While there is growing research suggesting a link between COVID-19 and vascular conditions, studies specifically tying AVN to COVID-19 vaccination remain limited.
A 2023 study in the Annals of Medicine and Surgery found AVN symptoms in patients who had recovered from COVID-19, but no research has directly confirmed a causal link to vaccines.
One of Burnette’s physicians believes her AVN and other complications stem from an immune overreaction—first initiated by the virus, then exacerbated by the vaccine.
According to Burnette, a geneticist told her the immune response triggered blood clots that starved her bones of oxygen, leading to widespread bone death.
