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Vaccine makers take nix to lose past marketing their experimental COVID-nineteen shots, fifty-fifty if they cause serious injury and decease, equally they enjoy full indemnity confronting injuries occurring from COVID-19 vaccines or whatever 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, still, is a closely guarded secret, one that has remained highly confidential — until now. A leaked document broken down past Twitter user Ehden reveals the shocking terms of Pfizer'due south international COVID-19 vaccine agreements. He wrote:

"These agreements are confidential, just luckily 1 country did not protect the contract document well plenty, so I managed to get a hold of a copy. As you are virtually to run into, there is a good reason why Pfizer was fighting to hide the details of these contracts."

An ironclad understanding, all on Pfizer'southward terms

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

The Albania agreement appears very similar to some other contract, published online, between Pfizer and the Dominican Republic. It covers not only COVID-xix vaccines, but any product that enhances the utilise or effects of such vaccines. Countries that purchase Pfizer's COVID-xix shot must acknowledge that "Pfizer's efforts to develop and industry the Product" are "field of study to meaning risks and uncertainties."

And in the consequence that a drug or other treatment comes out that tin prevent, care for or cure COVID-19, the agreement stands, and the state must follow through with their social club. Ivermectin , for instance, is non merely rubber, inexpensive and widely available only has been institute to reduce COVID-19 mort ality by 81% . However, 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 exist voided."

Fifty-fifty if Pfizer fails to deliver vaccine doses within their estimated delivery period, the purchaser may not cancel the guild. Further, Pfizer tin can make adjustments to the number of contracted doses and their delivery schedule, "based on principles to be determined by Pfizer," and the land ownership the vaccines must "concord to any revision."

Information technology doesn't thing if the vaccines are delivered severely late, fifty-fifty at a betoken when they're no longer needed, every bit it's made clear that

"Under no circumstances volition Pfizer be subject to or liable for any late delivery penalties." Every bit you might suspect, the contract as well "forbids returns under any circumstances."

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

While COVID-19 vaccines are "gratuitous" to receive in the U.S., they're being paid for by 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 $14.seventy per shot. While charging unlike prices to dissimilar purchases is common in the drug industry, it'south often frowned upon.

In the instance of the price disparity betwixt the U.S. and the EU, Pfizer is said to have given a price interruption to the European union because information technology financially supported the evolution of their COVID-19 vaccine. All the same, Ehden noted, "U.S. taxpayers got screwed past Pfizer, probably also Israel." Too, Pfizer makes a bespeak to annotation that countries have no right to withhold payment to the visitor for any reason.

Obviously, this includes in the case of receiving damaged appurtenances. Purchasers of Pfizer'due south COVID-19 vaccines are not entitled to reject them "based on service complaints," unless they practise non accommodate to specifications or the FDA'south Current Good Manufacturing Do regulations. And, Ehden adds, "This agreement is higher up whatsoever local law of the state."

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

Safety and efficacy 'not currently known'

The purchaser of Pfizer'south COVID-19 vaccine must also acknowledge two facts that take largely been brushed under the rug: Both their efficacy and risks are unknown. Co-ordinate to section v.v of the contract:

"Purchaser acknowledges that the Vaccine and materials related to the Vaccine, and their components and constituent materials are being speedily developed due to the emergency circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic and will go along to be studied subsequently 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 there may be adverse effects of the Vaccine that are non currently known."

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

"Purchaser hereby agrees to indemnify, defend and agree harmless Pfizer, BioNTech, each of their Affiliates, contractors, sub-contractors, licensors, licensees, sub-licensees, distributors, contract manufacturers, services providers, clinical trial researchers, 3rd parties to whom Pfizer or BioNTech or whatever of their respective Affiliates may directly or indirectly owe an indemnity based on the research ...
"from and against any and all suits, claims, deportment, 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 period of x years.

Not only does Pfizer accept full indemnification, only there's also a section in the contract titled, "Assumption of Defense force by Purchaser," which states that in the event Pfizer suffers losses for which information technology 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 not the Indemnified Claim 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(s) in connectedness with any Indemnified Merits shall be reimbursed on a quarterly basis past Purchaser.'"

Buried in the March 17, 2020, Federal Register — the daily journal of the U.South. authorities — in a document titled, "Declaration Under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act for Medical Countermeasures Confronting COVID-xix," is language 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 against injuries occurring from this or whatever other pandemic vaccine under the PREP Deed. If you're injured by a COVID vaccine (or a select grouping 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 Programme (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 — fifty-fifty in cases of permanent disability or death — is $250,000 per person; however, you'd have to frazzle your private insurance policy earlier the CICP gives y'all a dime.

The CICP also has a one-year statute of limitations, then you lot accept to act quickly, which is also hard since it's unknown if long-term effects could occur more a year later.

Pfizer accused of abuse of ability

As is apparent in Pfizer's confidential contract with Albania, the drug behemothic wants governments to guarantee the company will be compensated for any expenses resulting from injury lawsuits against it. Pfizer has also demanded that countries put upward sovereign avails , including banking concern reserves, armed forces bases and embassy 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 2021 that Brazil rejected Pfizer's demands, calling them "calumniating." The demands included that Brazil:

  1. "Waives sovereignty of its assets away in favor of Pfizer."
  2. Not employ its domestic laws to the company.
  3. Not penalize Pfizer for vaccine commitment delays.
  4. Exempt Pfizer from all ceremonious liability for side furnishings.

STAT News also referred to concerns by legal experts, who also suggested Pfizer's 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 risk at every juncture with this vaccine development and so this vaccine rollout. Now, the vaccine development has been heavily subsidized already. And so there's very minimal risk for the manufacturer involved there."

Signs of COVID vaccine failure, agin furnishings rise

Pfizer continues to sign lucrative secret vaccine deals across the globe. In June 2021, they signed one of their biggest contracts to appointment — with the Philippine government for twoscore one thousand thousand doses .

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

In the U.K., equally of July xv, 87.5% of the adult population had received one dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 67.i% had received ii. Notwithstanding, symptomatic cases amid partially and fully vaccinated are on the ascent , with an average of 15,537 new infections a day being detected, a twoscore% increment from the week before.

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

Soon afterwards the study, however, they reverted the number to the six,079 from the week before, indicating by default that no deaths from the vaccine had occurred that week, raising serious questions near transparency and vaccine rubber.

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

Ane question that we should all be request is this: If the COVID-19 vaccines are, in fact, as condom and effective as the manufacturers claim, why do they crave this level of indemnification?

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