The legendary musician Eric Clapton has shared his ‘disastrous’ side-effects experience after taking Covid-19 vaccine. He has blamed ‘propaganda’ for exaggerating the safety of the jab in a letter to his friend, an Italian architect Robin Monotti Graziadei.

Clapton received his first of two AZ jabs last February. He then shared his thoughts in a Telegram message to Robin: “I took the first jab of AZ and straight away had severe reactions which lasted ten days. I recovered eventually and was told it would be twelve weeks before the second one…”.

Clapton continues in the letter: “About six weeks later I was offered and took the second AZ shot, but with a little more knowledge of the dangers. Needless to say the reactions were disastrous, my hands and feet were either frozen, numb or burning, and pretty much useless for two weeks, I feared I would never play again, (I suffer with peripheral neuropathy and should never have gone near the needle.) But the propaganda said the vaccine was safe for everyone…”.

Eric Clapton sent me a message to share on my Telegram channel. You can find it here:https://t.co/XY3irswt0x

— Robin Monotti (@robinmonotti2) May 12, 2021

The letter has been confirmed for authenticity and shared on twitter with Clapton’s permission. He also discussed his views of like minded anti-lockdown politicians and shared his views on rebels saying: “I continue to tread the path of passive rebellion and try to tow the line in order to be able to actively love my family, but it’s hard to bite my tongue with what I now know”. 

Clapton continued with the statement: “I’ve been a rebel all my life, against tyranny and arrogant authority, which is what we have now,” Clapton wrote. “But I also crave fellowship, compassion and love… I believe with these things we can prevail.”

Clapton previously shared his anti-lockdown views and last year alongside his fellow musician Van Morrison, they recorded an anti-lockdown track ‘Stand and Deliver’. The protest song that is part of the ‘Save Live Music’ album, was released on 18th December 2020 and described as ‘dangerous’ by Northern Ireland health minister.

“Stand and deliver / You let them put the fear on you / Stand and deliver / But not a word you heard was true” we can hear Clapton sings on the blues track. The song continues with: “But if there’s nothing you can say/There may be nothing you can do/Do you want to be a free man/Or do you want to be a slave?”. You can listen to the track below.