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The multinational pharmaceutical companies which are supplying the swine flu vaccine in Ireland insisted on an "unlimited" government indemnity against any possible adverse side effects.
In their negotiations with the government, Baxter International and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) both stipulated that provision of the indemnity by the state would be necessary before they would agree to include Ireland on the list of states to receive the vaccine first.
The controversial move could leave the taxpayer facing a potential multimillion-euro compensation bill in the coming years should any problems emerge in relation to the H1N1 vaccine.
A spokeswoman for the Department of Health said to put an "advance purchase agreement" in place, it was necessary for the state to provide the indemnity.
"There would have been no guarantee of early supplies of the vaccine if the advance purchase agreement had not been put in place," she said. "Only countries which have the advance purchase agreement in place were guaranteed early supplies of a pandemic vaccine.
"In the context of licences being granted on the basis of a 'mock-up' vaccine without the usual clinical trials of the vaccine being undertaken, Ireland was, in common with other countries, required to give an indemnity to vaccine manufacturers."
Spokespeople for both companies declined to comment on the details of the contracts. A spokeswoman for GSK said, "The industry has worked together with governments to 'appropriately allocate' potential liability during the extenuating circumstances of H1N1 mass vaccination.
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Does anyone in authority in this country carry out research on these fast-tracked vaccines? Do they not know or are they conveniently not telling people that these things contain a cocktail of chemicals such as mercury, thimerosal, aluminium,squalene and even dead animal cancer cells which are apparently used as a nutrient.
The manufacturers of this vaccine stand to make massive profits from it's sale so why do they think it's so important to be indemnified by sucker governments both here and in the US ?.It wouldn't be because they know the amount of risk, long and short term, that people who receive these jabs will be exposed to? Perish the thought!
Of course it's up to everyone to decide for themselves if the risk of having these shots (twice) is less than that associated with the Swine Flu which the HSE are telling us is no more serious than ordinary seasonal flu. However if the HSE spends taxpayer's money in the purchase of large quantities of these vaccines they may justify their actions by ensuring that we all must take them whether we like it or not( see Health Act 1949 which allows for such compulsory vaccinations by Ministerial Order). After all these people know what's best for us poor ignorant sheep.