In terms of eligible conditions, how do countries compare in their COVID-19 vaccine injury compensation schemes?
Summary: The safety of the COVID-19 vaccines with respect to the range and likelihood of serious adverse effects has been contested for years. Subsequently, COVID-19 vaccine injury compensation schemes became available in dozens of countries but have expired or will soon. Government agency web pages (considered authoritative) with this info will be removed afterwards.
It's obviously relevant to compare the range of eligible vaccine injuries among countries with COVID-19 vaccine injury compensation schemes. Despite tens of thousands of journalists and health professionals writing hundreds of thousands of articles for the public on COVID-19 vaccine safety, neither web search or ChatGPT tools could find a single public web page that provided a comparison.
Details:
Q1: Before looking at the table, name the serious vaccine injuries caused by the common COVID-19 vaccines which are in compensation schemes?
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| Perplexity AI |
Suggested Project(s):
- Expand and update this comparison. Countries like Canada, United States, United Kingdom, and many in Europe with compensation schemes were not included in the Perplexity table above.
- Compare with conditions added by government's to the vaccine's product warnings but not in compensation list (e.g. EU list);
- Add a useful categorisation of the physiological aspect affected (circulatory, heart, blood, renal, nervous system, skin, etc);
- Compare with other comprehensive serious adverse effects lists (e.g. peer-reviewed research); Create an Informed Consent Web Tool that allows you to select a vaccine you're considering taking and display lists of serious adverse effects confirmed by any reputable government source (I would include the broadest product warning list available);
- Use projects like a reputable Informed Consent Web Tool to embarrass governments into actually providing sufficient, simple informed consent online prior to vaccine appointments and in-person giving individuals sufficient time to decide or seek further info.
- Compare a comprehensive list of COVID-19 serious adverse effects with other common vaccine's lists of serious adverse effects (via compensation schemes, product warnings, or safety signals.)
- The Australian governments 2021 answer to: "Are COVID-19 vaccines safe?" was: "Medical experts at the TGA continuously check all vaccines to make sure they are safe. Vaccines are only approved for use in Australia after they have been assessed to show that the benefits of the vaccine outweigh any risks." It remains the same in 2025.
Consider a simplified project/tool relating to how individuals can assess whether the benefits of a vaccine actually outweigh the risks for themselves. E.g. For COVID-19 this would include evolving data on the risks and benefits for people in their specific circumstance: age, comorbidities, number and recency of infections; infection severity; number of prior COVID vaccinations and their type and any adverse effects; accurate data on outcomes for similar individuals; current data on vaccine adverse effects and likelihood.
Links:
> Services Australia: COVID-19 vaccine claims scheme - Who can get it
- COVID-19 Vaccine Claims Scheme – Policy (pdf) (Google Drive copied 27 Jan 2025)
https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/covid-19-vaccine-claims-scheme
https://covaxclaims.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/COXAX-Compensation-Program-Vaccination-Injury-Table.pdf
https://www.who.int/initiatives/act-accelerator/covax/no-fault-compensation
https://covaxclaims.com/
https://covaxclaims.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/COXAX-Compensation-Program-Vaccination-Injury-Table.pdf
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10507236/
https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2023-03/Europe%20NFCS%20Report.pdf
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-16/covid-vaccine-inconvenient-patients-astrazeneca-pfizer-lawsuit/104568434
https://www.health.gov.au/our-work/covid-19-vaccines/is-it-true
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4TbWKDC1ZI
https://www.ncirs.org.au/
https://www.ncirs.org.au/our-work/ausvaxsafety
https://www.tga.gov.au/sites/default/files/auspar-chadox-1-s-220217-pi.docx
COVID-19 Compensation Vaccine Injury List (for searchability): Anaphylactic reaction, Capillary leak syndrome, Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis (CVST) without Thrombocytopenia, Thrombosis with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome (TTS)Thrombocytopenia (including immune Thrombocytopenia), Transverse Myelitis, Erythema Multiforme (Major), Myocarditis, Pericarditis, Demyelinating disorders (including Guillain-Barré Syndrome), Nerve Damage, Permanent Impairment/Disability, Congenital birth injury/illness in newborns, Death.