HHS secretary says all 'Warp Speed' vaccines will have 'liability protection' from lawsuits

[Nevilledog]

Link to tweet

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/09/hhs-secretary-says-all-warp-speed-vaccines-will-have-liability-protection-from-lawsuits/

Pharmaceutical companies that produce COVID-19 vaccines through the federal government’s “Warp Speed” program will automatically have liability protection, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar said on Monday.

Azar was asked about the progress of COVID-19 vaccine trials during an interview with Fox Business host Stuart Varney.

“We now have three vaccines in phase three clinical trials here in the United States, which is just unprecedented — the speed that we have been able to go given President Trump’s support of Operation Warp Speed,” Azar explained. “These are some of the largest clinical trials of vaccines in history.”

“We believe by the end of the year that it’s highly credible that we will have in the tens of millions of doses of FDA gold standard vaccine,” he continued. “We literally have made millions of doses of vaccine already thanks to Warp Speed.”

*snip*

[soothsayer]

1. Hard pass

[Mike 03]

6. +1

[Iliyah]

2. You have to sign a waiver . . .

[Demsrule86]

3. Translated fake vaccines rushed for Trump's election could really fuck you up.

[Laelth]

4. Azar doesn't have the power to fiat tort immunity.

Only Congress could do that.



-Laelth

[Thekaspervote]

19. Exactly! When you sign a surgical consent it has all kinds of language saying you can't sue

The Dr or the hospital. It subtle, but it’s there.

Same thing here. It doesn’t matter the contract if they fuck up big time they are liable. It’s the same as saying okay, even if you aren’t qualified go ahead, cut me up and leave me for dead. Nope!

[Thomas Hurt]

5. do you have to sign a NDA too?

[Hekate]

7. Sonovabitch

[C_U_L8R]

8. So it's you own damn fault if you die.

After you, Magats.

[hlthe2b]

9. One could not do more to eliminate any and all trust in this vaccine if you tried than what Trump is

doing.

The liability protection crap for the companies is not unexpected, but it eliminates any Federal pool for compensation as well.

Azar's moves to make him the Czar over any and all decisions for FDA, CDC, and other health agencies is beyond Fascistic.

Controlling the media for those agencies, constantly removing staff-offered recommendations at CDC for those produced by WH flunkies...

Pushing Fauci so far out of the picture he becomes nearly meaningless and while nearly worthless on a good day, Birx has been sidelined as well.

and on and on and on.


I've spent much of my life advocating for vaccines and public health and still do. But, this is an obscene intrusion that leaves even those normally willing to be "first" to run for the hills--at least for the time being.

[Nevilledog]

14. +1000000

[nykym]

10. When they say they will ave 10s of millions

remember the us has 328.2 million people.
I say they are shorting us.

[PSPS]

12. There won't be any safe and effective vaccines for a long time.

[Thekaspervote]

20. This. Saw a poll yesterday that said 62% of Americans would not be willing to take a vaccine

Produced via this administration

[beachbumbob]

11. captain obvious, as no Big Pharma wants the risk due to rush to market

and that tells us al we need to know

btw, if they made millions of doses already that kinda kills the testing and safety line pretty well

[Thekaspervote]

21. No, they do that with all drugs. Mfg takes pennies. If it doesn't work, they simply pitch it

[ProfessorGAC]

35. This

And in this case, they're being paid whether they use it or trash it.
They've got no motivation to not get ahead of it, in case it's a good vaccine.

[beachbumbob]

40. These drug companies have been paid BILLIONS so far and got stock price

jumps on the pump and dump. They are making big money to have no risk and no product

[spanone]

13. So no worry for manufacturers if they're safe or not.

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eh?

Capitalism without a care in the world....a republican wet dream

[LisaL]

15. Isn't that great?

Speed with which vaccine has been developed isn't the most important thing about a vaccine.

[Vinca]

16. Well that really makes you want to bare your arm for the needle.

[crickets]

17. Way to stand behind your product. Declined.

[Javaman]

18. aka throw the dice. it ain't our problem if you get sick.

yeah, no thanks.

[Fiendish Thingy]

22. Trump can't order immunity from liability- it has to be waived by consumer nt

[patricia92243]

23. The article says they have already made millions of vaccines

which means they have not even been tested yet.

THAT is the important part of the article that the media needs to push.

[gratuitous]

25. I find that very interesting

No equivocation, the Secretary said they have (not will have or hope to have, but have) millions of doses already. I hope some starry-eyed courtesan from the Fourth Estate can shake the enchantment of covering the White House for a moment and follow up on that statement by the Secretary.

[soothsayer]

28. That's part of warp speed: wasting resources to manufacture doses as soon as trials show promise or

Wayyyy early. Before human trials I think.

They are doing this with 3 or 4. Sounds super expensive actually, not to mention clogging up vials and probably making it harder for a real vaccine to get readied when the time comes.

[Thekaspervote]

31. Going to mfg early is SOP for all new drugs. If they don't work they pitch it..it costs pennies

[soothsayer]

34. Seriously, for 100s of millions? Ok

[Midnight Writer]

24. Even this guy says it won't be ready by "that Very Important Day".

My guess is that after November 3rd, the Administration will lose all interest in a vaccine.

[Thekaspervote]

32. Exactly!

[3catwoman3]

26. What else would one expect from a former pharmaceutical...

...LOBBYIST, FFS?! Jesus H. Christ on a Z-pack - he wasn’t even a science major. Business and economics. Maybe he thinks because his father was an ophthalmologist some of dad’s knowledge rubbed off on him?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

27. Yeah that'll give everyone confidence

[greenjar_01]

29. They just declare shit now

Laws? Regs? Meh. Just declare it!

We're living in a dictatorship.

[moondust]

30. Who pays the damages?

Taxpayers? For the disastrous management of political hacks and corporate toadies recklessly gambling on a chance to suck up billions and win an election if they should happen to get lucky?

[MustLoveBeagles]

33. Hard pass

I want nothing to do with any vaccine pushed by trump or the the Russians. I don't trust them at all.

[bluestarone]

36. Bring on RUMPS BASE

They will be glad to take it for their FUHRER!!

[2naSalit]

37. That settles it then.

[Bettie]

38. So, it's just bleach

right?

[Baitball Blogger]

39. Never saw that coming.