A group of House Republicans has asked President Joe Biden about the legal immunity granted to COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers, expressing concern about the immunity combined with the administration’s vaccine mandates. Rep. Michael Cloud (R-Texas) and 15 colleagues told Biden in a Dec. 20 letter that the mandates raise “many concerns as to the ethics of the federal government requiring a vaccine which receives special liability protections normally afforded to developing drugs, financially benefiting the vaccine manufacturers.” During the Trump administration, then-Health Security Alex Azar invoked the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act and declared vaccine makers immune from claims except for those alleging “willful misconduct.” The invocation has been extended multiple times and is currently set to stay in place until October 2024. People who suffer adverse reactions from a COVID-19 vaccine can seek compensation from a program known as CICP, but program administrators have been slow to analyze claims. …