On Sunday, Health Choice Maine members put up signs in Brewer and Portland, Maine alerting folks that COVID-19 vaccine manufactures are exempt from liability.
Health Choice Maine’s Co-Founder, Tiffany Kreck, provided background and context to WVII Fox Bangorโs News Director, Susan Farley, noting that Health Choice Maine was participating in a global demonstration.
What the average person doesnโt know is that 1986โs National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act removed liability from manufacturers for other vaccines and sets up the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program to pay out for vaccine injuries.
โYou canโt sue Pfizer if you get hurt by one of their vaccines, you can petition the vaccine injury compensation court. So you do have an avenue of recourse. The COVID-19 vaccine is going to be much different,โ Kreck said.
She said this vaccine will fall under the public readiness and emergency preparedness act which, according to the federal Department of Health and Human Serviceโs website, provides manufacturers immunity from lawsuits related to injuries caused by vaccines.
โThere is no vaccine injury court, there is no avenue of recourse if the shot becomes detrimental to anybody or many peopleโs health,โ she says.
It should be everyoneโs own choice whether or not they should take the vaccine, not something that should be left up to their employer, the pharmaceutical companies, or the government.
Health Choice Maine’s motto is that it should absolutely be an individuals choice, and we’ll will fight for your choice to be allowed to take a vaccine just as much as we’ll fight for the next personโs choice if they donโt want to.