Name of Victim: Janet Ciccone
Age of Victim: 84
Sex of Victim: Female
State: CT
Name of Hospital(s) victim was admitted to (List All that apply): Lawrence & Memorial Hospital
Did the victim survive? No
Date of Death: 12/07/2021
Contact Name: Mike Ciccone
Relationship to Victim: Son
Was the victim a military Veteran? No
Was the victim considered special needs, or did they have any kind of disability? No
Was the victim admitted to the hospital? Yes
County Hospital is located in: New London
Date Admitted: 11/13/2021
Was the victim isolated at any time during hospitalization? No
Does the victim or family feel they were treated differently by hospital staff as a result of disclosing their vaccination status? Yes
Was the victim or family pressured to sign a Do Not Resuscitate? No
Was the victim physically restrained? No
Was the victim deprived of food and water while in the hospital? No
Was victim placed on a ventilator? No
Has this incident been reported to any agency such as VAERS, HHS, JACHO, Medical Board or others? NO, but I have 2100 pages of DETAILED HOSPITAL RECORDS
Would you be interested in participating in podcasts or other media? Yes
A Son Bears Witness: Janet Ciccone and the Cost of COVID Protocols
Janet Ciccone was an 84-year-old mother whose life reflected steadiness, devotion, and quiet strength. She was not a number, not a diagnosis, and not disposable. She was a woman deeply loved by her son, Mike, and by the family whose lives were shaped by her presence. In November of 2021, Janet was admitted to Lawrence & Memorial Hospital in New London, Connecticut. What followed, as Mike recounts in his interview, was not a natural decline or an unavoidable tragedy, but a cascade of decisions driven by rigid COVID hospital protocols that ultimately cost Janet her life.
Mike’s testimony is careful, measured, and heartbreaking. He walks viewers through the days his mother spent in the hospital, describing how once COVID entered the picture, her care ceased to be individualized. Janet was elderly but not written off by her family as “ready to die.” Yet the hospital system treated her as if age alone justified a narrow, protocol-first approach rather than attentive, patient-centered medicine. Mike describes a chilling sense that outcomes were predetermined, not by Janet’s actual condition, but by policies that left no room for discernment, advocacy, or deviation.
Unlike many families, Mike was not entirely cut off from his mother, and there were no dramatic confrontations or physical restraints. That absence of overt chaos makes Janet’s story even more unsettling. There were no obvious emergencies that demanded extreme measures. Instead, what Mike describes is a quieter form of institutional failure, where decisions were made behind closed doors, explanations were vague or insufficient, and responsibility dissolved into bureaucracy. Janet was not placed on a ventilator. She was not restrained. And yet, she still did not survive. Her death exposes the uncomfortable truth that harm did not only occur in the most extreme cases. It also occurred through neglect, rigid adherence to policy, and the stripping away of meaningful informed consent.
Mike explains how his mother’s unvaccinated status subtly but unmistakably changed the tone of her care. The family felt judged, dismissed, and treated differently once that information was known. While no one explicitly stated that her care would suffer, the shift was felt in the options presented, the urgency shown, and the lack of openness to alternative considerations. Janet became a “COVID patient” first and a human being second. Mike’s frustration is not rooted in confusion, but in clarity: clarity that his mother deserved better, and clarity that what happened to her was not inevitable.
Janet’s passing on December 7, 2021, was not just the loss of a beloved mother. It was the erasure of accountability, hidden behind the language of “standard of care.”
Janet Ciccone’s story matters because it challenges the false narrative that harm only occurred in rare or chaotic situations. It shows how ordinary families, doing their best to trust medical institutions, were betrayed by policies that removed choice, nuance, and humanity from healthcare. Mike’s interview stands as an act of courage not only to honor his mother, but to ensure that what happened to her is documented, remembered, and confronted.
Betrayal Project USA exists to make sure stories like Janet’s are not dismissed, forgotten, or rewritten. We are a victim-led organization giving families a safe platform to tell the truth about what happened to their loved ones in hospitals under the guise of public health and to demand accountability and reform. If you or someone you love was harmed or killed due to COVID-related hospital protocols, shots, or policies, we urge you to document your story at betrayalprojectusa.org. Your voice matters. Your loved one mattered. And together, we are working to stop these injustices from ever happening again.
