Vaccines do save lives and public health officials concur that the small personal risk of vaccine injuries is worth the greater collective good.
The U.S. Government agrees that financial protections are necessary for vaccine manufacturers against vaccine injury lawsuits to prevent the manufacturers from leaving the market. In 1986, Congress passed the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act (“the Act”) and established the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. The Act was passed as a response to a considerable amount of vaccine-related injuries and deaths that resulted in litigation in the early to mid-1980’s.
The Act acknowledges that vaccine injuries and deaths are real and that the vaccine injured and their families should be financially supported. However, the Act takes the position that protections are needed for the vaccine manufacturers of these vaccines to prevent manufacturers from leaving the market resulting in vaccine shortages and reduction of U.S. vaccination rates, in fear of a resurgence of vaccine preventable diseases. Despite abundant science published in mainstream medical and scientific journals suggesting cause for concern about the safety of vaccines, our government has decided – right or wrong – that it is okay for a few to be sacrificed for the greater good of the country. Congress passed the Act with the position that by doing so, Congress was recognizing society’s interest in ensuring that this country’s children are vaccinated.
Here’s a recent article published by The Atlantic, “Why the Government Pays Billions to People Who Claim Injury by Vaccines.”
Lamothe Law Firm attorneys are among the select few attorneys allowed to practice in the special Vaccine Court in Washington, D.C. This Court also addresses vaccine injuries sustained by adults, including injuries from flu and pneumonia vaccines. If you or a loved one has been seriously injured by a vaccine, contact Lamothe Law Firm to speak with an experienced, licensed vaccine attorney.
