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Vaccination is not without risk. The Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, has declared indemnification for vaccine manufacturers for adverse vaccine outcomes. What is missing is compensation for vax-injured individuals.
The USA has had a vaccine injury compensation scheme (VICS) for the past three decades. The US National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) has paid out US$4.4 billion (A$5.7 billion) for 7,575 vax injuries (from 1989 through 2020). The average settled claim was US$585,000 (A$760,000). There were 1.4 compensated injuries per million distributed vaccine doses.
Of the total vax injury claims filed in the USA (n= 22,372), 94% were claims for non-fatal injury (n=21,035) and 6% were claims for death (n=1,337). Of the total claims filed, 34% were successful (n=7611), 52% were dismissed (n=11,671), and 14% did not progress to adjudication (n=3,090).