The government has created a way for people to recover some damages should something go wrong following immunization.
In addition to the legal immunity, the PREP Act
established the
Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program (CICP), which
provides benefits to eligible individuals who suffer serious injury from one of the protected companies.
The little-known government program has been around
for a decade, and it is managed by
an agency under HHS. This fund typically only deals with vaccines you probably would never get, like the
H1N1 and anthrax vaccines.
If a case for compensation through the CICP is successful, the program provides
up to $50,000 per year in unreimbursed lost wages and out-of-pocket medical expenses. It won’t cover legal fees or anything to compensate for pain and suffering.
It is also capped at the death benefit of $370,376, which is the most a surviving family member receives in the event that a Covid vaccine proves to be fatal.