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Vaccine makers have zip to lose by marketing their experimental COVID-xix 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 nether the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act, passed in the U.Due south. 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 cleaved down by Twitter user Ehden reveals the shocking terms of Pfizer's international COVID-xix vaccine agreements. He wrote:

"These agreements are confidential, simply luckily 1 land did not protect the contract certificate well enough, so I managed to get a concur of a copy. As yous are about 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 betwixt 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, nonetheless.

The Republic of albania agreement appears very similar to another contract, published online, between Pfizer and the Dominican Democracy. It covers not only COVID-19 vaccines, only any product that enhances the use or effects of such vaccines. Countries that purchase Pfizer's COVID-19 shot must acknowledge that "Pfizer'south efforts to develop and manufacture the Product" are "field of study 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 understanding stands, and the land must follow through with their guild. Ivermectin , for instance, is not just safe, inexpensive and widely available but has been constitute to reduce COVID-xix mort ality by 81% . Yet, it continues to be ignored in favor of more than expensive, and less effective, treatments and mass experimental vaccination. Ehden wrote:

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

Even if Pfizer fails to deliver vaccine doses within their estimated commitment period, the purchaser may not cancel the order. Further, Pfizer can make adjustments to the number of contracted doses and their delivery schedule, "based on principles to be determined past Pfizer," and the land buying the vaccines must "agree to any revision."

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

"Nether no circumstances will Pfizer be subject to or liable for whatever late delivery penalties." As you might suspect, the contract also "forbids returns nether any circumstances."

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

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

In the case of the price disparity betwixt the U.Due south. and the Eu, Pfizer is said to accept given a price break to the Eu because it financially supported the evolution of their COVID-nineteen vaccine. Nonetheless, Ehden noted, "U.S. taxpayers got screwed by Pfizer, probably too Israel." Too, 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 case of receiving damaged appurtenances. Purchasers of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccines are not entitled to pass up 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 above any local law of the state."

While the purchaser has well-nigh no way of canceling the contract, Pfizer can cease the agreement in the result of a "material breach" of any term in their contract.

Safe and efficacy 'non currently known'

The purchaser of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine must besides acknowledge ii facts that take largely been brushed nether the carpet: Both their efficacy and risks are unknown. According to department 5.5 of the contract:

"Purchaser acknowledges that the Vaccine and materials related to the Vaccine, and their components and constituent materials are beingness rapidly adult due to the emergency circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic and volition keep to exist studied afterward provision of the Vaccine to Purchaser nether this Agreement.

"Purchaser further acknowledges that the long-term furnishings and efficacy of the Vaccine are not currently known and that in that location may exist 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 8.1:

"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, tertiary parties to whom Pfizer or BioNTech or whatever 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, 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 likewise keep the terms of the contract confidential for a catamenia of 10 years.

Non only does Pfizer accept total indemnification, just there'southward besides a section in the contract titled, "Assumption of Defense past Purchaser," which states that in the outcome 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(due south), whether or non 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(s) in connectedness with any Indemnified Merits shall exist reimbursed on a quarterly basis past Purchaser.'"

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

In the U.S., vaccine makers already relish full indemnity against injuries occurring from this or whatever other pandemic vaccine under the PREP Human activity. If you're injured past a COVID vaccine (or a select group of other vaccines designated under the human activity), you'd take to file a bounty merits with the Countermeasures Injury Bounty Program (CICP), which is funded by U.S. taxpayers via Congressional appropriation 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. Equally reported by Dr. Meryl Nass, the maximum payout you tin receive — fifty-fifty in cases of permanent disability or death — is $250,000 per person; withal, you'd accept to frazzle your private insurance policy before the CICP gives you a dime.

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

Pfizer accused of abuse of power

As is apparent in Pfizer's confidential contract with Republic of albania, the drug behemothic wants governments to guarantee the company will be compensated for whatsoever expenses resulting from injury lawsuits confronting information technology. Pfizer has likewise demanded that countries put up sovereign avails , including bank reserves, armed services bases and embassy buildings, as collateral for expected vaccine injury lawsuits resulting from its COVID-19 inoculation.

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

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

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 police force at Keele University in England, told STAT:

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

Signs of COVID vaccine failure, adverse furnishings rise

Pfizer continues to sign lucrative secret vaccine deals beyond the earth. In June 2021, they signed one of their biggest contracts to date — with the Philippine government for forty meg doses .

Meanwhile, COVID-19 "quantum 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.M., as of July 15, 87.five% of the adult population had received one dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 67.1% had received two. Even so, symptomatic cases among partially and fully vaccinated are on the rise , with an average of 15,537 new infections a day beingness detected, a forty% increase from the week earlier.

In a July 19 study from the CDC, the bureau as well reported that the Vaccine Agin Event Reporting System (VAERS) had received 12,313 reports of expiry among people who received a COVID-19 vaccine — more than doubling from the 6,079 reports of expiry from the week before.

Soon later on 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 protein used in the vaccine to blood clots, reproductive toxicity and myocarditis ( heart inflammation ). As you lot tin encounter in the confidential indemnification agreements, however, even if the vaccine turns out to be a dismal failure — and a risk to short- and long-term health — countries have no recourse, nor does anyone who received the experimental shots.

I question that nosotros should all be asking is this: If the COVID-19 vaccines are, in fact, as safe and effective every bit the manufacturers claim, why practise 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's Wellness Defense.