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Vaccine makers accept nothing to lose past marketing their experimental COVID-19 shots, even if they cause serious injury and expiry, as they enjoy full indemnity confronting injuries occurring from COVID-19 vaccines or any other pandemic vaccine nether the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Human action, passed in the U.South. in 2005.

The full extent of their COVID-nineteen vaccine indemnification agreements with countries, however, is a closely guarded clandestine, 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-nineteen vaccine agreements. He wrote:

"These agreements are confidential, just luckily one land did non protect the contract document well enough, and so I managed to get a agree of a copy. As y'all are about to run into, there is a skillful 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 betwixt Pfizer and Albania, was originally posted in snippets on Twitter, but Twitter now has them marked every bit "unavailable." Copies of the tweets are available on Treadreader, however.

The Albania agreement appears very like to another contract, published online, between Pfizer and the Dominican Republic. It covers not only COVID-19 vaccines, but whatsoever product that enhances the apply or effects of such vaccines. Countries that purchase Pfizer's COVID-19 shot must acknowledge that "Pfizer's efforts to develop and industry the Product" are "discipline to significant risks and uncertainties."

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

"If you lot were wondering why #Ivermectin was suppressed, well, it is considering the understanding that countries had with Pfizer does not let them to escape their contract, which states that even if a drug will be institute to treat COVID19 the contract cannot be voided."

Even if Pfizer fails to evangelize vaccine doses inside their estimated commitment period, the purchaser may non cancel the club. Further, Pfizer tin 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."

It doesn't matter if the vaccines are delivered severely tardily, fifty-fifty at a signal when they're no longer needed, as it's fabricated clear that

"Under no circumstances volition Pfizer be subject field to or liable for any late delivery penalties." As you might suspect, the contract also "forbids returns nether whatsoever circumstances."

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

While COVID-nineteen vaccines are "free" to receive in the U.Due south., they're existence paid for by taxpayer dollars at a rate of $19.5011 per dose. Republic of albania, the leaked contract revealed, paid $12 per dose, while the European union paid $14.lxx per shot. While charging different prices to different purchases is common in the drug industry, it's often frowned upon.

In the case of the cost disparity between the U.Southward. and the EU, Pfizer is said to accept given a price interruption to the European union considering it financially supported the development of their COVID-19 vaccine. All the same, Ehden noted, "U.S. taxpayers got screwed past Pfizer, probably also State of israel." Besides, Pfizer makes a bespeak to note that countries take no right to withhold payment to the visitor for any reason.

Obviously, this includes in the case of receiving damaged appurtenances. Purchasers of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccines are not entitled to reject them "based on service complaints," unless they practice not conform to specifications or the FDA's Electric current Skillful Manufacturing Exercise regulations. And, Ehden adds, "This agreement is above any local law of the state."

While the purchaser has virtually no way of canceling the contract, Pfizer can terminate the agreement in the event of a "textile alienation" of any term in their contract.

Safety and efficacy 'not currently known'

The purchaser of Pfizer'southward COVID-xix vaccine must also acknowledge two facts that have largely been brushed nether 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 beingness apace developed due to the emergency circumstances of the COVID-nineteen pandemic and volition go along to be studied after 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 at that place may be adverse effects of the Vaccine that are not currently known."

Indemnification past the purchaser is also 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, 3rd parties to whom Pfizer or BioNTech or any of their respective Affiliates may directly or indirectly owe an indemnity based on the enquiry ...
"from and against whatever 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 proceed the terms of the contract confidential for a menstruation of 10 years.

Not only does Pfizer have total indemnification, but in that location's too a section in the contract titled, "Supposition of Defence by Purchaser," which states that in the event Pfizer suffers losses for which information technology is seeking indemnification, the purchaser

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

Ehden notes:

"Pfizer is making sure the country volition pay for everything: 'Costs and expenses, including ... fees and disbursements of counsel, incurred by the Indemnitee(s) in connectedness with whatsoever Indemnified Claim shall be reimbursed on a quarterly basis past Purchaser.'"

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

In the U.Southward., vaccine makers already enjoy full indemnity against injuries occurring from this or whatever other pandemic vaccine under the PREP Act. If you're injured by a COVID vaccine (or a select group of other vaccines designated under the act), you'd take to file a compensation merits with the Countermeasures Injury Compensation Programme (CICP), which is funded by U.S. taxpayers via Congressional appropriation 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 it comes to bounty. As reported by Dr. Meryl Nass, the maximum payout you can receive — even in cases of permanent inability or expiry — is $250,000 per person; however, you'd have to exhaust your private insurance policy before the CICP gives you a dime.

The CICP too has a i-year statute of limitations, so you have to human activity rapidly, which is also difficult since it'due south unknown if long-term effects could occur more a year afterward.

Pfizer accused of abuse of power

As is apparent in Pfizer'due south confidential contract with Albania, the drug giant wants governments to guarantee the company will be compensated for whatever expenses resulting from injury lawsuits against it. Pfizer has likewise demanded that countries put up sovereign assets , including bank reserves, military bases and embassy buildings, every bit collateral for expected vaccine injury lawsuits resulting from its COVID-19 inoculation.

New Delhi-based World Is I News (WION) reported in February 2021 that Brazil rejected Pfizer's demands, calling them "calumniating." The demands included that Brazil:

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

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

"[Pfizer] is trying to eke out every bit much turn a profit and minimize its hazard at every juncture with this vaccine development so this vaccine rollout. Now, the vaccine development has been heavily subsidized already. And then in that location'south very minimal chance for the manufacturer involved there."

Signs of COVID vaccine failure, adverse effects ascent

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 authorities for xl million doses .

Meanwhile, COVID-19 "breakthrough cases," which used to be called vaccine failures, are on the ascent. According to the U.S. Centers for Affliction Command and Prevention (CDC), every bit of July xix, 5,914 people who had been fully vaccinated for COVID-19 were hospitalized or died from COVID-19.

In the U.1000., equally of July fifteen, 87.5% of the developed population had received one dose of COVID-xix vaccine and 67.1% had received two. Notwithstanding, symptomatic cases amongst partially and fully vaccinated are on the rise , with an average of fifteen,537 new infections a mean solar day existence detected, a xl% increase from the week before.

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

Soon after the report, nevertheless, 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 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 ( centre 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 curt- and long-term health — countries accept 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 prophylactic and effective as the manufacturers claim, why practice they require this level of indemnification?

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