Vaccine injuries are mounting in the US, but those affected are quickly finding out that they can’t sue Pfizer or Moderna, and the Biden administration is refusing to help either.
As Reuters reports, over 1,300 COVID vaccine-related injury claims are pending before “an obscure government tribunal,” with all claims expected to be rejected due to the insanely high burden of proof put on claimants.
So far, only two cases have made it through, and in both cases, claimants failed to meet standards for the burden of proof definitively and were denied compensation.
Several lawyers say that the newness of the vaccine and mRNA technology makes it all nearly impossible, as there is “virtually no definitive research on injury causation to cite,” reports Reuters.
This is proving extremely daunting to many, as President Joe Biden is expected to pass an emergency order that will force all companies with over 100 employees to mandate the vaccine. Moreover, the Biden administration is assuring employers that they will not be held accountable for any injuries which occur to their employees but is offering no such assurance to employees so they can sue should they be adversely affected by a vaccine they only took thanks to a mandate that borders on outright coercion.
In late 2020, several lawyers spoke with CNBC, who all noted the extraordinarily odd and precarious situation the federal government has put recipients in by granting vaccine manufacturers like Pfizer and Moderna blanket immunity from severe adverse event claims.
“It is very rare for a blanket immunity law to be passed,” said Rogge Dunn, a Dallas labour and employment attorney. “Pharmaceutical companies typically aren’t offered much liability protection under the law.”
“… The government doesn’t want people suing the companies making the Covid vaccine,” continued Dunn. “Because then, the manufacturers would probably charge the government a higher price per person per dose.”
With vaccine manufacturers given blanket immunity, the only pathway available to the injured would be suing the federal government — more specifically, the FDA for approving the vaccine.
Unfortunately, this is essentially impossible.
“You can’t sue the FDA for approving or disapproving a drug,” said Dorit Reiss, a professor at the University of California Hastings College of Law. “That’s part of its sovereign immunity.”
Even as Biden puts the finishing touches on his vaccine mandate, several lobbyists from industry associations and unions, private individuals, and other groups are scrambling to schedule meetings with federal officials to seek exemptions or delay the process.
Meanwhile, online forums are buzzing with concerned workers strategizing how to legally dodge the jab without losing their job or otherwise preventing the mandate altogether.
Overall, Biden’s mandate will affect roughly 80 million hard working Americans, none of whom will have any legal recourse should they be injured by the experimental mRNA vaccine.
