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COVID vaccine injuries rise, compensation to hit $5m in 2023
While many of the vaccine promoters continue to live in denial of the adverse effects of the mrNA vaccine, millions of those believed the pseudo-science being peddled and were deceived into taking the vaccine and suffered injuries are back demanding compensation for vaccine injuries.
Figures obtained through a Freedom of Information Request show the Health Resources and Services Administration budget for COVID-19 vaccine injury compensation will increase in fiscal year 2023 — from approximately $1 million to $5 million, according to Wayne Rohde, co-founder of Vaccine Safety Council of Minnesota.
Rohde, author of “The Vaccine Court 2.0,” co-founder of Vaccine Safety Council of Minnesota and Autism Advocacy Coalition of Minnesota, and national advisory member of Health Choice, said he learned of the increase through information he obtained under the Freedom of Information Act.
HRSA, which operates under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, administers two vaccine injury compensation programs: the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) and the Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program (CICP).
Between 2010 and December 2022, 11,431 claims were filed with the CICP — 10,899 of those claims for injuries were for COVID-19 vaccine and countermeasures, including testing and treatment.
Of the 10,899 COVID-19 countermeasure claims, 7,624 allege injuries/deaths from COVID-19 vaccines and 3,275 allege injuries/deaths from other COVID-19 countermeasures.
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None of the 10,899 COVID-19 countermeasure claims has been fully compensated, according to Rohde, who said 10 of the claims were approved for compensation, but upon review were denied.
But according to Rohde, the 15% increase appropriated in the bill is not necessarily new money. Rohde said the spending bill provides $15.2 million for administrative expenses for the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Trust Fund, which funds the VICP.
Each year, Congress appropriates from the trust fund to pay for the administrative expenses of each of the three federal agencies involved with the VICP: HRSA, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Torts Branch and the federal court system where all petitions are litigated.
Each year, those agencies request an increase in their budget for the upcoming year, Rohde said.
According to the vaccine-injured, the VICP has failed miserably as a litigious, broken system that pits them against well-funded government programs, agencies and health officials.
Payouts, including attorneys’ fees, are funded by a 75-cent tax per vaccine and there’s a $250,000 cap on pain and suffering. The proceedings are often turned into drawn-out, contentious expert battles and the backlog of cases is substantial.
The Senate is expected to vote first to approve the spending bill this week and then send it to the House for approval before government funding runs out on December 23. President Biden is expected to sign it.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1,469,237 reports of adverse events following the COVID-19 vaccines were submitted between Dec. 14, 2020, and Dec. 9, 2022, to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS).