Democrat President Joe Biden\u2019s administration has been hit with a lawsuit from the family of a college student who was killed by a Covid vaccine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
24-year-old George Watts Jr. died from heart inflammation caused by Pfizer\u2019s COVID-19 shot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His family is now suing the Biden admin, alleging officials engaged in \u201cwillful misconduct.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) officials wrongly promoted Covid shots by repeatedly claiming the available vaccines were \u201csafe and effective,\u201d the family says in the lawsuit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That promotion \u201cduped millions of Americans, including Mr. Watts, into being DOD\u2019s human subjects in its medical experiment, the largest in modern history,\u201d the suit states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act allows lawsuits against certain people if they have engaged in \u201cwillful misconduct\u201d and if that misconduct caused death or serious injury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDOD\u2019s conduct and the harm caused as alleged within the four corners of the lawsuit speaks for itself,\u201d the Watts family\u2019s attorney, Ray Flores, said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI have no further comment other than to say: My only duty is to advocate for my client.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIf the DOD conveys a settlement offer, I will see that it\u2019s considered.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The suit was filed in a U.S. court in Washington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Watts was a student at Corning Community College when the school mandated Covid vaccination for in-person classes in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He received one Pfizer dose on Aug. 27, 2021, and a second dose approximately three weeks later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to family members and health records, Watts soon began experiencing a range of symptoms, including tingling in the feet, pain in the heels, numbness in the hands and fingers, blood in his sperm and urine, and sinus pressure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Watts went to the Robert Packer Hospital emergency room on Oct. 12, 2021, due to the symptoms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
X-rays showed clear lungs and a normal heart outline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Watts was sent home with suggestions to follow up with specialists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, he returned to the emergency room on Oct. 19, 2021, with worsening symptoms despite a week of the antibiotic Augmentin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He was diagnosed with sinusitis and bronchitis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While speaking to his mother at home on Oct. 27, 2021, Watts suddenly collapsed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Emergency medical personnel rushed to the home but found him unresponsive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He was rushed to the same hospital in an ambulance where he was pronounced deceased at just 24 years old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a doctor at the hospital, citing hospital records and family members, Watts had no past medical history on file that would explain his sudden death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He had no known history of substance abuse or obvious signs of substance abuse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His mother described her son as a \u201chealthy young male.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr. Robert Stoppacher, a pathologist who performed an autopsy on the body, said that the death was due to \u201cCOVID-19 vaccine-related myocarditis.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The death certificate listed no other causes and a Covid test returned negative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr. Sanjay Verma, based in California, reviewed the documents in the Watts case and said that he believed the death was caused by the COVID-19 vaccination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The community college mandate included a 35-day grace period following approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of a Covid shot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Moderna, Pfizer, and Johnson & Johnson vaccines were given emergency use authorization early in the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The FDA approved the Pfizer shot on Aug. 23, 2021, marking the first Covid vaccine approval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But doses of the approved version of the shot, branded Comirnaty, were not available for months after the approval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That matters because vaccines under emergency use authorization (EUA), per federal regulations, \u201cmay be effective\u201d and people must be informed of the status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Approval, or licensure, has a higher bar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Licensing means a vaccine is \u201csafe, pure, and potent,\u201d according to federal law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Emergency authorization was enabled by the 2020 declaration made by then-Health Secretary Alex Azar under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act, which largely shields vaccine manufacturers and others involved with the vaccines from liability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The liability doesn\u2019t cover \u201cwillful misconduct,\u201d or acts or omissions taken \u201cintentionally to achieve a wrongful purpose,\u201d \u201cknowingly without legal or factual justification,\u201d and \u201cin disregard of a known or obvious risk that is so great as to make it highly probable that the harm will outweigh the benefit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As proof that military officials engaged in willful misconduct, the suit notes that they made statements that run counter to the law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As early as February 2021, for instance, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said the vaccines were \u201csafe and effective,\u201d despite them not being approved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cRather than candidly telling the American public that the vaccines were merely \u2018authorized\u2019 \u2026 DOD officials intentionally blurred the line between EUA status and licensure as a means to deceive the public into accepting the vaccines as if they had been FDA approved,\u201d the suit states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe \u2018safe and effective\u2019 mantra was DOD\u2019s ruse to ensure accelerated distribution of their experimental vaccines.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The U.S. military was deeply involved in efforts to get people vaccinated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the same day that Pfizer\u2019s vaccine was approved, Austin announced military members would be required to get vaccinated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The mandate remained in effect until January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Watts only received the vaccine \u201cbecause the school otherwise barred him from attending in-person classes,\u201d according to the suit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But he waited until Comirnaty was licensed before going to an appointment on Aug. 27, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When he arrived, though, he received the doses that were issued under the emergency authorization, since the newly approved formulation wasn\u2019t yet available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Officials should have immediately moved to replace the old vaccine doses in light of the approval, the suit says, noting court rulings that found the military illegally required an experimental anthrax vaccine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDOD continually and knowingly engaged in massive, deliberate deception and exaggeration to create demand in order to push the vaccines into the arms of as many Americans as possible, making the majority of the country (including Mr. Watts) unknowing participants in its mass human experiment,\u201d the suit states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The lawsuit asks the court to award damages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n