by Barbara Loe Fisher and Rishma Parpia
Published on August 10, 2020 | Congress | 12 responses

Story Highlights Most countries that have supply contracts with AstraZeneca have granted the drug company liability protection for their COVID-19 vaccine. In the U.S., vaccine manufacturers and administrators are shielded from liability under the PREP Act of 2005 for a vaccine or drug that is developed in response to a declared public health emergency, including […]
by Rishma Parpia
Published on February 19, 2023 | Risk & Failure Reports | 7 responses

According to the Department of Health in New Brunswick, Canada, 1,148 people living in that province suffered an adverse reaction after receiving a COVID-19 shot between Dec. 14, 2020 and Jan. 14, 2023. It was reported that 313 of the reactions were considered “serious.”1 Health Canada, the department of the Canadian government responsible for national health […]
by Rishma Parpia and Barbara Loe Fisher
Published on May 30, 2022 | Pharma | 9 responses

On May 26, 2022, U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) officials held a press briefing and announced there had been nine cases of monkeypox identified in seven U.S. states and that two licensed smallpox vaccines were in the national stockpile and ready to be distributed.1 The CDC’s director said, “The U.S. has the resources we […]
by TVR Staff
Published on September 19, 2021 | Informed Consent | 25 responses

On Sept. 9, 2021, President Joe Biden signed an executive order mandating all employees of the executive branch of the federal government in the United States to be fully vaccinated against the SARS-CoV-2 virus by Nov. 22, 2021. “It’s simple: If you want to work for the federal government, you must be vaccinated, President Biden […]
by Barbara Loe Fisher
Published on December 22, 2020 | Risk & Failure Reports | 30 responses

Between Dec. 11 and 18, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna pharmaceutical companies an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA)1 to distribute COVID-19 vaccines using messenger RNA (mRNA) technology that to date has not been licensed for use in humans.2 3 4 5 Although the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) […]
by Rishma Parpia
Published on June 15, 2020 | Immune & Brain Disorders | 2 responses

Story Highlights A poll shows that the fear and anxiety associated with the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the mental health of almost 50 percent of Americans. Mental health experts have observed that anxiety stemming from the pandemic has come in waves beginning with anxiety about getting the infection or giving it to someone else to […]
by TVR Staff
Published on April 27, 2020 | Autonomy | 33 responses

In a media briefing on Mar. 30, 2020, World Health Organization (WHO) officials confirmed that facial masks for the prevention of COVID-19 should be worn by those who are sick or in close contact with those infected, and are not recommended for healthy members of the general population.1 A day later, U.S. Vice President Mike […]
by Barbara Loe Fisher
Published on March 29, 2020 | Infections | 40 responses
After officials at the World Health Organization (WHO) declared on Mar. 11, 2020 that outbreaks of a mutated coronavirus (COVID-19)1 2 had become a global pandemic and urged countries to take strong action to stop its spread,3 4 the governments of countries representing one-third of the world’s population5 closed borders, restricted or halted travel between […]
by Barbara Loe Fisher
Published on February 20, 2020 | Infections | 24 responses

Responding to the coronavirus outbreak in China, where tens of thousands of citizens suspected of being infected with coronavirus (COVID-2019) have been detained and involuntarily taken to quarantine camps,1 on Feb. 1, 2020 an executive order was issued by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), including the Joint Chiefs of Staff, directing the U.S. Northern […]
by Barbara Loe Fisher
Published on April 10, 2019 | State Legislatures | 14 responses

In response to more than 150 cases of measles identified in Rockland County since October 2018, on Mar. 26, 2019 Rockland County Executive Ed Day declared a 30-day public health emergency and banned healthy unvaccinated children under age 18 from entering schools and other public spaces.1 A retired NYPD policeman,2 Day warned that if unvaccinated […]