On September 3, 2026, the Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program (CICP) denied our claim for Trista, saying it was filed too late. That letter was sent by UPS to our old address, and we didn’t receive it until September 13.
We didn’t accept that answer. On November 3, we mailed a request for reconsideration by USPS Priority Mail, with tracking, and notified our attorneys the same day.
In it, we argue that:
- We filed within a year of Trista’s death. Her symptoms began after her first shot, but nobody recognized them as related at the time. We were waiting on the medical examiner’s report, which took more than eight months to arrive.
- We are still fighting for her records. We have been trying since March 2023 to get the complete records from her October 28, 2022 clinic visit.
- The one-year limit is far too narrow, especially for families who are barred from bringing a wrongful-death suit.
Trista’s story in The Defender
On November 5, we sat down with Michael Nevradakis of Children’s Health Defense for an interview about Trista and our fight with CICP. His article has now been published in The Defender:
Thank you to Michael and CHD for giving Trista a voice.
We need a pathologist
Every year, we pay the medical examiner’s office to keep holding Trista’s tissue samples. They have never been sent out for independent pathology testing. If you are a doctor or pathologist willing to examine them, please reach out to us through our contact form.
We’ll post here as soon as we hear back from CICP.
#JusticeForTrista
