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Vaccine makers have zip to lose by marketing their experimental COVID-nineteen shots, even if they cause serious injury and death, as they enjoy full indemnity against injuries occurring from COVID-19 vaccines or any other pandemic vaccine under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act, passed in the U.Southward. in 2005.

The full extent of their COVID-xix vaccine indemnification agreements with countries, notwithstanding, is a closely guarded underground, one that has remained highly confidential — until at present. A leaked certificate broken down past Twitter user Ehden reveals the shocking terms of Pfizer's international COVID-19 vaccine agreements. He wrote:

"These agreements are confidential, just luckily one country did not protect the contract certificate well enough, so I managed to get a hold of a re-create. Equally you are well-nigh 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, just 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-19 vaccines, but any product that enhances the use or furnishings of such vaccines. Countries that purchase Pfizer's COVID-19 shot must acknowledge that "Pfizer's 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 prevent, care for or cure COVID-xix, the understanding stands, and the country must follow through with their guild. Ivermectin , for example, is not only prophylactic, cheap and widely available simply has been found to reduce COVID-xix mort ality past 81% . Yet, information technology 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 let them to escape their contract, which states that even if a drug will exist establish to treat COVID19 the contract cannot exist voided."

Fifty-fifty if Pfizer fails to deliver vaccine doses within their estimated commitment period, the purchaser may not cancel the guild. Farther, Pfizer tin make adjustments to the number of contracted doses and their commitment schedule, "based on principles to be determined past Pfizer," and the country buying the vaccines must "agree to any revision."

It doesn't thing if the vaccines are delivered severely late, even at a betoken when they're no longer needed, as information technology'south made clear that

"Under no circumstances will Pfizer be subject to or liable for any late commitment penalties." As y'all might doubtable, the contract likewise "forbids returns under whatsoever circumstances."

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

While COVID-xix vaccines are "free" to receive in the U.S., they're beingness 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 $xiv.lxx per shot. While charging different prices to different purchases is common in the drug industry, it'due south often frowned upon.

In the case of the price disparity betwixt the U.S. and the European union, Pfizer is said to have given a price break to the European union because it financially supported the evolution of their COVID-nineteen vaccine. Still, Ehden noted, "U.S. taxpayers got screwed by Pfizer, probably as well Israel." Likewise, Pfizer makes a point to note that countries have no right to withhold payment to the company for any reason.

Apparently, 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's Electric current Good Manufacturing Practice regulations. And, Ehden adds, "This agreement is above any local law of the state."

While the purchaser has virtually no mode of canceling the contract, Pfizer can cease the agreement in the result of a "material breach" of whatsoever term in their contract.

Safety and efficacy 'not currently known'

The purchaser of Pfizer'due south COVID-19 vaccine must also acknowledge two facts that have largely been brushed under the rug: Both their efficacy and risks are unknown. According to section 5.5 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 continue to be studied later 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 by the purchaser is as well explicitly required by the contract, which states, under section 8.1:

"Purchaser hereby agrees to indemnify, defend and hold 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 respective Affiliates may straight or indirectly owe an indemnity based on the inquiry ...
"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 10 years.

Non but does Pfizer have total indemnification, but there's besides a section in the contract titled, "Supposition of Defense force by Purchaser," which states that in the upshot Pfizer suffers losses for which it is seeking indemnification, the purchaser

"shall promptly presume acquit and control of the defense of such Indemnified Claims on behalf of the Indemnitee with counsel adequate to Indemnitee(s), whether or not the Indemnified Claim is rightfully brought."

Ehden notes:

"Pfizer is making certain the state will pay for everything: 'Costs and expenses, including ... fees and disbursements of counsel, incurred by the Indemnitee(south) in connection with any Indemnified Claim shall be reimbursed on a quarterly ground by Purchaser.'"

Buried in the March 17, 2020, Federal Register — the daily journal of the U.South. government — in a document titled, "Proclamation Under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Human activity for Medical Countermeasures Against COVID-nineteen," is language that establishes a new COVID-xix vaccine courtroom — similar to the federal vaccine courtroom that already exists.

In the U.S., vaccine makers already enjoy full indemnity against injuries occurring from this or any other pandemic vaccine under the PREP Deed. If y'all're injured by a COVID vaccine (or a select grouping of other vaccines designated under the human action), you'd have to file a compensation claim with the Countermeasures Injury Compensation Programme (CICP), which is funded by U.South. taxpayers via Congressional appropriation to the Department of Health and Man Services (DHHS).

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

The CICP also has a one-year statute of limitations, and then y'all have to act quickly, which is also difficult since information technology'southward unknown if long-term furnishings could occur more than a twelvemonth later.

Pfizer defendant of abuse of power

As is apparent in Pfizer'south confidential contract with Republic of albania, the drug behemothic wants governments to guarantee the visitor will be compensated for any expenses resulting from injury lawsuits against it. Pfizer has also demanded that countries put up 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 Feb 2021 that Brazil rejected Pfizer's demands, calling them "calumniating." The demands included that Brazil:

  1. "Waives sovereignty of its avails away 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'due south demands were an abuse of power. Marker Eccleston-Turner, a lecturer in global health constabulary at Keele University in England, told STAT:

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

Signs of COVID vaccine failure, agin effects rising

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

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

In the U.K., as of July fifteen, 87.v% of the adult population had received one dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 67.1% had received two. Yet, symptomatic cases amid partially and fully vaccinated are on the rise , with an average of fifteen,537 new infections a twenty-four hours beingness detected, a xl% increase from the week before.

In a July xix report from the CDC, the agency likewise reported that the Vaccine Adverse Result Reporting Arrangement (VAERS) had received 12,313 reports of decease amongst people who received a COVID-nineteen vaccine — more doubling from the 6,079 reports of death from the week earlier.

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

Many other agin events are also actualization, ranging in risks from the biologically active SARS-CoV-2 spike protein used in the vaccine to blood clots, reproductive toxicity and myocarditis ( heart inflammation ). As you lot can see in the confidential indemnification agreements, however, even if the vaccine turns out to be 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 request is this: If the COVID-19 vaccines are, in fact, as safe 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'due south Health Defense.