Court Stipulation Demonstrates that Federal Agency Failed to Fulfill Vaccine Safety Reporting Obligations
In 1986, Congress passed a law protecting vaccine manufacturers from being sued in state courts if their product harms, injures or kills. At the same time, Congress created an agency within The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), charged with the job of monitoring vaccine safety. That agency, National Vaccine Program Office (NVPO), is supposed to report to Congress every two years.
You may recall that in October 2017, notice was served upon Health and Human Services (HHS) Acting Secretary Hargan, concerning the agency’s obligations to ensure vaccine safety. At that time, we sent this letter to Vermont Health Commissioner Mark Levine and copied all Vermont lawmakers in order to be sure that everyone was aware.
As a result of two lawsuits by the non-profit Informed Consent Action Network, HHS finally admitted in federal court that it doesn’t have any vaccine safety reports from NVPO. In fact, a stipulated order dated July 9, 2018 states:
the department’s search for records did not locate any records.”
It appears that HHS has never monitored vaccine safety, although it is required by law to do so. It also appears that Congress has failed to hold the agency accountable.
The regulatory vacuum that has been created clearly demonstrates how important it is that we work here at the state level to ensure that our inalienable right (to decide what if anything gets injected), is protected.
Highwire with Del Bigtree reports: (watch from 1 hr 32 minutes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?