20.500.12556/DKUM-89918 Vaccines immunize people; legislation immunizes vaccine manufacturers. Legislation in the United States Regulating liability for the manufacture, distribution and administration of vaccines Infectious diseases have caused widespread misery, and have wreaked havoc physically, mentally, economically, politically, and socially. Fortunately, in more recent years, scientists have developed vaccines. Vaccines are generally very safe, but cause side effects in a small percentage of cases. The United States Congress has passed two major pieces of legislation that provide sweeping tort immunity to vaccine manufacturers and others. In 1986 Congress passed the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act (NCVIA) and in 2005 it passed the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP ACT). Both Acts were passed to encourage manufacturers to develop vaccines, particularly in times of public emergencies, in exchange for expansive liability protection. Both Acts established no-fault type compensation schemes to compensate those suffering injury or death from vaccines without having to resort to typical litigation. The author discusses both Acts in detail, in the context of the current Covid-19 crisis. vaccines pandemics Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act immunity from liability National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act cepiva pandemije nalezljive bolezni zakonodaja Združene države Amerike true false true Pravna fakulteta, Pravna fakulteta, University of Maribor Press Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Znanstveno delo 2024-08-19 10:00:21 2024-08-19 10:12:37 2024-08-20 03:22:00 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2021 0 0 Str. 1-41 Št. 1 Letn. 14 Apr. 2021 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 2021-03-20 2021-04-23 351.774.7:615.371(73) 66939907 10.18690/mls.14.1.1-42.2021 2463-7955 Heller-2021-VACCINES_IMMUNIZE_PEOPLE;_LEGISLAT.pdf Heller-2021-VACCINES_IMMUNIZE_PEOPLE;_LEGISLAT.pdf 1 4FF20F56967AC01E7E17E78A68B97848 394ed305661acd5dfdda217a01f9f599a3f238eb602a546b9f86c9c1e9125486 91b9bab2-5e02-11ef-9891-00155d000105 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=182608 https://doi.org/10.18690/mls.14.1.1-42.2021 0 16c7f332-5e01-11ef-9891-00155d000105 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=182605 Pravna fakulteta Univerzitetna založba Univerze v Mariboru Medicine, law & society 0 0 0