Vaccine injury compensation programs overwhelmed as congressional reform languishes

[MiniMe]

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/01/vaccine-injury-compensation-programs-overwhelmed-as-congressional-reform-languishes-00033064?fbclid=IwAR2NIuedfYtthitG9X2SGZR-REK40ffXcHAJ1G1TUECh9rKOKB0qj7eXG6k

A pair of federal programs compensating people who suffer injuries from vaccines and pandemic treatments are now facing so many claims that thousands of people may not receive payment for their injuries any time soon.

The first program, meant for standard vaccines, such as measles and polio, has too little staff to handle the number of reported injuries, and thousands of patients are waiting years for their cases to be heard.

A second program designed for vaccines and other treatments created or used during pandemics has seen unsustainable growth. Between 2010 and 2020, the Countermeasure Injury Compensation Program received 500 complaints. In the two years since Covid-19 appeared, it has received over 8,000 complaints.

More than 5,000 of those are directly related to the Covid-19 vaccines, with injuries ranging from a sore shoulder to death, according to the Health Resources and Services Administration. An additional 3,000 complaints related to everything from drugs and devices to the failure of hospital staff to limit infection spread have also been filed.

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My neighbor, a Trumper thinks the vaccine is a virus too. Big surprise, she hasn't had the vaccine. Can't wait until they move!

[Johnny2X2X]

1. My Covid denying friend

He thinks that anyone who got the vaccine, but later died of Covid anyway, was killed by the vaccine.

[Scrivener7]

2. "Injuries ranging from sore shoulder to death."

I'd like to see the numbers on how many of each of those there are in the 5,000.

I'm going to guess the preponderance is "sore shoulder" and can be dismissed.