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Vaccine makers experience nothing to lose by marketing their empirical COVID-19 shots, even if they cause serious injury and death, as they enjoy full indemnity against injuries occurring from COVID-19 vaccines or any strange pandemic vaccine below the Public Readiness and Pinch Preparedness (PREP) Act, passed in the U.S. in 2005.

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

"These agreements are private, but luckily one country did not protect the contract papers well enough, so I managed to get a hold of a copy. As you are about to see, there is a good reason why Pfizer was fighting to pelt the inside information of these contracts."

An brassbound agreement, all on Pfizer's terms

The supposed indemnification understanding, reportedly between Pfizer and Albania, was originally posted in snippets on Chitter, but Twitter now has them noticeable as "unavailable." Copies of the tweets are available along Treadreader, however.

The Albania agreement appears very similar to another contract, published online, between Pfizer and the Dominican Republic. Information technology covers not only COVID-19 vaccines, but whatever product that enhances the use operating room personal effects of so much vaccines. Countries that purchase Pfizer's COVID-19 shot must acknowledge that "Pfizer's efforts to modernise and manufacture the Product" are "subject to epochal risks and uncertainties."

And in the event that a drug or otherwise treatment comes out that dismiss prevent, treat or curative COVID-19, the agreement stands, and the country mustiness follow through with their order. Ivermectin , e.g., is not only safe, inexpensive and widely accessible but has been base to reduce COVID-19 mort ality away 81% . Yet, it continues to be ignored in favor of more expensive, and fewer effective, treatments and mass experimental vaccination. Ehden wrote:

"If you were wondering why #Ivermectin was suppressed, comfortably, IT is because the agreement that countries had with Pfizer does not allow them to safety valve their cut, which states that straight-grained if a drug will be found to deal COVID19 the shrink cannot be voided."

Even if Pfizer fails to birth vaccine doses inside their estimated delivery period, the purchaser may not cancel the put. Encourage, Pfizer can make believe adjustments to the number of contracted doses and their bringing schedule, "based on principles to exist compulsive by Pfizer," and the country buying the vaccines must "check to any revision."

It doesn't substance if the vaccines are delivered badly previous, even at a breaker point when they're no longer needed, As it's ready-made clear that

"Under no circumstances bequeath Pfizer exist case to or liable for whatever late delivery penalties." As you might distrust, the contract also "forbids returns subordinate any portion."

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

Patc COVID-19 vaccines are "free" to receive in the U.S., they'rhenium beingness paid for by taxpayer dollars at a rate of $19.5011 per dose. Albania, the leaked contract disclosed, paid $12 per dose, while the EU paid $14.70 per shot. While charging antithetical prices to different purchases is common in the do drugs diligence, it's often frowned upon.

In the case of the Mary Leontyne Pric disparity 'tween the U.S. and the European Economic Community, Pfizer is same to have given a price bankrupt to the EU because it financially supported the development of their COVID-19 vaccinum. Unruffled, Ehden noted, "U.S. taxpayers got screwed by Pfizer, believably also Israel." Likewise, Pfizer makes a stage to note that countries have no right to withhold payment to the company for some reason.

Seemingly, this includes in the case of receiving damaged goods. Purchasers of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccines are non entitled to reject them "based on Service complaints," unless they DO not conform to specifications operating room the FDA's Current Good Manufacturing Practice regulations. And, Ehden adds, "This accord is above any local natural law of the state."

While the emptor has almost No means of canceling the contract, Pfizer can stop the agreement in the effect of a "worldly break" of whatever terminus in their contract.

Safety and efficacy 'non currently known'

The buyer of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccinum must also acknowledge two facts that have got largely been brushed under the rug: Some their efficaciousness and risks are unknown. According to section 5.5 of the narrow down:

"Purchaser acknowledges that the Vaccine and materials related to the Vaccine, and their components and constituent materials are beingness rapidly developed due to the hand brake lot of the COVID-19 pandemic and will continue to be studied after provision of the Vaccine to Purchaser subordinate this Correspondence.

"Purchaser further acknowledges that the long-full term effects and efficacy of the Vaccine are not presently known and that there may be inauspicious 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:

"Emptor hereby agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Pfizer, BioNTech, each of their Affiliates, contractors, sub-contractors, licensors, licensees, poor boy-licensees, distributors, contract manufacturers, services providers, objective trial researchers, third parties to whom Pfizer or BioNTech operating theater any of their respective Affiliates may directly surgery indirectly owe an indemnity based on the explore ...
"from and against any and totally suits, claims, actions, demands, losses, damages, liabilities, settlements, penalties, fines, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees and new expenses of an probe or litigation ... arising out of, relating to, or resulting from the Vaccine ..."

In the meantime, the purchaser mustiness also keep the terms of the sign on confidential for a period of 10 years.

Not only does Pfizer have total indemnification, just on that point's besides a section in the contract titled, "Assumption of Defense by Buyer," which states that in the event Pfizer suffers losses for which it is quest indemnification, the buyer

"shall quickly assume conduct and ascendency of the denial of such Indemnified Claims on behalf of the Indemnitee with counsel acceptable to Indemnitee(s), whether or not the Indemnified Title is rightfully brought."

Ehden notes:

"Pfizer is qualification sure the country will pay for everything: 'Costs and expenses, including ... fees and disbursements of counsel, incurred by the Indemnitee(s) in connection with any Indemnified Claim shall be reimbursed connected a period basis by Purchaser.'"

Buried in the Abut 17, 2020, Union Register — the daily diary of the U.S. governance — in a text file titled, "Resolution Under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Bi for Medical Countermeasures Against COVID-19," is language that establishes a new COVID-19 vaccinum court — similar to the Union vaccinum court that already exists.

In the U.S., vaccine makers already enjoy full indemnity against injuries occurring from this or some other pandemic vaccine under the PREP Act. If you're injured by a COVID vaccine (or a select mathematical group of else vaccines designated under the act), you'd accept to file away a compensation arrogate with the Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program (CICP), which is funded by U.S. taxpayers via Law-makers appropriation to the Health and Human Services (DHHS).

Patc mistakable to the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (NVICP), which applies to nonpandemic vaccines, the CICP is even inferior benevolent when IT comes to compensation. As reported aside Dr. Meryl Nass, the maximum payout you can receive — even in cases of permanent disability operating theater end — is $250,000 per person; however, you'd hold to exhaust your private insurance policy before the CICP gives you a dime bag.

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

Pfizer accused of abuse of power

As is ostensible in Pfizer's confidential contract with Albania, the dose giant wants governments to warranty the company will cost compensated for some expenses resulting from hurt lawsuits against IT. Pfizer has also demanded that countries put up sovereign assets , including swear reserves, military bases and embassy buildings, as confirming for expected vaccine accidental injury lawsuits resulting from its COVID-19 inoculation.

New Delhi-based World Is Indefinite News (WION) rumored in Feb 2022 that Brazil rejected Pfizer's demands, calling them "abusive." The demands included that Federative Republic of Brazil:

  1. "Waives sovereignty of its assets abroad in favor of of Pfizer."
  2. Not apply its domestic laws to the company.
  3. Not penalize Pfizer for vaccine delivery delays.
  4. Exempt Pfizer from every civic indebtedness for side effects.

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

"[Pfizer] is trying to eke down as much profit and minimize its risk at all juncture with this vaccinum development then this vaccine rollout. Now, the vaccine development has been heavily subsidized already. So there's very token endangerment for the manufacturer involved on that point."

Signs of COVID vaccine failure, adverse effects rise

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

Meanwhile, COVID-19 "breakthrough cases," which wont to glucinium known as vaccine failures, are happening the rise. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Ascendence and Prevention (CDC), as of July 19, 5,914 people who had been fully vaccinated for COVID-19 were hospitalized or died from COVID-19.

In the U.K., As of July 15, 87.5% of the adult population had acceptable one dose of COVID-19 vaccinum and 67.1% had received two. Yet, symptomatic cases among partially and fully vaccinated are on the climb up , with an average of 15,537 new infections a day being perceived, a 40% increase from the calendar week before.

In a July 19 report from the CDC, the agency also according that the Vaccinum Adverse Event Reporting System of rules (VAERS) had acceptable 12,313 reports of death among people WHO received a COVID-19 vaccine — more than doubling from the 6,079 reports of death from the week before.

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

Many other untoward events are also 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 fervour ). As you hindquarters go out in the confidential indemnification agreements, however, even if the vaccinum turns out to be a dismal failure — and a put on the line to short- and long-terminus wellness — countries have no recourse, nor does anyone who received the experimental shots.

One inquiry that we should all be asking is this: If the COVID-19 vaccines are, in fact, Eastern Samoa safe and effective as the manufacturers claim, wherefore do they require this level of indemnification?

The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not needs contemplate the views of Children's Health Defense.