COVID vaccine caused heart attacks, stroke: Soldier

(NewsNation) — Army National Guard Specialist Karoline Stancik, 24, says she's in $70,000 of medical debt after being hospitalized for heart complications.

She suffered three heart attacks and a stroke after receiving the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. Stancik and veterans advocate Jeremy Sorenson joined NewsNation's Chris Cuomo on Monday to discuss.

Stancik said she needed an "emergency pacemaker surgery" and that she has "multiple letters" from doctors who "have stated that the vaccine was the issue."

Stancik was released from active duty in 2022, which cost her medical benefits and a salary. Stancik denied ever being counseled about an option to remain on active duty while receiving treatment.

Sorenson said he "wasn't surprised....