Marathon battle with AstraZeneca

Grandad triumphs over adversity for endurance challenge

ONE of the lessons that life has revealed to me across the past three years is that light always emerges from darkness.

The covid era was difficult for people in many ways. Most of us were tormented by confusion about what was going on and fear of what might happen next.

Others were cancelled for staying true to their principles, while others suffered the pain and anger of being physically injured, or watching it happen to someone they loved.

But out of that darkness, light has emerged, which has brought people together in a way that wouldn't have happened if things had just carried on as before. This truth is difficult to come to terms with because many of the things we celebrate now only occurred because of the awful consequences of the past three years.

The freedom movement has flourished as a community, and is now shining light into dark corners that were present long before covid. This creates hope that we can remake the world in ways that would not have been possible three years ago.

I first met Wayne Snaith in April 2022 following a three-hour drive in a car packed with lights, cameras, microphones, and other filming equipment I had purchased to make a documentary about those injured by the covid-19 vaccines.