A ‘fit and healthy’ engineer has tragically died just three weeks after taking the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine.
Jack Last, 27, died at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge on Tuesday, April 20, just 11 days after attending A&E because he was suffering from headaches.
The field service engineer, from Stowmarket, Suffolk, who was ‘fit as ever’, according to his family, was surprised to be offered his first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine.
He still went to an appointment at Trinity Park in Ipswich, Suffolk, on March 30 with ‘no fuss’, his sister Jasmine, 32, revealed.
Now his devastated family want to know why he was offered the jab as they wait for the results of a post-mortem to confirm the cause of his untimely death.
Jack Last (pictured), 27, died at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge on Tuesday, April 20, just 11 days after attending A&E because he was suffering from headaches
Jasmine said: ‘Jack was moved to Addenbrooke’s Hospital from West Suffolk on April 11, as he started to get a bleed on the brain.
‘We’re waiting for the post-mortem results and the inquest date to be confirmed – but we do believe that his death was linked to the vaccine.
‘It was very unusual for Jack to feel unwell at all. To my knowledge, he had never had a day off work due to illness.’
The AstraZeneca vaccine has been linked to rare and potentially life-threatening blood clots in the brain.
Last week, the UK’s medicines regulator, MHRA, announced there have been 32 deaths in Britain linked to rare blood clots, out of 21.2m people receiving the AstraZeneca jab up to April 14.
Yesterday Jack’s family, from Stowmarket, would not comment on the circumstances surrounding his death until they received the post-mortem results.
But Jasmine paid tribute to her younger brother saying he ‘made everyone happy and was always smiling’.
She said: ‘He really was an amazing brother. He bought us all so much happiness.’
Jasmine, mother to Jack’s four-year-old nephew, Reggie, described her brother as an ‘adventurer’, and said: ‘He did so much with his life.
In 2016 Jack spent six months working with the British Antarctic Survey in Antarctica (pictured in his uniform), where he drove a traverse system to drop off scientific equipment
Jasmine, mother to Jack’s (pictured) four-year-old nephew, Reggie, described her brother as an ‘adventurer’, and said: ‘He did so much with his life’
‘He managed to fit in so much including canoeing, canyoning, going in a shark cage, bungee jumping, the world’s longest zip wire, and saw AC/DC live.
‘Everything you did with Jack was so much better just because he was there. He was always laughing and smiling, and he was an amazing uncle to my son Reggie who he adored.’
Aged 18, Jack got his Private Pilot’s Licence, and regularly flew around East Anglia and beyond.
Jasmine said: ‘He would always tell us to look for him in the sky.’
In 2016, Jack spent six months working with the British Antarctic Survey in Antarctica, where he drove a traverse system to drop off scientific equipment.
And in 2018, he got his US Pilot’s Licence, and travelled to California, where he flew over the Golden Gate Bridge, past the Hollywood sign and over the deserts.
In 2018, he got his US Pilot’s Licence, and travelled to California, where he flew over the Golden Gate Bridge, past the Hollywood sign (pictured) and over the deserts
Jasmine said Jack was ‘an amazing uncle’ to his nephew Reggie (pictured together)
Jasmine added that Jack was ‘unsure’ why he had been invited to have his vaccine, because he was ‘as fit as ever’.
She said: ‘He didn’t know why he’d been told to book the appointment. But Jack was a very easy-going guy – he wasn’t one to make a fuss.
‘So quite simply, as he received the text that he should be booking it up, he did just that and booked it up with no fuss. That was was his nature.’
Jack’s inquest is due to be held at a later date.
Jasmine added: ‘He was the best brother I could have ever asked for, and I will really miss him.
‘Jack’s family and friends will remember how he always made them laugh with his witty sense of humour and how he made everyone feel happy to be with him.
‘We are all devastated and are not sure what we are going to do without him.’