‘Free pass’: Congress looks to remove liability exemptions protecting vaccine makers
Americans injured by shots now forced to seek help from program that bills taxpayers
Vaccine manufacturers can make, market and sell their products in America without any fear of a side effect that would harm someone.
They have no liability for damages or injuries from their products since the creation in the 1980s of the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act.
That forces American taxpayers to pay individuals for those injuries, through the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.
But now that exemption could be coming to a close.
Patriot.TV reports U.S. Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., has introduced legislation that would repeal the legal protections that now shield vaccine makers from lawsuits.
It would allow injured people to sue the makers directly in state and federal courts.
“The bill arrives amid heightened concerns over vaccine safety, particularly regarding COVID-19 shots, and seeks to bypass the underperforming Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program (CICP), which has approved only 39 out of nearly 14,000 COVID-related claims,” the report explained.
There already are 28 cosponsors.
A report from Natural News explained Gosar’s HR 4668 is a derivative of an earlier plan by Gosar, who has stated, “Big Pharma should not be given a free pass for injuries caused by their dangerous vaccines.”
The report noted since it was created, the VICP has paid about $5 billion to 25,000 claimants.
But Gosar said the system is “stacked” against those submitting claimants.
The report noted the debate was reinvigorated just days ago when, during a Senate hearing on vaccine injuries, when pro-vaccine lawmaker Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., admitted reform is needed.
“The government has decided that this particular industry gets a free pass,” admitted U.S. Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio.
Gosar argued, to those who say liability would suppress research and innovation. that the move simply would incentivize transparency and safety.
