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  • Fact Check: Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla Did NOT 'Admit' COVID-19 Was Used As 'A Test'

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    Did Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla "admit" on June 18, 2024, that COVID-19 was used as "a test"? No, that's not true. Pfizer Media Relations told Lead Stories that the "quote is taken out of context." Additionally, the head of the pharmaceutical and biotechnology company never used the word "test"; instead, Bourla said the pandemic was "like a rehearsal," preparing Pfizer…

    • Jun 28, 2024
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla Did NOT 'Admit' COVID-19 Was Used As 'A Test' Out Of Context
  • Fact Check: Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla Was NOT Arrested By US Marines On August 7, 2023

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    Did U.S. Marines arrest Albert Bourla, the CEO of the biopharmaceutical company Pfizer, on August 7, 2023? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that Bourla was arrested, and Pfizer confirmed that it didn't happen. The claim started on a website known for publishing fictional stories about real-life figures. The claim originated in an article (archived here) published by…

    • Aug 10, 2023
    • by: Christiana Dillard
    Fact Check: Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla Was NOT Arrested By US Marines On August 7, 2023 Fake Arrest
  • Fact Check: Pfizer CEO Bourla Did Not "Maintain" That mRNA Technology Was Unsafe

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    Did Albert Bourla, the chairman and CEO of the Pfizer pharmaceutical company, "maintain" that mRNA vaccine technology was unsafe when he gave researchers the go-ahead to use it in Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine? No, that's not true: In the full 2022 Washington Post interview from which this claim is derived, Bourla did not say that mRNA was unsafe. He said that…

    • Dec 6, 2022
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Pfizer CEO Bourla Did Not "Maintain" That mRNA Technology Was Unsafe Novel ≠ Unsafe
  • Fact Check: Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla Did NOT Say By 2023 'We Will Reduce' The Number Of People By 50%

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    Did Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla say by 2023 that "we will reduce" the number of people in the world by 50%? No, that's not true: This is a doctored video and Bourla did not say that. The phrase clipped out of this video -- about reducing the number of people who can't afford medications -- changes Bourla's meaning. The video…

    • May 30, 2022
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla Did NOT Say By 2023 'We Will Reduce' The Number Of People By 50% Doctored Tape
  • Fact Check: Pfizer CEO, Pfizer VP Have NOT Been Arrested

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    Did the CEO of Pfizer get arrested? Was the vice president of Pfizer detained by federal agents recently? No, neither of these claims are true: A spokesperson from Pfizer told Lead Stories that these claims are false. Vancouver Times, which wrote about the Pfizer vice president, is satirical according to its About Us section. Meanwhile, another site -- Fast News…

    • May 11, 2022
    • by: Marlo Lee
    Fact Check: Pfizer CEO, Pfizer VP Have NOT Been Arrested Not Detained
  • Context Matters: Why Lead Stories Fact Checked The BMJ

    Analysis

    On November 10, 2021, Lead Stories published a fact check about an article published by the British Medical Journal (BMJ) on November 2, 2021. In response, the BMJ published an open letter to Mark Zuckerberg on December 17, 2021, calling our fact check "inaccurate, incompetent and irresponsible." We addressed their concerns in a December 18, 2021, article, going over their…

    • Jan 27, 2022
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Context Matters: Why Lead Stories Fact Checked The BMJ
  • Fact Check: Pfizer CEO Did NOT Say Two Doses Of Vaccine Offer Very Little Protection Against COVID-19

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    Did the CEO of Pfizer say that two doses of the vaccine offer very little protection against COVID-19? No, that's not true: He was speaking specifically about the omicron variant, not about other variants of the coronavirus. Clipping the quote in this way robs it of context that makes clear what he meant. The claim appeared in an Instagram post…

    • Jan 14, 2022
    • by: Dana Ford
    Fact Check: Pfizer CEO Did NOT Say Two Doses Of Vaccine Offer Very Little Protection Against COVID-19 Re: Omicron
  • Fact Check: Pfizer CEO Did NOT Say Company's COVID-19 Treatment Pill Will Contain Microchip

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    Did Albert Bourla, the CEO of biopharmaceutical company Pfizer, say that the company's COVID-19 treatment pill will contain a microchip that transmits information once swallowed? No, that's not true: A Pfizer spokesperson told Lead Stories that the claim is false. Additionally, a 2018 clip of Bourla discussing ingestible technology is unrelated to Paxlovid, Pfizer's COVID treatment pill. The claim appeared…

    • Jan 10, 2022
    • by: Christiana Dillard
    Fact Check: Pfizer CEO Did NOT Say Company's COVID-19 Treatment Pill Will Contain Microchip Unrelated Clip
  • Fact Check: Pfizer CEO HAS Had Vaccine -- Old Interview Is Taken Out Of Context

    Fact Check

    Did the CEO of Pfizer, Albert Bourla, recently explain why he hasn't gotten the COVID-19 vaccine yet? No, that's not true: The video in this post is an outdated interview from 2020. That's when Bourla said he was waiting his turn as he did not meet the criteria due to emergency rollout measures for those in the priority groups. As…

    • Jan 5, 2022
    • by: Kaiyah Clarke
    Fact Check: Pfizer CEO HAS Had Vaccine -- Old Interview Is Taken Out Of Context Old Interview
  • Fact Check: Moderna CEO Was NOT Arrested By FBI On November 22, 2021

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    Was Stéphane Bancel, CEO of Moderna, arrested by the FBI on November 22, 2021? No, that's not true: There is no evidence to suggest that Bancel was arrested and the website where the claim originally appeared is a known fake news website. The claim appeared in an article (archived here) published on November 22, 2021, by CelebSaga. One portion of…

    • Nov 24, 2021
    • by: Christiana Dillard
    Fact Check: Moderna CEO Was NOT Arrested By FBI On November 22, 2021 Not Arrested
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