NATIONAL VACCINATION INJURY COMPENSATION PROGRAM IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND COVID-19
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The United States of America is one of the few countries that has alternative ways of compensation for the harmful consequences caused by the health damage as the consequences of vaccination. In this paper, we will discuss the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP or NVICP) as the oldest and basic method of alternative compensation for adverse consequences caused by vaccination, as well as the Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program (CICP)) as the official US Covid-19 vaccine compensation program. America is a country that has a very developed vaccination system, and as a result, a lot of experience with other issues that arise related to vaccination. Our goal is to, through an overview of certain issues of these two programs, approach the very concept of an alternative compensation solution, consider the possibility of applying the National Compensation Program for harmful consequences caused by vaccination and for the damage caused by vaccines against Covid-19, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of both programs and possibly give an idea for the adoption and implementation of such a program even in countries that do not know this concept, especially in the current situation where the issue of mandatory vaccination and the fear of its side effects is very prevalent.
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