Abstract
This chapter argues that the potential for vaccine-related harms raises acute concerns for vulnerable populations. These harms have a disparate impact on low-income people, who are disproportionately non-White, and who have limited financial resources to obtain medical care, weather job losses, and pursue injury compensation. When a vaccine is given as a countermeasure during a declared public health emergency (PHE), the problem is acute because of the limited availability of injury compensation.
Keywords
This chapter argues that the potential for vaccine-related harms raises acute concerns for vulnerable populations. These harms have a disparate impact on low-income people, who are disproportionately non-White, and who have limited financial resources to obtain medical care, weather job losses, and pursue injury compensation. When a vaccine is given as a countermeasure during a declared public health emergency (PHE), the problem is acute because of the limited availability of injury compensation.
Publication Date
2022
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Information
in COVID-19 and the Law: Disruption, Impact and Legacy (I. Genn Cohen et al., eds., forthcoming 2022)
Repository Citation
Van Tassel, Katharine A. and Hoffman, Sharona, "Vulnerable Populations and Vaccine Injury Compensation: The Need for Legal Reform" (2022). Faculty Publications. 2092.
https://scholarlycommons.law.case.edu/faculty_publications/2092