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Vaccine makers accept nothing to lose past marketing their experimental COVID-19 shots, even if they cause serious injury and death, as they enjoy total indemnity confronting injuries occurring from COVID-nineteen vaccines or any other pandemic vaccine nether the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Human action, passed in the U.South. in 2005.

The full extent of their COVID-19 vaccine indemnification agreements with countries, notwithstanding, is a closely guarded surreptitious, one that has remained highly confidential — until now. A leaked document broken downwards past Twitter user Ehden reveals the shocking terms of Pfizer'southward international COVID-19 vaccine agreements. He wrote:

"These agreements are confidential, but luckily i state did not protect the contract document well enough, so I managed to get a hold of a copy. As you are almost to see, there is a good reason why Pfizer was fighting to hide the details of these contracts."

An ironclad understanding, all on Pfizer's terms

The alleged indemnification agreement, reportedly between Pfizer and Republic of albania, was originally posted in snippets on Twitter, merely Twitter now has them marked equally "unavailable." Copies of the tweets are bachelor on Treadreader, notwithstanding.

The Albania agreement appears very similar to another contract, published online, between Pfizer and the Dominican Republic. Information technology covers non only COVID-nineteen vaccines, but whatever product that enhances the apply or furnishings of such vaccines. Countries that purchase Pfizer'southward COVID-xix shot must admit that "Pfizer'south efforts to develop and manufacture the Production" are "subject to significant risks and uncertainties."

And in the event that a drug or other treatment comes out that can prevent, treat or cure COVID-xix, the understanding stands, and the country must follow through with their order. Ivermectin , for instance, is not merely condom, inexpensive and widely bachelor but has been found to reduce COVID-xix mort ality by 81% . Nevertheless, it continues to be ignored in favor of more than expensive, and less effective, treatments and mass experimental vaccination. Ehden wrote:

"If you were wondering why #Ivermectin was suppressed, well, it is because the agreement that countries had with Pfizer does not allow them to escape their contract, which states that even if a drug will be found to treat COVID19 the contract cannot be voided."

Even if Pfizer fails to evangelize vaccine doses within their estimated delivery period, the purchaser may not cancel the social club. Further, Pfizer can make adjustments to the number of contracted doses and their delivery schedule, "based on principles to be determined past Pfizer," and the state buying the vaccines must "concur to any revision."

It doesn't matter if the vaccines are delivered severely belatedly, even at a point when they're no longer needed, as it'due south made clear that

"Under no circumstances will Pfizer exist subject field to or liable for any belatedly delivery penalties." Equally you might suspect, the contract also "forbids returns nether any circumstances."

The big secret: Pfizer charged U.S. More than Than Other Countries

While COVID-nineteen vaccines are "free" to receive in the U.S., they're being paid for by taxpayer dollars at a rate of $19.5011 per dose. Albania, the leaked contract revealed, paid $12 per dose, while the Eu paid $14.70 per shot. While charging different prices to different purchases is common in the drug industry, it'southward frequently frowned upon.

In the case of the price disparity betwixt the U.S. and the EU, Pfizer is said to have given a toll interruption to the EU considering it financially supported the development of their COVID-19 vaccine. Still, Ehden noted, "U.Southward. taxpayers got screwed by Pfizer, probably likewise Israel." Also, Pfizer makes a point to note that countries accept no right to withhold payment to the company for any reason.

Obviously, this includes in the case of receiving damaged goods. Purchasers of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccines are not entitled to reject them "based on service complaints," unless they exercise not conform to specifications or the FDA'south Current Good Manufacturing Practice regulations. And, Ehden adds, "This agreement is to a higher place any local law of the state."

While the purchaser has nearly no style of canceling the contract, Pfizer can terminate the agreement in the event of a "material breach" of any term in their contract.

Safe and efficacy 'not currently known'

The purchaser of Pfizer's COVID-xix vaccine must also acknowledge 2 facts that have largely been brushed nether the carpeting: Both their efficacy and risks are unknown. According to section 5.five of the contract:

"Purchaser acknowledges that the Vaccine and materials related to the Vaccine, and their components and constituent materials are being rapidly adult due to the emergency circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic and volition continue to exist studied after provision of the Vaccine to Purchaser under this Agreement.

"Purchaser further acknowledges that the long-term effects and efficacy of the Vaccine are not currently known and that in that location may be agin effects of the Vaccine that are not currently known."

Indemnification by the purchaser is also explicitly required past the contract, which states, nether section eight.ane:

"Purchaser hereby agrees to indemnify, defend and concur harmless Pfizer, BioNTech, each of their Affiliates, contractors, sub-contractors, licensors, licensees, sub-licensees, distributors, contract manufacturers, services providers, clinical trial researchers, third parties to whom Pfizer or BioNTech or whatsoever of their respective Affiliates may directly or indirectly owe an indemnity based on the inquiry ...
"from and against any and all suits, claims, actions, demands, losses, damages, liabilities, settlements, penalties, fines, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees and other expenses of an investigation or litigation ... arising out of, relating to, or resulting from the Vaccine ..."

Meanwhile, the purchaser must besides keep the terms of the contract confidential for a period of 10 years.

Not simply does Pfizer have total indemnification, but there's as well a section in the contract titled, "Assumption of Defense past Purchaser," which states that in the event Pfizer suffers losses for which it is seeking indemnification, the purchaser

"shall promptly assume carry and control of the defense of such Indemnified Claims on behalf of the Indemnitee with counsel acceptable to Indemnitee(s), whether or not the Indemnified Claim is rightfully brought."

Ehden notes:

"Pfizer is making sure the state will pay for everything: 'Costs and expenses, including ... fees and disbursements of counsel, incurred by the Indemnitee(s) in connection with whatever Indemnified Claim shall be reimbursed on a quarterly basis by Purchaser.'"

Cached in the March 17, 2020, Federal Register — the daily journal of the U.Southward. government — in a document titled, "Announcement Under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act for Medical Countermeasures Against COVID-19," is language that establishes a new COVID-nineteen vaccine court — similar to the federal vaccine court that already exists.

In the U.South., vaccine makers already enjoy full indemnity confronting injuries occurring from this or any other pandemic vaccine under the PREP Human action. If you're injured by a COVID vaccine (or a select group of other vaccines designated under the act), you'd accept to file a bounty merits with the Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program (CICP), which is funded by U.S. taxpayers via Congressional cribbing to the Department of Health and Human being Services (DHHS).

While similar to the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (NVICP), which applies to nonpandemic vaccines, the CICP is even less generous when it comes to compensation. As reported by Dr. Meryl Nass, the maximum payout you can receive — even in cases of permanent inability or death — is $250,000 per person; however, y'all'd accept to exhaust your individual insurance policy before the CICP gives you a dime.

The CICP as well has a one-year statute of limitations, so you have to act quickly, which is also difficult since it'due south unknown if long-term effects could occur more than a yr afterward.

Pfizer accused of abuse of ability

As is credible in Pfizer's confidential contract with Republic of albania, the drug giant wants governments to guarantee the company will exist compensated for any expenses resulting from injury lawsuits against information technology. Pfizer has as well demanded that countries put up sovereign avails , including bank reserves, military bases and diplomatic mission buildings, as collateral for expected vaccine injury lawsuits resulting from its COVID-19 inoculation.

New Delhi-based World Is One News (WION) reported in February 2022 that Brazil rejected Pfizer'south demands, calling them "abusive." The demands included that Brazil:

  1. "Waives sovereignty of its avails abroad in favor of Pfizer."
  2. Not apply its domestic laws to the company.
  3. Not penalize Pfizer for vaccine delivery delays.
  4. Exempt Pfizer from all civil liability for side effects.

STAT News also referred to concerns past legal experts, who also suggested Pfizer'due south demands were an abuse of power. Marker Eccleston-Turner, a lecturer in global health law at Keele University in England, told STAT:

"[Pfizer] is trying to eke out equally much turn a profit and minimize its chance at every juncture with this vaccine development so this vaccine rollout. Now, the vaccine evolution has been heavily subsidized already. So there'due south very minimal risk for the manufacturer involved in that location."

Signs of COVID vaccine failure, adverse effects rise

Pfizer continues to sign lucrative hush-hush vaccine deals across the earth. In June 2021, they signed one of their biggest contracts to date — with the Philippine government for forty 1000000 doses .

Meanwhile, COVID-nineteen "quantum cases," which used to be called vaccine failures, are on the rise. Co-ordinate to the U.Southward. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), equally of July nineteen, 5,914 people who had been fully vaccinated for COVID-19 were hospitalized or died from COVID-19.

In the U.K., every bit of July xv, 87.5% of the adult population had received 1 dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 67.ane% had received two. Even so, symptomatic cases among partially and fully vaccinated are on the ascent , with an average of 15,537 new infections a solar day being detected, a twoscore% increase from the calendar week before.

In a July 19 written report from the CDC, the agency also reported that the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting Arrangement (VAERS) had received 12,313 reports of death amidst people who received a COVID-19 vaccine — more than doubling from the half-dozen,079 reports of death from the week earlier.

Soon later the report, still, they reverted the number to the 6,079 from the calendar week before, indicating by default that no deaths from the vaccine had occurred that week, raising serious questions about transparency and vaccine safety.

Many other adverse events are too appearing, ranging in risks from the biologically active SARS-CoV-2 spike protein used in the vaccine to claret clots, reproductive toxicity and myocarditis ( heart inflammation ). As you can see in the confidential indemnification agreements, however, even if the vaccine turns out to be a dismal failure — and a chance to brusk- and long-term health — countries have no recourse, nor does anyone who received the experimental shots.

One question that we should all be asking is this: If the COVID-19 vaccines are, in fact, as safe and effective as the manufacturers claim, why practise they require this level of indemnification?

The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reverberate the views of Children's Wellness Defense force.