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Vaccine makers accept nothing to lose past marketing their experimental COVID-19 shots, even if they crusade serious injury and death, as they enjoy total indemnity against injuries occurring from COVID-19 vaccines or whatsoever other pandemic vaccine under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Human action, 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 now. A leaked document broken downwards by Twitter user Ehden reveals the shocking terms of Pfizer's international COVID-19 vaccine agreements. He wrote:

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

An ironclad agreement, all on Pfizer'south terms

The declared 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, all the same.

The Republic of albania agreement appears very similar to another contract, published online, between Pfizer and the Dominican Republic. It covers non only COVID-19 vaccines, but any product that enhances the use or effects of such vaccines. Countries that purchase Pfizer's COVID-19 shot must acknowledge that "Pfizer'southward efforts to develop and manufacture the Production" are "discipline to significant risks and uncertainties."

And in the consequence that a drug or other treatment comes out that tin can prevent, treat or cure COVID-19, the understanding stands, and the country must follow through with their order. Ivermectin , for instance, is not just safe, inexpensive and widely available but has been found to reduce COVID-nineteen mort ality by 81% . However, 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 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 establish to care for COVID19 the contract cannot be voided."

Even if Pfizer fails to deliver vaccine doses within their estimated delivery menstruation, the purchaser may not cancel the lodge. Further, Pfizer can make adjustments to the number of contracted doses and their delivery schedule, "based on principles to be adamant by Pfizer," and the country ownership the vaccines must "agree to any revision."

Information technology doesn't affair if the vaccines are delivered severely tardily, fifty-fifty at a betoken when they're no longer needed, as information technology'south fabricated clear that

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

The big underground: Pfizer charged U.S. More Other Countries

While COVID-19 vaccines are "free" to receive in the U.Southward., 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 EU paid $fourteen.70 per shot. While charging unlike prices to unlike purchases is common in the drug industry, it's often frowned upon.

In the case of the price disparity betwixt the U.Southward. and the EU, Pfizer is said to accept given a cost break to the European union because information technology financially supported the development of their COVID-nineteen vaccine. Still, Ehden noted, "U.Southward. taxpayers got screwed by Pfizer, probably likewise Israel." Too, Pfizer makes a point to note that countries have no right to withhold payment to the company for any reason.

Plain, this includes in the instance of receiving damaged goods. Purchasers of Pfizer's COVID-xix vaccines are not entitled to turn down them "based on service complaints," unless they do not conform to specifications or the FDA'southward Current Skilful Manufacturing Practice regulations. And, Ehden adds, "This agreement is in a higher place any local police of the state."

While the purchaser has virtually no way of canceling the contract, Pfizer can end the understanding in the consequence of a "material breach" of whatsoever term in their contract.

Safety and efficacy 'not currently known'

The purchaser of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine must also acknowledge ii facts that accept largely been brushed under the carpeting: 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 existence apace adult due to the emergency circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic and will proceed to be studied after 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 at that place may be adverse effects of the Vaccine that are not currently known."

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

"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 any of their respective Affiliates may directly or indirectly owe an indemnity based on the research ...
"from and against any 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 period of 10 years.

Non only does Pfizer have total indemnification, only there's besides a section in the contract titled, "Assumption of Defence by Purchaser," which states that in the event 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 country will pay for everything: 'Costs and expenses, including ... fees and disbursements of counsel, incurred by the Indemnitee(south) in connection with any Indemnified Merits shall be reimbursed on a quarterly footing past Purchaser.'"

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

In the U.Due south., vaccine makers already relish full indemnity against injuries occurring from this or any other pandemic vaccine under the PREP Deed. If yous're injured by a COVID vaccine (or a select group of other vaccines designated under the act), you'd have to file a bounty claim with the Countermeasures Injury Compensation Programme (CICP), which is funded by U.S. taxpayers via Congressional cribbing to the Section 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 information technology comes to compensation. As reported by Dr. Meryl Nass, the maximum payout yous tin can receive — even in cases of permanent disability or death — is $250,000 per person; however, you'd have to exhaust your private insurance policy earlier the CICP gives yous a dime.

The CICP also has a i-year statute of limitations, and then you accept to act chop-chop, which is likewise difficult since it's unknown if long-term effects could occur more a twelvemonth subsequently.

Pfizer defendant of abuse of power

Every bit is apparent in Pfizer'south confidential contract with Albania, the drug giant wants governments to guarantee the company will exist compensated for any expenses resulting from injury lawsuits against it. Pfizer has also demanded that countries put up sovereign assets , including bank reserves, military bases and diplomatic mission 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 avails abroad in favor of Pfizer."
  2. Non apply its domestic laws to the company.
  3. Not penalize Pfizer for vaccine commitment delays.
  4. Exempt Pfizer from all ceremonious liability for side effects.

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

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

Signs of COVID vaccine failure, agin furnishings rise

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

Meanwhile, COVID-19 "breakthrough cases," which used to be called vaccine failures, are on the rising. Co-ordinate to the U.S. Centers for Illness Control and Prevention (CDC), every bit of July 19, five,914 people who had been fully vaccinated for COVID-19 were hospitalized or died from COVID-19.

In the U.1000., as of July fifteen, 87.5% of the adult population had received one dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 67.1% had received two. 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 twoscore% increase from the week before.

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

Soon later the report, however, they reverted the number to the vi,079 from the calendar week earlier, indicating by default that no deaths from the vaccine had occurred that week, raising serious questions nearly transparency and vaccine prophylactic.

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

One question that we should all be asking is this: If the COVID-xix vaccines are, in fact, as condom 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 non necessarily reflect the views of Children's Health Defense.