That's the part of the story they want people to focus on. The real story is that once a vaccine is on the childhood vaccination schedule, the manufacturers of said vaccine have limited liability against any injury claims - irregardless of whether the vaccine is given to a child or adult.

The National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 setup a 'no-fault' vaccine injury compensation program strictly to reduce big pharma/vaccine provider liability which might threaten vaccine production. Since 1988 <1/2 of the 25,000 petitions have been compensated - which for all intents means WE pay for it via the 'VICP Trust Fund'.

https://www.hrsa.gov/vaccine-compensation/faq https://www.hrsa.gov/vaccine-compensation/data

So this is really more about extending the indemnity for big pharma - previously provided by EUAs and PREP act - as they allow the pandemic 'emergency' to expire (so generously).