Pfizer's president of international development markets, Janine Small, admitted in EU parliament that the company did not know the Covid vaccine's effectiveness before putting it into the market.
"Regarding the question around, did we know about stopping immunization before it entered the market…No. We have to really move at the speed of science to really understand what is taking place in the market," Small said in response to being asked if the company knew whether or not the vaccine would work before putting it on the market.
Rob Roos, a Dutch parliament member, was the one who asked the question, "Was the Pfizer COVID vaccine tested on stopping the transmission of the virus before it entered the market? If not, please say it clearly. If yes, are you willing to share the data with this committee?" In a Twitter video, he slammed Pfizer, saying, "If you don't get vaccinated, you're anti-social! This is what the Dutch prime minister and health minister told us. You don't get vaccinated just for yourself, but also for others — you do it for all of society. That's what they said. Today, this turns out to be complete nonsense."
Outkick criticized the Covid vaccines in the past, arguing that there is 'clear, substantial evidence that the vaccines do not prevent the spread of the virus.' They have linked studies that indicate vaccines against the Omicron variant were less than 20% effective in preventing infections.
Because of their previous studies, they claim that Pfizer's 'revelations' were 'entirely unsurprising.' They say politicians were entirely incorrect for "following the science." They bring up a recent Floridian study that found the dangers of the Covid vaccine for those between 18-39 to criticize the vaccine mandates and argue that they have been disproven to be ineffective.
On the contrary, Politifact argues that the revelations were nothing new. Moreover, they argue that the point of the vaccine was never to prevent transmission but instead to limit the symptoms of the virus. Finally, they argue that the vaccines had slowed down transmissions citing this study.
AP News says there is missing context to what Small responded to Roos' question. Because of this missing context, they claimed that it is a fact that Roos' claims are misleading. They cited a study that had no data on the vaccine's effectiveness in transmitting the virus but protection against contracting symptomatic COVID-19. They reported that a Pfizer spokesperson wrote an email stating, "Stopping transmission was not a study endpoint."
We await further news.
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