Dean Calls Jasmine a Leader for Injured Youth

Day 4 · 7:47:43 · Dean Allison · Jasmine Comeau

• 🌟 Chair Dean Allison praises her toughness, family support, and example to other young people who were let down by systems.
• 📢 Jasmine says she testifies to spread awareness for injured kids, noting Sean Hartman died at her age and that could have been her.
• 🏫 She recalls school pressure, teachers polling vaccine status, and a cafeteria clinic that made school feel like a prison.

Closing exchange honors Jasmine’s courage and her mission to speak for vaccine-injured youth.

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Transcript

Dean Allison · 7:47:43

Jasmine, thanks for coming. I, uh, I don't know how you see yourself, but I see you as a leader. I see a very supportive family, right? Supportive sister. Yeah, right. I see, uh, one tough cookie that's been through some stuff. Right? But, uh, is keeping fighting. So you're taking an incredible step to be here today, put yourself out there. But you know what you are? You're an example now to others, to other young people. You know, it's a shame that anything's happened to any, any, any of the witnesses here today, and especially their young people.

Jasmine Comeau · 7:48:31

And that's what I've been trying to do spread more awareness for the kids who got injured. Um, we've heard this morning, um, Sean Hartman died, and he was very young. He was my age. That could have been me. And it's what I've been trying to do is just spread more awareness about what the kids kids have been going through. You know, school was very pressured. Um, I remember teachers just keep— they would ask us in class who got their vaccine and who haven't. My school also had a vaccine clinic in the cafeteria. Felt, it felt like a prison for me. And this is what I've been trying to do, is just talk more about it.

Dean Allison · 7:49:33

Well, we, we really feel that these, these four days is— we, we really, we really hope and pray it's going to encourage more people to talk publicly about this, right? We feel like the, uh, the ceiling's been shattered and we should all be able to talk about our experiences. Encourage other people to do it. And right, it has— it's no fault of any, any of the people in here. You were let down by the system. You were let down by, by politicians. You're let down by the medical community. But you're here for a reason. And so I just want to encourage you, as you lean on your family, to find that strength so that you can encourage other young people people that may be going through the same thing. So thank you so much for being here.

Jasmine Comeau · 7:50:24

Thank you for listening to me, Dean.

Dean Allison · 7:50:28

We wish you safe travels.