{"id":1471971,"date":"2024-06-19T00:15:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T04:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1471971"},"modified":"2024-06-19T00:15:00","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T04:15:00","slug":"kansas-sues-pfizer-says-company-misled-public-on-covid-19-vaccine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/kansas-sues-pfizer-says-company-misled-public-on-covid-19-vaccine\/1471971\/","title":{"rendered":"Kansas Sues Pfizer, Says Company ‘Misled’ Public On COVID-19 Vaccine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kansas Sues Pfizer, Says Company ‘Misled’ Public On COVID-19 Vaccine<\/span><\/p>\n

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Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times<\/a> (emphasis ours),<\/em><\/p>\n

Kansas on June 17 sued Pfizer, alleging the pharmaceutical giant \u201cmisled\u201d members of the public with various claims about its COVID-19 vaccine.<\/strong><\/p>\n

US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla attends a press conference on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on May 25, 2022. – Pfizer said it would sell its patented drugs at a not-for-profit basis to the world’s poorest countries, as part of a new initiative announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI \/ AFP) (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Pfizer, for instance, said on April 1, 2021, that there were \u201cno serious safety concerns through up to six months following second dose\u201d of the vaccine it makes with Germany\u2019s BioNTech, the lawsuit notes.<\/p>\n

But documents made public through a lawsuit showed that Pfizer\u2019s adverse events database, which includes reported issues following vaccination from around the world, already contained 158,893 adverse events as of Feb. 28, 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cPfizer\u2019s representations that its COVID-19 vaccine did not have any safety concerns was inconsistent with the adverse events data it possessed<\/strong>,\u201d the suit, filed by Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach states. \u201cPfizer concealed, suppressed, or omitted material facts it possessed showing significant safety concerns associated with Pfizer\u2019s COVID-19 vaccine.\u201d<\/p>\n

The suit also highlights how Pfizer in the same press release said that vaccinated trial participants enjoyed 91.3 percent protection against COVID-19 up to six months after a second dose.<\/p>\n

Documents released later, though, showed that Pfizer recorded 83.7 percent effectiveness among trial participants at four months after a second dose, while finding indications in blood samples that effectiveness was waning even more at six months.<\/p>\n

Pfizer disclosed the waning effectiveness on July 28, 2021, in a preprint paper.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Its press release that day mentioned positive findings from a different study but omitted mention of the preprint paper or how it had found signs of waning protection.<\/p>\n

\u201cPfizer\u2019s concealment, suppression, and omission of the waning effectiveness of its COVID-19 vaccine allowed Pfizer to profit from vaccinations of Kansans who may have been deterred from Pfizer\u2019s COVID-19 vaccine had they known about its waning effectiveness,\u201d the suit states.<\/p>\n

In the second quarter of 2021, Pfizer made nearly $8 billion from its COVID-19 vaccine.<\/p>\n

The suit also notes that Albert Bourla, Pfizer\u2019s CEO, said in early 2023 that \u201cWe constantly review and analyze the data\u201c and \u201dwe\u2019ve seen not a single signal although we have distributed billions of doses.\u201d<\/p>\n

By that time, officials in the United States and elsewhere had said the available evidence showed the vaccine causes myocarditis after first detecting a signal for the heart inflammation in 2021<\/strong>. Pfizer said<\/a> in a leaked document dated February 11, 2022, that there were \u201cincreased cases of myocarditis\u201d reported in the United States after Pfizer\u2019s vaccination, and the label for its vaccine since 2021 carried a warning about the risk of the inflammation.<\/p>\n

Mr. Kobach\u2019s 69-page complaint<\/a>, filed in district court in Thomas County, alleges Pfizer made false, misleading, and deceptive claims in violation of consent judgments it previously entered into with Kansas and other states to settle separate allegations. In one of the settlements, Pfizer in 2008 paid $60 million over its promotion of two prescription drugs and agreed to, moving forward, carefully present information about its products.<\/p>\n

\u201cPfizer made multiple misleading statements to deceive the public about its vaccine at a time when Americans needed the truth,<\/strong>\u201d Mr. Kobach said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The Republican wants the court to declare that Pfizer\u2019s claims about its vaccine violate the consent judgments and is seeking damages, including $20,000 for each violation of each of the agreements.<\/p>\n

Pfizer in a statement to news outlets said the case will likely not succeed.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are proud to have developed the COVID-19 vaccine in record time in the midst of a global pandemic and saved countless lives. The representations made by Pfizer about its COVID-19 vaccine have been accurate and science-based. The company believes that the state\u2019s case has no merit and will respond to the suit in due course,\u201d the U.S.-based firm said.<\/p>\n

\u201cPfizer is deeply committed to the well-being of the patients it serves and has no higher priority than ensuring the safety and effectiveness of its treatments and vaccines.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Pfizer vaccine is the most administered in the United States, with more than 367 million injected across the country since the shot was made available in late 2020.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nTue, 06\/18\/2024 – 20:15<\/span><\/p>\n

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