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Vaccine makers take goose egg to lose past marketing their experimental COVID-nineteen shots, even if they cause serious injury and death, every bit they relish full indemnity against injuries occurring from COVID-19 vaccines or whatsoever 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-nineteen 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'southward international COVID-19 vaccine agreements. He wrote:

"These agreements are confidential, only luckily 1 country did not protect the contract document well enough, so I managed to get a hold of a copy. As you are about to see, there is a expert reason why Pfizer was fighting to hide the details of these contracts."

An ironclad understanding, all on Pfizer'due south terms

The alleged indemnification agreement, reportedly between Pfizer and Albania, was originally posted in snippets on Twitter, but Twitter now has them marked every bit "unavailable." Copies of the tweets are available on Treadreader, nonetheless.

The Albania agreement appears very like to some other contract, published online, between Pfizer and the Dominican Republic. It covers not only COVID-19 vaccines, but whatever production that enhances the utilise or effects of such vaccines. Countries that buy Pfizer's COVID-19 shot must admit that "Pfizer's efforts to develop and manufacture the Product" are "bailiwick to meaning risks and uncertainties."

And in the upshot that a drug or other handling comes out that can forestall, care for or cure COVID-19, the agreement stands, and the land must follow through with their order. Ivermectin , for instance, is not only condom, inexpensive and widely available just has been found to reduce COVID-nineteen mort ality past 81% . Yet, it continues to exist 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 let 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 deliver vaccine doses within their estimated delivery catamenia, the purchaser may non cancel the guild. Further, Pfizer can make adjustments to the number of contracted doses and their delivery schedule, "based on principles to exist determined by Pfizer," and the country buying the vaccines must "agree to any revision."

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

"Under no circumstances volition Pfizer be subject to or liable for whatever tardily delivery penalties." Equally yous might doubtable, the contract also "forbids returns under any circumstances."

The big cloak-and-dagger: Pfizer charged U.S. More than Other Countries

While COVID-19 vaccines are "gratis" 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 European union paid $14.seventy per shot. While charging different prices to unlike purchases is mutual in the drug industry, it'southward often frowned upon.

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

Apparently, this includes in the case of receiving damaged goods. Purchasers of Pfizer'southward COVID-nineteen vaccines are not entitled to reject them "based on service complaints," unless they do not conform to specifications or the FDA'south Current Good Manufacturing Practice regulations. And, Ehden adds, "This agreement is above any local law of the country."

While the purchaser has virtually no way of canceling the contract, Pfizer can terminate the agreement in the effect of a "material alienation" of whatever term in their contract.

Safety and efficacy 'not currently known'

The purchaser of Pfizer'due south COVID-nineteen vaccine must also acknowledge ii facts that have largely been brushed under the rug: Both their efficacy and risks are unknown. According to section v.5 of the contract:

"Purchaser acknowledges that the Vaccine and materials related to the Vaccine, and their components and constituent materials are being apace developed due to the emergency circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic and will go along to be studied afterwards provision of the Vaccine to Purchaser under this Understanding.

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

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

"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, tertiary parties to whom Pfizer or BioNTech or whatsoever of their respective Affiliates may directly or indirectly owe an indemnity based on the research ...
"from and confronting any and all suits, claims, actions, 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 also keep the terms of the contract confidential for a period of ten years.

Non only does Pfizer accept total indemnification, but there's as well a section in the contract titled, "Assumption of Defense by Purchaser," which states that in the upshot Pfizer suffers losses for which it is seeking indemnification, the purchaser

"shall promptly assume conduct and control of the defence of such Indemnified Claims on behalf of the Indemnitee with counsel acceptable to Indemnitee(southward), 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 connectedness with any Indemnified Claim shall be reimbursed on a quarterly basis by Purchaser.'"

Buried in the March 17, 2020, Federal Register — the daily journal of the U.S. authorities — in a certificate titled, "Declaration Under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act for Medical Countermeasures Confronting COVID-xix," is linguistic communication that establishes a new COVID-nineteen vaccine courtroom — similar to the federal vaccine court that already exists.

In the U.South., vaccine makers already enjoy total indemnity against injuries occurring from this or any other pandemic vaccine nether the PREP Act. If y'all're injured by a COVID vaccine (or a select group of other vaccines designated nether the act), y'all'd accept to file a bounty claim with the Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program (CICP), which is funded by U.S. taxpayers via Congressional appropriation to the Section of Health and Human Services (DHHS).

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

The CICP also has a one-year statute of limitations, and so you have to act quickly, which is also difficult since it's unknown if long-term furnishings could occur more a year afterward.

Pfizer accused of abuse of ability

As is apparent in Pfizer'southward confidential contract with Republic of albania, the drug giant wants governments to guarantee the company volition exist compensated for any expenses resulting from injury lawsuits confronting it. Pfizer has too demanded that countries put upwards sovereign avails , including banking company reserves, military bases and embassy buildings, as collateral for expected vaccine injury lawsuits resulting from its COVID-nineteen inoculation.

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

  1. "Waives sovereignty of its assets abroad in favor of Pfizer."
  2. Non apply its domestic laws to the visitor.
  3. Non 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 too suggested Pfizer'southward demands were an abuse of power. Marking Eccleston-Turner, a lecturer in global health constabulary at Keele University in England, told STAT:

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

Signs of COVID vaccine failure, adverse effects rise

Pfizer continues to sign lucrative undercover vaccine deals beyond the globe. In June 2021, they signed ane of their biggest contracts to date — with the Philippine government for 40 million doses .

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

In the U.Thousand., as of July 15, 87.v% of the adult population had received one dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 67.ane% had received ii. Yet, symptomatic cases amid partially and fully vaccinated are on the rising , with an average of 15,537 new infections a day being detected, a 40% increase from the week before.

In a July 19 report from the CDC, the agency too reported that the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) had received 12,313 reports of death amid people who received a COVID-19 vaccine — more doubling from the six,079 reports of death from the week before.

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 virtually transparency and vaccine condom.

Many other adverse events are also actualization, ranging in risks from the biologically agile SARS-CoV-2 spike protein used in the vaccine to claret clots, reproductive toxicity and myocarditis ( heart inflammation ). As you lot can see in the confidential indemnification agreements, nonetheless, fifty-fifty if the vaccine turns out to be a dismal failure — and a risk to brusk- and long-term wellness — 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-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 commodity are those of the authors and do non necessarily reflect the views of Children's Wellness Defense.