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Vaccine makers have nothing to lose by marketing their experimental COVID-nineteen shots, even if they cause serious injury and death, as they bask full indemnity confronting injuries occurring from COVID-nineteen vaccines or any other pandemic vaccine nether the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act, passed in the U.Due south. in 2005.

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

"These agreements are confidential, merely luckily one country did not protect the contract document well plenty, so I managed to become a concur of a copy. As you are virtually to see, there 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, simply Twitter now has them marked as "unavailable." Copies of the tweets are available on Treadreader, however.

The Albania agreement appears very similar to another contract, published online, betwixt Pfizer and the Dominican Democracy. It covers not only COVID-nineteen vaccines, simply any product that enhances the apply or furnishings of such vaccines. Countries that purchase Pfizer's COVID-19 shot must acknowledge that "Pfizer'south efforts to develop and manufacture the Product" are "subject to significant risks and uncertainties."

And in the event that a drug or other treatment comes out that can foreclose, treat or cure COVID-19, the agreement stands, and the state must follow through with their society. Ivermectin , for instance, is not but rubber, inexpensive and widely bachelor simply has been found to reduce COVID-xix mort ality past 81% . Yet, it continues to exist 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 because the agreement that countries had with Pfizer does non allow them to escape their contract, which states that even if a drug will be found to treat COVID19 the contract cannot be voided."

Fifty-fifty if Pfizer fails to deliver vaccine doses within their estimated delivery catamenia, the purchaser may not cancel the social club. Further, Pfizer tin make adjustments to the number of contracted doses and their commitment schedule, "based on principles to exist determined by Pfizer," and the country ownership the vaccines must "hold to any revision."

It doesn't matter if the vaccines are delivered severely late, even at a point when they're no longer needed, equally it'southward fabricated clear that

"Under no circumstances volition Pfizer exist subject to or liable for any late commitment penalties." Every bit you lot might suspect, the contract also "forbids returns under any circumstances."

The large undercover: 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 mutual in the drug industry, information technology's often frowned upon.

In the instance of the price disparity betwixt the U.S. and the European union, Pfizer is said to have given a toll break to the European union because it financially supported the development of their COVID-xix vaccine. However, Ehden noted, "U.South. taxpayers got screwed by Pfizer, probably also Israel." Also, Pfizer makes a point to note that countries have no right to withhold payment to the company for whatever reason.

Patently, this includes in the example of receiving damaged appurtenances. Purchasers of Pfizer'south COVID-nineteen vaccines are not entitled to reject them "based on service complaints," unless they do not conform to specifications or the FDA's Current Good Manufacturing Do regulations. And, Ehden adds, "This agreement is above any local police force of the state."

While the purchaser has about no fashion of canceling the contract, Pfizer can terminate the agreement in the result of a "material breach" of whatever term in their contract.

Safety and efficacy 'not currently known'

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

"Purchaser acknowledges that the Vaccine and materials related to the Vaccine, and their components and constituent materials are being rapidly developed due to the emergency circumstances of the COVID-xix pandemic and volition proceed to exist studied later provision of the Vaccine to Purchaser nether this Understanding.

"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 not currently known."

Indemnification by the purchaser is likewise explicitly required by the contract, which states, under department 8.1:

"Purchaser hereby agrees to indemnify, defend and concord 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 whatever of their corresponding Affiliates may directly or indirectly owe an indemnity based on the research ...
"from and against whatever 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 10 years.

Not only does Pfizer have total indemnification, but at that place's also a section in the contract titled, "Assumption of Defense force by Purchaser," which states that in the consequence 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 adequate to Indemnitee(south), 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 connexion with any Indemnified Merits shall be reimbursed on a quarterly basis by Purchaser.'"

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

In the U.S., vaccine makers already savour 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 under the human activity), you'd have to file a compensation claim with the Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program (CICP), which is funded past U.S. taxpayers via Congressional appropriation 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. Every bit reported by Dr. Meryl Nass, the maximum payout you lot can receive — even in cases of permanent inability or death — is $250,000 per person; withal, you'd accept to exhaust your private insurance policy before the CICP gives you a dime.

The CICP also has a 1-twelvemonth statute of limitations, and so you have to act quickly, which is besides hard since it'south unknown if long-term effects could occur more than than a year later on.

Pfizer defendant of abuse of power

As is apparent in Pfizer's confidential contract with Albania, the drug giant 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 upwardly sovereign assets , including depository financial institution reserves, military 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 "abusive." The demands included that Brazil:

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

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

"[Pfizer] is trying to eke out equally much profit and minimize its hazard 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 in that location."

Signs of COVID vaccine failure, agin effects rising

Pfizer continues to sign lucrative secret vaccine deals beyond the world. 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 called vaccine failures, are on the ascension. According to the U.South. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), every bit of July 19, five,914 people who had been fully vaccinated for COVID-nineteen were hospitalized or died from COVID-19.

In the U.K., as of July 15, 87.5% of the adult population had received one dose of COVID-nineteen vaccine and 67.one% had received two. Yet, symptomatic cases among partially and fully vaccinated are on the rise , with an boilerplate of 15,537 new infections a day being detected, a 40% increase from the week before.

In a July xix report from the CDC, the agency also reported that the Vaccine Agin Event Reporting System (VAERS) had received 12,313 reports of expiry among people who received a COVID-nineteen vaccine — more doubling from the half-dozen,079 reports of expiry from the calendar week earlier.

Presently subsequently the written report, however, they reverted the number to the half dozen,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 safety.

Many other agin events are as well 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 ). Equally y'all can see in the confidential indemnification agreements, however, even if the vaccine turns out to be 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.

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

The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of Children'southward Health Defense force.