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Vaccine makers have nothing to lose by marketing their experimental COVID-xix shots, fifty-fifty if they cause serious injury and decease, equally they enjoy full indemnity confronting injuries occurring from COVID-nineteen vaccines or any other pandemic vaccine under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act, passed in the U.S. in 2005.

The full extent of their COVID-19 vaccine indemnification agreements with countries, however, is a closely guarded hugger-mugger, one that has remained highly confidential — until at present. A leaked document cleaved down by Twitter user Ehden reveals the shocking terms of Pfizer'south international COVID-19 vaccine agreements. He wrote:

"These agreements are confidential, only luckily one land did not protect the contract document well plenty, so I managed to become a hold of a copy. Equally you are about to see, there is a good reason why Pfizer was fighting to hide the details of these contracts."

An ironclad agreement, all on Pfizer's terms

The alleged indemnification understanding, reportedly between Pfizer and Republic of albania, was originally posted in snippets on Twitter, only Twitter now has them marked as "unavailable." Copies of the tweets are bachelor on Treadreader, yet.

The Republic of albania agreement appears very like to some other contract, published online, between Pfizer and the Dominican Republic. It covers not only COVID-19 vaccines, merely any product that enhances the employ or effects of such vaccines. Countries that buy Pfizer's COVID-19 shot must admit that "Pfizer'southward efforts to develop and manufacture the Production" are "subject to significant risks and uncertainties."

And in the event that a drug or other treatment comes out that tin prevent, treat or cure COVID-19, the agreement stands, and the country must follow through with their order. Ivermectin , for example, is not simply safe, inexpensive and widely available but has been establish to reduce COVID-19 mort ality past 81% . Nevertheless, it continues to be ignored in favor of more expensive, and less effective, treatments and mass experimental vaccination. Ehden wrote:

"If yous were wondering why #Ivermectin was suppressed, well, information technology is because the agreement that countries had with Pfizer does non let them to escape their contract, which states that fifty-fifty if a drug will be found to care for COVID19 the contract cannot be voided."

Even if Pfizer fails to evangelize vaccine doses inside their estimated delivery period, the purchaser may non cancel the gild. Further, Pfizer tin can brand adjustments to the number of contracted doses and their delivery schedule, "based on principles to exist determined past Pfizer," and the state buying the vaccines must "concord to any revision."

Information technology doesn't affair if the vaccines are delivered severely late, even at a point when they're no longer needed, as it'southward made articulate that

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

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

While COVID-xix vaccines are "complimentary" to receive in the U.S., 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 $14.70 per shot. While charging different prices to different purchases is common in the drug industry, it's often frowned upon.

In the example of the price disparity between the U.South. and the European union, Pfizer is said to accept given a price break to the EU because it financially supported the evolution of their COVID-nineteen vaccine. However, Ehden noted, "U.S. taxpayers got screwed by Pfizer, probably too State of israel." Also, Pfizer makes a signal 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-19 vaccines are not entitled to reject them "based on service complaints," unless they do not adapt to specifications or the FDA's Current Good Manufacturing Practise regulations. And, Ehden adds, "This agreement is above whatsoever local law of the state."

While the purchaser has nearly no mode of canceling the contract, Pfizer can cease the agreement in the result of a "fabric breach" of any term in their contract.

Safety and efficacy 'not currently known'

The purchaser of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine must also acknowledge two facts that have largely been brushed under the carpet: Both their efficacy and risks are unknown. According to section 5.v of the contract:

"Purchaser acknowledges that the Vaccine and materials related to the Vaccine, and their components and constituent materials are being apace adult due to the emergency circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic and will continue to be studied afterward provision of the Vaccine to Purchaser under this Agreement.

"Purchaser further acknowledges that the long-term furnishings and efficacy of the Vaccine are not currently known and that there may be agin effects of the Vaccine that are non currently known."

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

"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 whatsoever of their respective Affiliates may directly or indirectly owe an indemnity based on the research ...
"from and confronting 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 continue the terms of the contract confidential for a period of 10 years.

Non only does Pfizer have total indemnification, simply at that place's also a section in the contract titled, "Supposition of Defense by Purchaser," which states that in the event Pfizer suffers losses for which it is seeking indemnification, the purchaser

"shall promptly presume acquit and command of the defence of such Indemnified Claims on behalf of the Indemnitee with counsel acceptable to Indemnitee(due south), whether or non the Indemnified Claim is rightfully brought."

Ehden notes:

"Pfizer is making sure the land will pay for everything: 'Costs and expenses, including ... fees and disbursements of counsel, incurred past the Indemnitee(s) in connexion with whatever Indemnified Merits shall exist reimbursed on a quarterly ground by Purchaser.'"

Cached in the March 17, 2020, Federal Register — the daily journal of the U.S. government — 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-xix 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 whatsoever other pandemic vaccine under the PREP Act. If y'all're injured by a COVID vaccine (or a select group of other vaccines designated under the act), you'd take to file a compensation claim with the Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program (CICP), which is funded by U.South. taxpayers via Congressional cribbing 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. As reported by Dr. Meryl Nass, the maximum payout you tin can receive — even in cases of permanent disability or death — 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 likewise has a ane-year statute of limitations, so you take to act quickly, which is as well difficult since it'southward unknown if long-term effects could occur more than a year later on.

Pfizer accused of abuse of ability

As is apparent in Pfizer'southward confidential contract with Republic of 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 embassy buildings, equally 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 civil liability for side furnishings.

STAT News also referred to concerns past 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 as much turn a profit and minimize its hazard at every juncture with this vaccine development then this vaccine rollout. Now, the vaccine development has been heavily subsidized already. So there's very minimal chance for the manufacturer involved there."

Signs of COVID vaccine failure, adverse effects rise

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

Meanwhile, COVID-19 "breakthrough cases," which used to be chosen vaccine failures, are on the rise. According to the U.South. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), equally of July nineteen, 5,914 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 developed population had received i dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 67.1% had received two. However, symptomatic cases amid partially and fully vaccinated are on the rising , with an boilerplate of fifteen,537 new infections a day being detected, a twoscore% increase from the calendar week earlier.

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

Before long 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 calendar week, raising serious questions about transparency and vaccine safety.

Many other adverse events are also appearing, ranging in risks from the biologically active SARS-CoV-2 spike poly peptide used in the vaccine to blood clots, reproductive toxicity and myocarditis ( heart inflammation ). As you can see in the confidential indemnification agreements, all the same, even if the vaccine turns out to exist a dismal failure — and a gamble to short- and long-term health — countries take no recourse, nor does anyone who received the experimental shots.

One question that we should all be asking is this: If the COVID-19 vaccines are, in fact, equally safe and constructive as the manufacturers merits, why do they require this level of indemnification?

The views and opinions expressed in this commodity are those of the authors and do non necessarily reverberate the views of Children'southward Wellness Defense force.