Michael Oesch, filmmaker, artist, former school bus driver from Waterford, Ontario, testified at the Allison Inquiry (Day 2, Sept 9, 2026). His claims: • Was healthy, active, on no medication; got vaccinated to be a caregiver for his parents and in-laws • Doses: 1st late 2020/early 2021, 2nd mid-2021, 3rd Moderna Dec 2021, 4th and final Oct 13, 2022 • ~36 hrs after the 4th dose: leg began to drag while walking home from the Pumpkin Festival with his granddaughter; his stepson shouldered him home • Following Monday: his doctor said, "Don't take another vaccine," and showed him write-ups on her computer • Following week: blacked out driving his school bus down Highway 24; woke with two wheels on the dirt, pulled over; eyes "vibrating and shaking like an earthquake," ears ringing • Two weeks later: MRI found a 2.8 cm lesion on his spine ~a quarter inch from his brain. Neurologist said he'd never seen a lesion that size without an impact, and that Oesch was lucky to be alive • Early 2023: two large doses of corticosteroids — felt great for about a week, then deterioration resumed • Then: fatigue, migraines so intense he got frostbite on his neck from icing it, leg spasms • Oct 2023 (1 year in): first hospitalization. He says an ER doctor handed him a note with a protocol and said, "Don't tell anyone I gave it to you" • He says many of his doctors believed it was a COVID vaccine injury but were afraid to write it down — which he believes contributed to his VISP claim being denied without applying WHO causality standards • July 2024 (year 2): spasms 7 hours a night — "like a nail spike into your sciatic nerve every 30 seconds" • Took 2 years to lose the ability to walk • June 2025: in his hospital bed, unable to move or open his hands; thought he'd be dead within 3 months • Now in long-term care; refused neural rehab twice — he says because his condition is "not acute enough," too long since the injury • Credits N-acetylcysteine, methylene blue and other approaches with helping him open his hands and stand with assistance; describes a theory of mitochondrial dysfunction • Says he believes in medicine but the vaccine was perhaps not designed properly; rejects being called an anti-vaxxer • Closes on his motto, "taking the dis out of disability," and a documentary about his story People who report serious reactions after vaccination exist in every country, and they deserve honest investigation, proper medical care and real support, not dismissal or ridicule. Pretending nothing happened serves neither public health nor the people affected. We need transparent systems to assess, treat and care for the vaccine-injured, everywhere.