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Vaccine makers take nothing to lose past marketing their experimental COVID-19 shots, even if they cause serious injury and death, as they savour full indemnity confronting injuries occurring from COVID-19 vaccines or any other pandemic vaccine under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act, passed in the U.S. in 2005.

The total extent of their COVID-19 vaccine indemnification agreements with countries, however, is a closely guarded hugger-mugger, one that has remained highly confidential — until at present. A leaked document broken down by Twitter user Ehden reveals the shocking terms of Pfizer'southward international COVID-19 vaccine agreements. He wrote:

"These agreements are confidential, but luckily one country did not protect the contract document well enough, and so I managed to get a concord of a copy. As yous are most to see, there is a skillful reason why Pfizer was fighting to hide the details of these contracts."

An ironclad understanding, all on Pfizer's terms

The declared indemnification agreement, reportedly between Pfizer and Albania, was originally posted in snippets on Twitter, merely Twitter now has them marked as "unavailable." Copies of the tweets are available on Treadreader, however.

The Republic of albania agreement appears very similar to another contract, published online, between Pfizer and the Dominican Commonwealth. Information technology covers not only COVID-xix vaccines, but whatsoever product that enhances the use or effects of such vaccines. Countries that purchase Pfizer's COVID-19 shot must acknowledge that "Pfizer'due south efforts to develop and industry the Product" are "subject to significant risks and uncertainties."

And in the event that a drug or other treatment comes out that can prevent, care for or cure COVID-19, the agreement stands, and the country must follow through with their club. Ivermectin , for instance, is not only safe, inexpensive and widely available but has been found to reduce COVID-19 mort ality past 81% . Yet, it continues to be ignored in favor of more expensive, and less constructive, treatments and mass experimental vaccination. Ehden wrote:

"If yous were wondering why #Ivermectin was suppressed, well, it is considering the agreement that countries had with Pfizer does not let them to escape their contract, which states that even if a drug will exist found to care for COVID19 the contract cannot exist voided."

Even if Pfizer fails to evangelize vaccine doses inside their estimated delivery period, the purchaser may non cancel the lodge. Farther, Pfizer can make adjustments to the number of contracted doses and their delivery schedule, "based on principles to be determined by Pfizer," and the state buying the vaccines must "agree to any revision."

It doesn't matter if the vaccines are delivered severely late, even at a point when they're no longer needed, as information technology's made clear that

"Under no circumstances will Pfizer be subject field to or liable for any late delivery penalties." As you might suspect, the contract besides "forbids returns under any circumstances."

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

While COVID-19 vaccines are "costless" to receive in the U.Due south., they're existence paid for past taxpayer dollars at a rate of $19.5011 per dose. Republic of albania, the leaked contract revealed, paid $12 per dose, while the EU paid $xiv.lxx per shot. While charging unlike prices to different purchases is common in the drug industry, it's often frowned upon.

In the case of the toll disparity between the U.S. and the EU, Pfizer is said to have given a price break to the EU because it financially supported the development of their COVID-19 vaccine. Still, Ehden noted, "U.Southward. taxpayers got screwed by Pfizer, probably also State of israel." As well, Pfizer makes a signal to note that countries have no right to withhold payment to the company for whatever reason.

Patently, 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 do non conform to specifications or the FDA'southward Current Good Manufacturing Practice regulations. And, Ehden adds, "This understanding is in a higher place any local constabulary of the country."

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

Safety and efficacy 'not currently known'

The purchaser of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine must also admit two facts that have largely been brushed under the rug: Both their efficacy and risks are unknown. Co-ordinate to department 5.5 of the contract:

"Purchaser acknowledges that the Vaccine and materials related to the Vaccine, and their components and elective materials are being rapidly developed due to the emergency circumstances of the COVID-nineteen pandemic and will keep to be studied after provision of the Vaccine to Purchaser nether this Agreement.

"Purchaser further acknowledges that the long-term effects and efficacy of the Vaccine are non currently known and that there may be adverse furnishings of the Vaccine that are not currently known."

Indemnification by the purchaser is also explicitly required past the contract, which states, nether section 8.i:

"Purchaser hereby agrees to indemnify, defend and hold 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 any of their corresponding 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 also keep the terms of the contract confidential for a menses of x years.

Not only does Pfizer have full indemnification, merely at that place'due south also a section in the contract titled, "Assumption of Defense by Purchaser," which states that in the event Pfizer suffers losses for which it is seeking indemnification, the purchaser

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

Ehden notes:

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

Buried in the March 17, 2020, Federal Register — the daily journal of the U.South. regime — in a certificate titled, "Declaration Under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Deed for Medical Countermeasures Against COVID-19," is language that establishes a new COVID-nineteen vaccine court — like to the federal vaccine courtroom that already exists.

In the U.S., vaccine makers already enjoy full indemnity against injuries occurring from this or any other pandemic vaccine nether the PREP Act. If you're injured by a COVID vaccine (or a select group of other vaccines designated under the act), you'd have to file a compensation claim with the Countermeasures Injury Compensation Plan (CICP), which is funded by U.S. taxpayers via Congressional appropriation to the Department of Health and Man Services (DHHS).

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

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

Pfizer defendant of abuse of ability

As is credible in Pfizer's confidential contract with Albania, the drug giant wants governments to guarantee the company volition exist compensated for any expenses resulting from injury lawsuits confronting it. Pfizer has also demanded that countries put upwards sovereign assets , including banking concern reserves, military bases and embassy buildings, equally collateral for expected vaccine injury lawsuits resulting from its COVID-19 inoculation.

New Delhi-based World Is One News (WION) reported in February 2021 that Brazil rejected Pfizer'southward demands, calling them "calumniating." The demands included that Brazil:

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

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

"[Pfizer] is trying to eke out as much turn a profit and minimize its chance at every juncture with this vaccine development then this vaccine rollout. At present, the vaccine evolution has been heavily subsidized already. And so there's very minimal risk for the manufacturer involved at that place."

Signs of COVID vaccine failure, agin effects ascent

Pfizer continues to sign lucrative secret vaccine deals across the earth. In June 2021, they signed one of their biggest contracts to date — with the Philippine government for 40 million doses .

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

In the U.M., as of July 15, 87.5% of the adult population had received one dose of COVID-nineteen vaccine and 67.1% had received two. Yet, symptomatic cases amid partially and fully vaccinated are on the rise , with an average of fifteen,537 new infections a day beingness detected, a 40% increase from the week before.

In a July 19 report from the CDC, the bureau likewise reported that the Vaccine Agin Upshot Reporting System (VAERS) had received 12,313 reports of death amid people who received a COVID-nineteen vaccine — more than doubling from the 6,079 reports of expiry from the calendar week earlier.

Soon after the report, however, they reverted the number to the 6,079 from the week earlier, indicating past default that no deaths from the vaccine had occurred that week, raising serious questions most transparency and vaccine safe.

Many other adverse events are also appearing, ranging in risks from the biologically active SARS-CoV-2 fasten protein used in the vaccine to blood 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 adventure to short- and long-term health — countries take no recourse, nor does anyone who received the experimental shots.

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

The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the authors and do non necessarily reflect the views of Children's Health Defense.