LOS ANGELES—A former Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) teacher said Dec. 20 he was forced to resign due to pain related to a COVID-19 vaccine shot and a lack of accommodation by the district. A group of LAUSD teachers rallied outside district headquarters downtown in support of teacher Casey Corcoran, who submitted his resignation Sept. 24. “I’m not an anti-vaxxer, I’m not a pro-vaxxer,” Corcoran told reporters. “I did what I had to do to keep my position.” Corcoran said he was vaccinated at a district-sponsored site March 9 and suffered side effects two days later that his personal doctor attributed to the vaccine, including muscle twitching that turned into intense pain. He was rear-ended in a car accident in 2012 and said the vaccine-related pain has now affected his whiplash injuries. “I now have 24/7 pain throughout my chest, my arms, down to my fingers. It spread to some other injuries I received earlier in 2012,” …
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