Former Washington Redskins Cheerleader gets a flu shot and walks backwards thereafter? As seen in the video below, behind the startling headline is the story of Desiree Jennings, 25, from Ashburn, Virginia, who several days after receiving the seasonal flu shot, developed dystonia, which is a neurological disease with no known cure. She is in the news as she competed in an 8K race.

Video below shows that she walks backwards and runs forward normally, but cannot walk forward. In an interview she said her condition is worsening.

“My neck and tongue are not moving anymore,” Jennings told reporters before the race, according to MyFOXDC. “They’re paralyzed … that started yesterday.”

Source: Woman Who Says Flu Shot Brought On Disability Completes Race

In her own words, she described what happened:

On August 23, 2009, I received a seasonal flu vaccine at a local grocery store that drastically, and potentially irreversibly, altered my future. In a matter of a few short weeks I lost the ability to walk, talk normally, and focus on more than one stimuli at a time. Whenever I eat I know, without fail, that my body will soon go into uncontrollable convulsions coupled with periods of blacking out.

Her full story, as told in her own words can be seen here: Vaccine Injury Isn’t Just for Babies: The Desiree Jennings Flu Shot Story

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Cheerleader Desiree Jennings Gets Flu Shot; Walks Backwards Only after Developing Disability (Video)