What is VICP?
In the vast majority of cases, vaccines work well at preventing disease and do not cause harmful side effects. Unfortunately, however, vaccines are not perfect, and some people suffer serious harm after they are administered. In fact, some people may have paralyzing or even fatal reactions to immunizations. The National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) is in place to both inform the public and help to compensate those who’ve been harmed by immunization shots. The VICP was created in the late 80s to solve a serious problem. While most people could recognize the benefits of childhood vaccinations, there was concern about rare cases of adverse effects of immunization. Vaccine manufacturers faced lawsuits when their vaccines were implicated in medical problems. As a result, some manufacturers were becoming wary of continuing to produce immunization medicines because of the risk of lawsuits that could cause them to pay hefty settlements to the families of injured children. The VIC
