Loading ...Millions Of Refugees Aren’t Getting Vaccines Because Drugmakers, NGOs Fear Lawsuits
A global program designed to offer vaccines to tens of millions of migrants has been holding back on jabs because major manufacturers and the NGOs fear lawsuits over harmful side effects, according to Reuters, citing internal documents from Gavi – the charity operating the program.
“The legal concerns are an additional hurdle for public health officials tackling the coronavirus – even as officials say unvaccinated people offer an ideal environment for it to mutate into new variants that threaten hard-won immunity around the world. Many COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers have required that countries indemnify them for any adverse events suffered by individuals as a result of the vaccines, the United Nations says.
Where governments are not in control, that is not possible. -Reuters”
“According to Gavi, which operates COVAX in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO), organizations actually administering the doses – primarily NGOs – can’t bear legal risks, and say that deliveries from the buffer can only be made if vaccine manufacturers accept liability.”
Lawsuits should not be their biggest concern. Think hangings! It is said that a hanging in a fortnight concentrates the mind. A fortnight might be a little quick, but it is also said that justice delayed is justice denied. So lets get on with it!
From the ankles of course only after a fair trial in a court of law
Exactly. We are not savages!
Being a refugee has multiple benefits.