Letter: Blanket immunity for vaccines should be questioned

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From: Anita Gauck

Columbus

A trillion here, a trillion there. A billion here, a billion there. It’s only taxpayer dollars, right? Free cash for the government to spend any way it sees fit. Shut down “non-essential" businesses while large corporations reap huge profits. Arbitrarily pick winners and losers. All for the greater good!

Ten people entering a small store may spread a disease, but hundreds are safe in the big box stores. Then a “generous” benefactor government will send the unemployed a taxpayer-funded stimulus check to further enrich the big boxes as thousands of small businesses can never recover/reopen. Meanwhile, as the government destroys American entrepreneurship, it’s sending billions of tax dollars to foreign countries.

Recently, the WHO (World Health Organization) announced the first global, "no-fault" vaccine injury compensation program for those who suffer what WHO describes as “rare but serious adverse events” associated with COVID-19 vaccines.

What, aren’t vaccines safe and effective?

And who pays? The U.S. is giving $4 billion to the WHO and GAVI, the global vaccine organization founded and funded primarily by multi-billionaire Bill Gates.

The new COVAX program will include a global compensation program for COVID-19 vaccine injuries. This corresponds to the U.S Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program (CICP). Compensation will come from a levy assessed on the vaccines distributed through COVAX — vaccines that COVAX acquired using money provided by governments, including the U.S.

So, let me get this straight, the levy to create the compensation fund will be on vaccines paid from our tax dollars? Vaccine companies have zero liability while our taxes cover injury costs.

Per the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, The Prep Act of 2020 provides immunity from liability (except for willful misconduct — determined by whom?) for claims that can be summed up as loss resulting from use of countermeasures to diseases, determined to present credible risk, and for entities involved in the development, manufacture, testing, distribution, administration and use of such countermeasures.

So, if death or permanent injury occurs, Americans are on our own? If one experiences physical injury from administration or use of covered countermeasures (treatment/vaccines), the petitioner must provide compelling, reliable, valid, medical and scientific evidence to the CICP; but may not call on testimony from medical experts. Why so many obstacles to justice from injury and harm?

No matter the administration, we should question why corporations/businesses require blanket immunity for safe and effective products.

Nevertheless, Gov. Eric Holcomb just signed Senate Bill 1 (the state’s version of the Prep Act), giving blanket immunity (except for willful misconduct) under the premise of protecting small business.

Is this really cover for corporations since small businesses have already been decimated? Who really benefits? Unfortunately, not "We the People," since our only recourse will be burdensome legal fees to prove willful misconduct.

Question why an executive-declared emergency should eliminate corporate or personal responsibility to provide quality/safe products or services.

Like Monopoly money, both parties play with our tax dollars, strip our due process and define when we can pass “Go." Time to expose this for what it is: totalitarianism.