THE
THE STATE
THE STATE REPORTS THAT NEARLY 7,300 PERSONS HAVE DIED FROM
COVID-19.
COVID-19.
COVID-19. AS MILLIONS OF AMERICANS DEBATE
WHETHER TO ROLL UP THEIR SLEEVES
FOR COVID VACCINE, MANUFACTURERS
ARE TRYING TO BUILD TRUST.
>> YOU KNOW, THAT'S RIGHT.
SO THEY'RE SHARING TESTING
METHODS AND PROMISING TO KEEP
POLITICS OUT
POLITICS OUT TONIGHT REVEAL INVESTIGATOR
REBECCA LINDSTROM HAS MORE.
>> IF YOU WANT TO GET
VACCINATED, I CERTAINLY THINK
YOU SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT.
>> Reporter: BUT DON'T LOOK FOR
KAREN KAIN AT THE PHARMACY WHEN
THE COVID-19 VACCINE BECOMES
AVAILABLE.
AVAILABLE. KAIN SAN ANTI-VAXXER.
HER DAUGHTER LORRIN LIVED WITH
DAILY DEBILITATING SEIZURES FOR
15 YEARS AFTER RECEIVING A BAD
DPT VACCINE AS A NEWBORN.
>> FULL OF MERCURY.
THE VACCINE DESTROYED HER BRAIN.
>> Reporter: KAIN WILL NEVER GET
WHAT SHE REALLY WANTS -- HER
DAUGHTER, HEALTHY AND BACK IN
HER ARMS.
HER ARMS.
HER ARMS. BUT THROUGH THE VACCINE INJURY
COMPENSATION PROGRAM OR VICP,
SHE DID GET REIMBURSED FOR
MEDICAL BILLS AND MONEY TO STAY
HOME AND CARE FOR HER DAUGHTER.
THE PROCESS TOOK YEARS.
>> I WAS TREATED HORRIBLY IN
VACCINE COURT, HORRIBLY.
>> Reporter: BUT AT LEAST KAIN
GOT TO GO TO COURT, AND IF
DENIED, SHE COULD APPEAL.
ANYONE INJURED BY THE COVID
VACCINE WON'T HAVE THOSE
OPPORTUNITIES.
OPPORTUNITIES. THAT'S BECAUSE THE DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES HAS
DECIDED TO USE A DIFFERENT
PROGRAM.
PROGRAM.
PROGRAM. >> I AM EXTREMELY CONCERNED
ABOUT THE COUNTERMEASURES
PROGRAM.
PROGRAM.
PROGRAM. >> Reporter: THE COUNTERMEASURES
INJURY COMPENSATION PROGRAM WAS
CREATED TO COVER DAMAGE CAUSED
BY TREATMENTS FOR PANDEMICS AND
SECURITY THREATS SUCH AS H1N1
AND EBOLA.
AND EBOLA. IN THE PAST DECADE, 446 PEOPLE
FILED CLAIMS WITH THE U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES, 29 RECEIVED
COMPENSATION.
COMPENSATION. >> IT IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE
PROGRAM CONTROLLED STRICTLY BY
THE SECRETARY.
THE SECRETARY. >> Reporter: ATTORNEY MIKE
MILMOE SPENT 30 YEARS WORKING ON
VACCINE CASES FOR THE DEPARTMENT
OF JUSTICE.
OF JUSTICE. HE BELIEVES THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT WANTS TO KEEP
COVID-19 INJURIES OUT OF THE
VICP, WHICH HAS A HIGHER RECORD
OF COMPENSATION.
OF COMPENSATION. TWO YEARS AGO, THE REVEAL
EXPOSED THE MOST COMMON INJURY
IN THE PROGRAM HAD QUICKLY
BECOME A SHOULDER INJURY FROM A
VACCINE GIVEN TOO HIGH OR TOO
DEEP.
DEEP.
DEEP. FOR
DEEP. FOR SUSAN IT WAS A TETANUS SHOT.
>> THIS IS ALL MY DOCTORS
VISITS, MOST OF THEM.
>> Reporter: FOR DEBBIE IT WAS
THE FLU SHOT, BOTH NEEDED
SURGERY TO REPAIR TEARS IN THEIR
RO TATER CUFF.
>> I WENT THROUGH A LOT
EMOTIONALLY AND PHYSICALLY.
AND IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT.
>> Reporter: BUT HHS IS TRYING
TO REMOVE IT AS AN INJURY
DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO A VACCINE.
AND IT SEEMS THEY ARE TRYING TO
DOUBT BEFORE THE COVID VACCINE
CAN LEAD TO EVEN MORE CLA
THE REVEAL OF AN EMAIL FROM 2017
AFTER CERVA WAS ADDED TO
PROGRAM, BURIED IN THE REDACTED
PAGES IS A REFERENCE TO THE
ATTORNEY'S EXTRAORDINARY AVERAGE
CASE LOAD, EVEN AT THAT TIME.
>> TO JUST START FRESH AND
ELIMINATE THINGS THAT THEY FEEL
ARE JUST TOO MUCH WORK IS AN
INSULT TO ALL THOSE PEOPLE.
>> Reporter: THE PROPOSAL ALSO
SEEKS TO GIVE HHS CONTROL OVER
WHICH NEW VACCINES, LIKE COVID,
WILL MAKE IT INTO THE PROGRAM.
>> I THINK CONGRESS TRIED TO GET
AWAY FROM THAT BY PASSING A
VACCINE ACT IN THE FIRST PLACE.
THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE
VACCINES WERE AVAILABLE, DRUG
MOTHER AND FATHERERS WOULD
CONTINUE TO MAKE THE VACCINES BY
POLITICIZING IT, YOU'RE
PRESENTING ANOTHER DISINCENTIVE
FOR PEOPLE TO GET COVID VACCINE
IN THE FIRST PLACE.
>> Reporter: KAIN NOW SERVES ON
THE NATION'S CHILDHOOD VACCINE
ADVISORY BOARD, WHICH IS
SUPPOSED TO HELP GUIDE HHS'S
DECISIONS ON THE INJURY PROGRAM.
>> I'M NOT THERE AS A SCIENTIST
OR DOCTOR.
OR DOCTOR. I'M THERE FROM A PARENT'S
PERSPECTIVE.
PERSPECTIVE. >> Reporter: SHE IS BEWILDERED
THAT EVEN AFTER THE UNANIMOUS
VOTE AGAINST THE PROPOSAL, HHS
IS MOVING FORWARD AND DOING IT
AT A TIME WHEN TRUST AND
CONFIDENCE ARE NEEDED MOST.
>> I FEEL, WHAT IS THE WORD --
I'M EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED AND
SURPRISED.
SURPRISED. >> Reporter: HHS DECLINED MY
REQUEST FOR AN INTERVIEW BUT
MANY A WRITTEN STATE SAID IT HAS
SERIOUS CONCERNS CERVA CLAIMS
ARE CONTRARY TO LAW AND IT WOULD
TAKE MONTHS FOR THE COVID
VACCINE TO BE ADDED.
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