Major international governments have signed multibillion-dollar legal contracts with drug companies in order to secure access to covid-19 vaccines. But the drug companies and governments have refused to divulge details, saying the information is “commercial in confidence.”
Last month, a South African NGO called Health Justice Initiative won a high court challenge to gain access to all of South Africa's covid-19 vaccine contracts.
The South African government agreed to "Indemnify, defend and hold harmless" Pfizer and all its affiliates from "Any and all suits, claims, actions, demands, losses, damages, liabilities settlements, penalties, fines, costs and expenses" arising from the vaccine.
The contract states "The long-term effects and efficacy of the vaccine are not currently known and that there may be adverse effects of the Vaccine that are not currently known."
"We had politicians and key opinion leaders telling people that the vaccines were 'safe and effective' when the procurement contracts themselves did not make such claims," says Nikolic.
"The contract clearly indicates that adverse effects were unknown at the time of signing. The burden of proof should never have been on the people to prove the vaccine was unsafe, it should have been on the manufacturer to prove the vaccine was safe," he adds.
"Australians are still in the dark about what is contained within these contracts. We know it gave liability protection to the vaccine manufacturers like other countries, but that's the extent of it," says Nikolic.
In 2021, Nikolic mounted a legal challenge against covid-19 vaccine mandates in the NSW Supreme Court where he tried to subpoena the Pfizer contract, but his request was blocked.
https://brownstone.org/articles/why-the-secrecy-over-vaccine-contracts/
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