NASEM: Govt. Should Compensate Those Injured By COVID-19 Vaccine

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, in its Tuesday (Sept. 1) vaccine allocation discussion draft, calls for the federal government to fully compensate anyone who takes a COVID-19 vaccine and experiences vaccine-related injuries. Ensuring people who take the vaccine can be compensated for health care costs, should they experience side effects, is key to gaining the public’s trust, especially as a COVID-19 vaccine likely will be administered before it’s been fully assessed for safety, NASEM says. NASEM acknowledges...