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I’m pretty sure this is the case in the UK too - Pfizer basically immune from any claims resulting from side effects etc.

pkaye 5y ago
Quite a few countries have used vaccine injury compensation schemes over the years. https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Countries-and-provinces-that-have-introduced-vaccine-injury-compensation-schemes_fig1_51111456 https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Countries-and-provinces-...
pvaldes 5y ago
So they can focus in continue saving millions of lives since December, providing a solution that works in a record short amount of time. It seems a fair deal for society
- darwingr 5y ago
  That's sort of how I explained it to a friend. Manufacturers would not be willing (or allowed) to distribute without the full trials and recognition by the FDA. Where the government, on behalf of the sovereign, decides "no, we NEED it now" the full authority for the risks is declared not by the manufacturer but by the sovereign. Thus, in their great need and power, the sovereign gives them immunity in their actions in writing via the EUA. It's good to be the king...but who laid the crown?
- forcry 5y ago
  >So they can focus in continue saving millions of lives since December Not sure. Are the researchers working on the vaccine are the one handling the claims? I mean, whats this thing about "focusing on saving lives" got to do with being not responsible for the product? >It seems a fair deal for society Only if these companies act in good faith. Knowing what we know about Pharmaceutical companies, It is beyond me why anyone would think they would.. If you said that "we were desperate so we have to take the risk of them possibly behaving bad", then it would have made much more sense.
nodejs_rulez_1 5y ago
If the defendant is not an individual male then UK courts are not interested.

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I’m pretty sure this is the case in the UK too - Pfizer basically immune from any claims resulting from side effects etc.

by tebbers 5y ago

pkaye 5y ago
Quite a few countries have used vaccine injury compensation schemes over the years. https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Countries-and-provinces-that-have-introduced-vaccine-injury-compensation-schemes_fig1_51111456 https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Countries-and-provinces-...
pvaldes 5y ago
So they can focus in continue saving millions of lives since December, providing a solution that works in a record short amount of time. It seems a fair deal for society
- darwingr 5y ago
  That's sort of how I explained it to a friend. Manufacturers would not be willing (or allowed) to distribute without the full trials and recognition by the FDA. Where the government, on behalf of the sovereign, decides "no, we NEED it now" the full authority for the risks is declared not by the manufacturer but by the sovereign. Thus, in their great need and power, the sovereign gives them immunity in their actions in writing via the EUA. It's good to be the king...but who laid the crown?
- forcry 5y ago
  >So they can focus in continue saving millions of lives since December Not sure. Are the researchers working on the vaccine are the one handling the claims? I mean, whats this thing about "focusing on saving lives" got to do with being not responsible for the product? >It seems a fair deal for society Only if these companies act in good faith. Knowing what we know about Pharmaceutical companies, It is beyond me why anyone would think they would.. If you said that "we were desperate so we have to take the risk of them possibly behaving bad", then it would have made much more sense.
nodejs_rulez_1 5y ago
If the defendant is not an individual male then UK courts are not interested.