The National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 created the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP). Which of the following was this legislation created to protect?

A. vaccine manufacturers
B. parents of children with vaccination injuries
C. schools requiring vaccinations for entrance
D. children injured by vaccinations
E. state governments


A. vaccine manufacturers

The reason for creating the VICP system was to relieve vaccine manufacturers and providers from having to pay judgments for vaccine injuries that, in turn, could lead to a shortage of vaccines due to the disincentive of legal liability.

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