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Home My WebLink About12.26.25 Board Correspondence - FW_ Breaking_ Government Program for Compensating COVID Vaccine Injuries Is ‘Unconstitutional,’ Lawsuit Alleges.ATTENTION: This message originated from outside Butte County. Please exercise judgment before opening attachments, clicking on links, or replying.. From:Clerk of the Board To:Mutony, Heather Cc:Lee, Lewis Subject:Board Correspondence - FW: Breaking: Government Program for Compensating COVID Vaccine Injuries Is ‘Unconstitutional,’ Lawsuit Alleges Date:Monday, December 29, 2025 8:12:01 AM Please see Board Correspondence - From: Julie Threet <julie4butte5@gmail.com> Sent: Friday, December 26, 2025 5:04 PM To: Senator.Dahle@senate.ca.gov; District Attorney <District_Attorney@buttecounty.net>; Kimmelshue, Tod <TKimmelshue@buttecounty.net>; Pickett, Andy <APickett@buttecounty.net>; Connelly, Bill <BConnelly@buttecounty.net>; Teeter, Doug <DTeeter@buttecounty.net>; Waugh, Melanie <mwaugh@buttecounty.net>; Kitts, Melissa <mkitts@buttecounty.net>; Durfee, Peter <PDurfee@buttecounty.net>; Ritter, Tami <TRitter@buttecounty.net>; Teri DuBose <Teri.DuBose@mail.house.gov>; Congressman Doug LaMalfa <CA01DL.Outreach@mail.house.gov>; Stephens, Brad J. <BStephens@buttecounty.net>; Clerk of the Board <clerkoftheboard@buttecounty.net>; jhutchison@chicoer.com; Beaudoin, Jarett <JBeaudoin@buttecounty.net>; Michael Wolcott <mwolcott@chicoer.com>; mmyers@chicoer.com; Soderstrom, Monica <msoderstrom@buttecounty.net>; hwatts@actionnewsnow.com; news@krcrtv.com; news@actionnewsnow.com; Assemblymember.Gallagher@assembly.ca.gov; Blankenship, DeAnne <DBlankenship@buttecounty.net>; Kasey Pulliam Reynolds <kasey.reynolds@chicoca.gov>; sheriff info <infosheriff@buttecounty.net>; bbarbosa@actionnewsnow.com; amarsden@actionnewsnow.com; abmiller1@csuchico.edu; lindawb@actionnewsnow.com; edelcarpio@actionnewsnow.com; Jerry Olenyn <jolenyn@actionnewsnow.com>; mkwilson@actionnewsnow.com Cc: Diana Dreiss <lancedreiss@att.net>; Michael Nevradakis <michael.nevradakis@childrenshealthdefense.org>; Ronald Owens <ronald@muzzledtruth.com> Subject: Breaking: Government Program for Compensating COVID Vaccine Injuries Is ‘Unconstitutional,’ Lawsuit Alleges - DA RAMSEY YOU HAVE MY CRIMINAL COMPLAINT FROM SHERIFF HONEA CORRECT? Or have you both destroyed it? For Public Record and Public Comment and FOR YOU PEOPLE TO DO SOMETHING. I am cc:ing Michael Navridakis who wrote the article for Children’s Health Defense. HE WROTE MY STORY TOO. https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/julie-threet-administering-covid-vaccines- fighting-for-vaccine-injured/ I hope our criminal complaint against Butte County moves forward too. I was INJURED by you people. And I have all the evidence of your collusion, willful misconduct, dereliction of duty and failure to act. Injecting a proven bioweapon into children cannot continue without consequences. Julie Threet INJURED BY BUTTE COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH 510-358-7520 https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/government-program-compensate-covid- vaccine-injuries-unconstitutional-cicp-lawsuit-alleges/ Two women, with support from Children’s Health Defense, are suing the government agency that oversees the compensation program for COVID-19 vaccine injuries. The women, who developed debilitating injuries after receiving Pfizer and Moderna COVID- 19 vaccines, allege the program violated their constitutional rights by setting eligibility criteria so restrictive that neither woman qualifies for compensation. the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. HRSA is a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The lawsuit names HRSA Administrator Thomas J. Engels in his official capacity. In addition to legal fees, the suit asks the court to declare the CICP unconstitutional and order the program administrator to open the compensation process to a broader range of injuries. 105 doctor appointments over 2-and-a-half years McInish received two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in 2021. She developed an autoimmune disorder, small fiber neuropathy, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), mast cell activation syndrome, tinnitus and heart palpitations, leaving her unable to work. She alleges that over two-and-a-half years, she had over 105 doctor appointments to treat her substantial, painful symptoms. Fible received two doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine in 2021. She said the vaccines caused her to develop high blood pressure, tachycardia, pelvic pain, tremors, leg numbness, weight loss, frequent urination and insomnia. She had to sit upright for several months. “While the injuries have subsided somewhat from their zenith, Plaintiffs remain impaired and have no access to any remedy,” the complaint states. According to the lawsuit, the lack of an alternative remedy violates the plaintiffs’ Fifth Amendment rights to due process and their 14th Amendment equal protection rights. “Plaintiffs did not, and could not apply” for compensation, the complaint states. “Justice to remedy their harms is completely out of reach.” The lawsuit alleges that the CICP is “designed to exclude the vast majority of those injured” and subverts the “rights to bodily autonomy and to be free of physical harm from others.” Flores said that, unlike prior cases challenging CICP, the new lawsuit is “narrowly pled to show that plaintiffs and the vast majority of the injured are left without any remedy whatsoever.” 1.5 million injured by COVID vaccines don’t qualify for compensation According to OpenVAERS, over 1.5 million people who received COVID-19 vaccines sustained injuries that weren’t life-threatening and were not life-ending. Under the CICP’s criteria, these people don’t qualify for compensation. The sole exception to the PREP Act’s liability shield is willful misconduct — defined as intentional acts (or omissions) done with knowledge that harm is highly probable. However, the PREP Act requires that willful misconduct claims first be adjudicated through CICP — even though CICP bars claims that fall below its “serious physical injury” threshold. This creates a classic — and likely unconstitutional — catch-22 scenario for prospective claimants, according to the lawsuit. Former U.S. Health Secretary Xavier Becerra declared the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency in May 2023. However, the declaration didn’t end a separate public health emergency that leaves COVID-19 covered under the PREP Act. In December 2024 — just before the end of former President Joe Biden’s term — Becerra extended the PREP Act’s liability shield for COVID-19 countermeasures until Dec. 31, 2029. It was the 12th extension since 2020. According to the lawsuit, even with the extensions, many people who meet CICP’s stringent criteria to file an injury claim have seen those applications habitually rejected. As of Dec. 1, CICP has compensated just 42 COVID-19 vaccine-related claims, out of 14,046 total claims filed, or less than 0.3%. A total of 87 claims were found “eligible for compensation,” while 6,186 claims have been denied, and 7,773 are “pending review or in review.” CICP’s median payout for the COVID-19 vaccine injury claims it has compensated is $4,131.50, while the average payout amount is $155,147.61. However, the latter figure is skewed by two unusually large payouts. Without those payouts, the average compensation amount falls to $5,126.65. “There has never been a successful challenge to CICP,” Flores said. “A ruling that CICP’s narrow application process is unconstitutional could open the door for many more” COVID-19 vaccine injury victims to submit claims to CICP.