
TAKE ACTION: Tell Sec. Kennedy to Restore Our Right to Sue Big Pharma!
March 18, 2025 | Source: Organic Consumers Association
Did you know that if you or a loved one is injured or killed by a pharmaceutical drug, you may have no legal recourse, if the pharmaceutical company responsible is covered by a Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP Act) declaration?
The liability waivers are supposed to be for medical countermeasures used in public health emergencies, but the COVID PREP Act declaration was amended in 2021 to cover seasonal flu vaccines, as well–even when they’re given without consent. Read the fine print and you’ll see that these PREP Act declarations could also be construed to protect the pharmaceutical companies for drugs like Neupogen that can be used in emergencies, but are also prescribed routinely. Neupogen is covered for use in nuclear disasters, but is also given to cancer patients–and also to women to prevent miscarriages! Neupogen is a risky drug that can even be deadly, but if anything goes wrong, people injured by Neupogen could have their cases thrown out of court.
Health & Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., has the power to revoke the current PREP Act declarations. The one for COVID and seasonal flu is in effect until 2029. There are also PREP Act declarations for monkeypox until 2032, for hemorrhagic fevers until 2028, and for pandemic flu, nerve agents, Zika, anthrax, radiation, and botulism until 2027.