“Vaccine makers are exempt from all liability for vaccine injury and death.”
What PolitiFact found
Under federal law, vaccine manufacturers benefit from significant lawsuit protections, including being shielded against suits about design defects. These protections are paired with a fund that is empowered to make compensation payments to injured parties in lieu of filing a lawsuit. Vaccine makers’ liability protections are not unlimited. Companies may be sued if the complaining party rejects the compensation fund’s offer; if negligence and fraud is alleged; and when a company’s vaccines are...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
West Virginians for Health Freedom made this claim around 29 August 2025. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 15 October 2025, 47 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
This check was done by PolitiFact, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.