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A lawsuit filed Tuesday challenges the liability shield provided by U.S. lawmakers to vaccine manufacturers. The lawsuit also claims that the government-run compensation program under which people injured by certain vaccines can request compensation operates unfairly and violates the constitutional rights of the injured.
Plaintiffs in the lawsuit include React19 — an advocacy group whose 36,000-plus members were injured by the COVID-19 vaccines — and eight vaccine-injured individuals. The Informed Consent Action Network (ICAN) is funding the lawsuit for the plaintiffs.
The lawsuit names several federal entities, including the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It challenges the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act and the Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program (CICP)…
