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In the US it's not possible to sue for damages caused by vaccines. I'm sure the courts will find a way to make it work. The concern seems to be that stifling va

In the US it's not possible to sue for damages caused by vaccines. I'm sure the courts will find a way to make it work. The concern seems to be that stifling vaccine development for the benefit of a few just isn't worth the risk of future plagues.

CyberRabbi 6y ago
What do you mean by the “benefit of a few”? How does anyone benefit from stifling vaccine development?
- LgWoodenBadger 6y ago
  "benefit of a few" meaning "allow those few that were adversely affected to sue for damages" which would have the follow-on effect of hampering vaccine development
  - CyberRabbi 6y ago
    How can a vaccine have an adverse effect? Vaccines are safe
    - mikeyouse 6y ago
      Vaccines are like 99.999% safe.. but we do give them to more than 100k people per year, so some people do suffer some unfortunate side effects including and up to seizures and brain damage. We've decided as a society that the benefits of widespread vaccination outweigh the legal rights of those harmed by their administration, so we've legislated away the ability to sue vaccine manufacturers for good-faith efforts at developing and administering vaccines. I will gladly line up for the Covid vaccine and I'll definitely be vaccinating my children, but there is a remote risk of harm.
      - CyberRabbi 6y ago
        If the possibility of “unfortunate side-effects” is so low then why remove the ability for legal recourse?
        MacsHeadroom 6y ago
        Because capitalism privatizes profits and socializes costs whenever possible. The National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 is the relevant law. The USSC upheld it 6-2 in a 2010 case.
    - LgWoodenBadger 6y ago
      All vaccines in the US come with informational sheets that warn of possible dangers. The one I remember is Guillain Barre syndrome. The risks are low, and the benefits of the vaccine vastly outweigh them.
Noos 6y ago
We already have something I think, the National vaccine Injury Compensation program https://www.hrsa.gov/vaccine-compensation/index.html https://www.hrsa.gov/vaccine-compensation/index.html Essentially the government runs the trial.

CyberRabbi 6y ago

What do you mean by the “benefit of a few”? How does anyone benefit from stifling vaccine development?

LgWoodenBadger 6y ago
"benefit of a few" meaning "allow those few that were adversely affected to sue for damages" which would have the follow-on effect of hampering vaccine development
- CyberRabbi 6y ago
  How can a vaccine have an adverse effect? Vaccines are safe
  - mikeyouse 6y ago
    Vaccines are like 99.999% safe.. but we do give them to more than 100k people per year, so some people do suffer some unfortunate side effects including and up to seizures and brain damage. We've decided as a society that the benefits of widespread vaccination outweigh the legal rights of those harmed by their administration, so we've legislated away the ability to sue vaccine manufacturers for good-faith efforts at developing and administering vaccines. I will gladly line up for the Covid vaccine and I'll definitely be vaccinating my children, but there is a remote risk of harm.
    - CyberRabbi 6y ago
      If the possibility of “unfortunate side-effects” is so low then why remove the ability for legal recourse?
      - MacsHeadroom 6y ago
        Because capitalism privatizes profits and socializes costs whenever possible. The National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 is the relevant law. The USSC upheld it 6-2 in a 2010 case.
  - LgWoodenBadger 6y ago
    All vaccines in the US come with informational sheets that warn of possible dangers. The one I remember is Guillain Barre syndrome. The risks are low, and the benefits of the vaccine vastly outweigh them.

Noos 6y ago

We already have something I think, the National vaccine Injury Compensation program https://www.hrsa.gov/vaccine-compensation/index.html https://www.hrsa.gov/vaccine-compensation/index.html Essentially the government runs the trial.