two days later. He says the hospital told the family not to bring her in, that the cause of death was given as a hard hit to the heart with no autopsy, and that there is no route to compensation.
James Freeland testifies about his mother, Donna Lee Stevens Freeland, a single mother and cashier who raised him with love, and a joyful person who filled a room. She was 60, had well-managed type 2 diabetes and no limitations, and did not have COVID. Freeland, who has multiple sclerosis, says public health calls urged him to be vaccinated and warned that he could die if he caught COVID, and that his mother then got vaccinated too. After her second Pfizer dose on July 5, he says she phoned him from the clinic during the 15-minute observation period with a racing heart, anxiety, sweating and nausea, and was told it was a common side effect. He describes her getting steadily worse at home with vomiting, diarrhea and fever, a negative COVID test, and a hospital that told the family not to bring her in during the peak of the pandemic. On the second night an ambulance was called and she died. Freeland says a doctor told him only that it was a hard hit to the heart, refused an autopsy, and that he had her ashes in under 24 hours. He describes losing his job, being unable to talk about it with family or friends, and being told by the Vaccine Injury Support Program that he has no evidence and no doctor to sign. MPs thank him for speaking.
James Freeland testifies about his mother, Donna Lee Stevens Freeland, a single mother and cashier who raised him with love, and a joyful person who filled a room. She was 60, had well-managed type 2 diabetes and no limitations, and did not have COVID. Freeland, who has multiple sclerosis, says public health calls urged him to be vaccinated and warned that he could die if he caught COVID, and that his mother then got vaccinated too. After her second Pfizer dose on July 5, he says she phoned him from the clinic during the 15-minute observation period with a racing heart, anxiety, sweating and nausea, and was told it was a common side effect. He describes her getting steadily worse at home with vomiting, diarrhea and fever, a negative COVID test, and a hospital that told the family not to bring her in during the peak of the pandemic. On the second night an ambulance was called and she died. Freeland says a doctor told him only that it was a hard hit to the heart, refused an autopsy, and that he had her ashes in under 24 hours. He describes losing his job, being unable to talk about it with family or friends, and being told by the Vaccine Injury Support Program that he has no evidence and no doctor to sign. MPs thank him for speaking.
