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Originally Posted by Baz
OK thanks, guys.
Doesn't seem fair to me, but what do I know?
Maybe this is SOP.
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A quick history.
Back in the olden days, 70's and 80's, the vaccine manufacturers were being buried in lawsuits over side effects. We know that any vaccine can have it's own series of problems, from minor to serious, though the risk of the vaccines were much smaller then the risk from the disease.
The drug manufacturers said screw it. Isnt worth our effort to develop, test, and distribute the vaccines and then fight multiple lawsuits so they slowed development. It was either that or expect far higher vaccine costs to cover the explosion in lawsuits. The government stepped in and passed the law limiting liability over those side effects to keep the drug manufacturers in vaccine development. The government also put together the payout systems. Though their effectiveness is questionable, at best.
The covid vaccine, currently under an EUA, was given the same vaccine protection under the PREP Act as the fully authorized vaccines.