The Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) and the Counter Measure Injury Compensation Program (CICP) are currently facing a dilemma as thousands of people may not receive payments for their injuries anytime soon.

Host Del Big Tree and investigative journalist Jefferey Jaxen discussed the issue during the June 11 episode of "The HighWire with Del Bigtree."

Jaxen read an article by Lauren Gardner on Politico: "The first program (VICP) meant for standard vaccines such as measles, and polio has too few staff to handle the number of reported injuries and thousands of patients are waiting years for their cases to be heard."

The article further stated that between 2010 and 2020, the CICP received 500 complaints. In the two years since the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic started, it received over 8,000 complaints.