Craig Norkus, a photojournalist with KARE 11 for more than 20 years, is opening up on his experience of suffering from a vaccine adverse event.
Norkus said he faced difficulty finding answers and was misdiagnosed by multiple doctors. He also commented on the censorship he has seen by Big Tech on this topic. He shared his story on Liz Collin Reports this week.
“Nov. 3, 2022, I had my [COVID] booster. It was a few days after that that I just felt mild symptoms, as many people do. Just a little bit of sinus stuff and some hot and cold flashes. I didn’t think too much of it until it didn’t go away. That’s when I made my first trip to the doctor about a week later … it was just like, you got some type of respiratory virus,” Norkus said. Then, about three weeks later, “I just literally all of a sudden felt like I was dying,” he explained.
He said it took seven doctors to find a diagnosis, including two neurologists.
“This was a prominent neurologist at a prominent university medical hospital. When he looked at all those scans and ruled out all these awful things … he said to me, ‘Craig, I can’t find anything wrong with you. You should see a psychotherapist.’ That was devastating,” he added.
Norkus tells that story as a warning to other doctors of what not to do.
“That broke me because I knew the physical horrors that I was dealing with. Now, I’m left thinking, am I crazy? Is it really in my head?” he said.
Norkus found help from a doctor in Mankato. That doctor helped him return to work after taking medical leave for two months.
But Norkus was told by his doctor there’s a lot of “unknown science” behind these new vaccines and his condition could come back.
“Sure enough, he was right,” Norkus said.
He’s been in treatment again for nearly four months and believes he is getting close to going back to work again.
“It’s basically growth factor infusions. It’s a growth factor, literally an infusion into your whole body that triggers cellular and tissue regeneration,” he said of his treatment.
Norkus quickly connected with Team Humanity and realized he was not alone.
“The founder of that group, Suzanna Newell, was a triathlete and she spent a year and a half in a wheelchair and she’s still got all kinds of problems. I met a lot of people and I was like, maybe this is the reason this happened to me,” he said. “I’m a true believer that God doesn’t give you more than you can handle.”
He said he pushed KARE 11 to do a story on those injured by the vaccine for a year but was grateful that it got done.
“I think it’s a big deal. Regardless of how you feel about the content of the story, people also have to understand that in television news, they only got five minutes to tell their story, which in television news is actually a long time. So, they can’t do everything in that five minutes. But the important thing to realize is that this sets the stage for follow-up stories, because again, now it’s on the map and now people are thinking about it. Now we can,” Norkus said.
We asked Norkus if he was worried about speaking out and doing this interview.
“When your mission, your only purpose is to help people and your entire focus is one of good, there is no evil to fear. Especially when you lead a spiritual life. My spiritual journey tells me that I’m going to be okay if I stick to my mission and that mission is helping people,” he said.
Liz Collin
Liz Collin has been a truth-teller for 20 years as a multi-Emmy-Award-winning reporter and anchor. Liz is a Worthington, Minnesota native who lives in the suburbs with her husband, son and loyal lab.
