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Vaccine makers accept nothing to lose by marketing their experimental COVID-19 shots, fifty-fifty if they cause serious injury and expiry, as they savour full indemnity against injuries occurring from COVID-nineteen vaccines or whatsoever other pandemic vaccine under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Human activity, passed in the U.S. in 2005.

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

"These agreements are confidential, but luckily ane country did not protect the contract document well enough, so I managed to get a concord of a copy. As you are most to see, in that location is a good reason why Pfizer was fighting to hibernate the details of these contracts."

An ironclad agreement, all on Pfizer's terms

The alleged indemnification agreement, reportedly between Pfizer and Albania, was originally posted in snippets on Twitter, only 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, betwixt Pfizer and the Dominican Republic. It covers not only COVID-19 vaccines, just any product that enhances the use or effects of such vaccines. Countries that buy Pfizer's COVID-19 shot must acknowledge that "Pfizer'southward efforts to develop and industry the Production" are "subject to significant risks and uncertainties."

And in the event that a drug or other treatment comes out that can preclude, care for or cure COVID-xix, the understanding stands, and the state must follow through with their order. Ivermectin , for instance, is not but safe, inexpensive and widely available but has been plant to reduce COVID-nineteen mort ality by 81% . Yet, information technology continues to be ignored in favor of more expensive, and less effective, treatments and mass experimental vaccination. Ehden wrote:

"If you were wondering why #Ivermectin was suppressed, well, it is considering the understanding that countries had with Pfizer does non allow them to escape their contract, which states that even if a drug volition be establish to treat COVID19 the contract cannot exist voided."

Even if Pfizer fails to deliver vaccine doses inside their estimated delivery period, the purchaser may not abolish the order. Farther, Pfizer can make adjustments to the number of contracted doses and their delivery schedule, "based on principles to be determined past Pfizer," and the country buying the vaccines must "hold to any revision."

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

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

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

While COVID-19 vaccines are "free" to receive in the U.S., they're being paid for by taxpayer dollars at a rate of $xix.5011 per dose. Albania, the leaked contract revealed, paid $12 per dose, while the EU paid $fourteen.70 per shot. While charging different prices to different purchases is common in the drug industry, it's oft frowned upon.

In the case of the price disparity between the U.S. and the European union, Pfizer is said to have given a price intermission to the EU because it financially supported the evolution of their COVID-19 vaccine. Still, Ehden noted, "U.S. taxpayers got screwed by Pfizer, probably also State of israel." Also, Pfizer makes a point to note that countries have no right to withhold payment to the company for any reason.

Apparently, this includes in the instance of receiving damaged goods. Purchasers of Pfizer's COVID-nineteen vaccines are non entitled to decline them "based on service complaints," unless they do not arrange to specifications or the FDA's Electric current Good Manufacturing Practice regulations. And, Ehden adds, "This agreement is higher up any local law of the state."

While the purchaser has virtually no way of canceling the contract, Pfizer tin can stop the agreement in the event of a "cloth breach" of any term in their contract.

Safety and efficacy 'non currently known'

The purchaser of Pfizer'southward COVID-xix vaccine must also acknowledge two facts that take largely been brushed under the carpeting: Both their efficacy and risks are unknown. Co-ordinate to section 5.5 of the contract:

"Purchaser acknowledges that the Vaccine and materials related to the Vaccine, and their components and elective materials are being chop-chop developed due to the emergency circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic and will keep to be studied later on provision of the Vaccine to Purchaser under 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 effects of the Vaccine that are not currently known."

Indemnification by the purchaser is also explicitly required past the contract, which states, under section 8.1:

"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 respective Affiliates may direct or indirectly owe an indemnity based on the research ...
"from and against whatsoever and all suits, claims, deportment, demands, losses, amercement, 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 too keep the terms of the contract confidential for a period of 10 years.

Not only does Pfizer have total indemnification, just there'southward as well a section in the contract titled, "Supposition of Defense by Purchaser," which states that in the outcome 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(southward), whether or non the Indemnified Claim is rightfully brought."

Ehden notes:

"Pfizer is making certain the country will pay for everything: 'Costs and expenses, including ... fees and disbursements of counsel, incurred by the Indemnitee(s) in connectedness with whatsoever Indemnified Claim shall exist reimbursed on a quarterly ground by Purchaser.'"

Buried in the March 17, 2020, Federal Register — the daily periodical of the U.South. government — in a document titled, "Declaration Under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Human activity for Medical Countermeasures Confronting COVID-19," is linguistic communication that establishes a new COVID-19 vaccine court — similar to the federal vaccine court that already exists.

In the U.S., vaccine makers already enjoy full indemnity confronting injuries occurring from this or any other pandemic vaccine under the PREP Act. If you're injured past a COVID vaccine (or a select group of other vaccines designated under the act), you'd take to file a compensation merits with the Countermeasures Injury Bounty Program (CICP), which is funded by U.S. taxpayers via Congressional cribbing to the Department of Health and Human 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 past Dr. Meryl Nass, the maximum payout you tin can receive — fifty-fifty in cases of permanent disability or death — is $250,000 per person; however, you'd take to exhaust your private insurance policy earlier the CICP gives you a dime.

The CICP also has a ane-year statute of limitations, and then you have to act speedily, which is also difficult since it'south unknown if long-term furnishings could occur more a twelvemonth afterwards.

Pfizer accused of corruption of power

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

New Delhi-based Globe Is One News (WION) reported in Feb 2021 that Brazil rejected Pfizer'due south demands, calling them "abusive." The demands included that Brazil:

  1. "Waives sovereignty of its assets abroad in favor of Pfizer."
  2. Not utilize 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'south demands were an abuse of power. Marker Eccleston-Turner, a lecturer in global wellness law at Keele University in England, told STAT:

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

Signs of COVID vaccine failure, adverse furnishings ascension

Pfizer continues to sign lucrative hush-hush vaccine deals across the globe. In June 2021, they signed one of their biggest contracts to date — with the Philippine government for 40 1000000 doses .

Meanwhile, COVID-19 "breakthrough cases," which used to be called vaccine failures, are on the rise. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as of July 19, five,914 people who had been fully vaccinated for COVID-xix were hospitalized or died from COVID-nineteen.

In the U.K., as of July 15, 87.five% of the adult population had received one dose of COVID-xix vaccine and 67.1% had received ii. Yet, symptomatic cases among partially and fully vaccinated are on the rise , with an boilerplate of xv,537 new infections a day being detected, a 40% increase from the calendar week earlier.

In a July 19 study from the CDC, the agency also reported that the Vaccine Adverse Outcome Reporting System (VAERS) had received 12,313 reports of decease among people who received a COVID-nineteen vaccine — more than doubling from the vi,079 reports of death from the week before.

Before long after the written report, however, they reverted the number to the 6,079 from the week before, indicating by default that no deaths from the vaccine had occurred that week, raising serious questions about transparency and vaccine rubber.

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

One question that we should all exist asking is this: If the COVID-xix vaccines are, in fact, every bit condom and effective every bit the manufacturers claim, why exercise they require this level of indemnification?

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