A viral tweet has been circulating claiming that Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla has implied a connection between Pfizer vaccines and a microchip, based on a video clip of Bourla talking about the FDA’s approval of the “first electronic pill
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Snopes→ Pfizer Pill Becomes 1st US-Authorized Home COVID Treatment
U.S. health regulators on Wednesday authorized the first pill against COVID-19, a Pfizer drug that Americans will be able to take at home to head off the worst effects of the virus.
Snopes→ Did Pfizer CEO Say COVID-19 Vaccines Contain Microchips?
A 2018 video featuring Albert Bourla had nothing to do with COVID-19 or vaccines.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Most Of 158,000 ‘Adverse Events’ In Pfizer Data Common Side Effects, Not Deadly
Do records from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) subpoenaed by an attorney show over 158,000 adverse "events" in the first 2½ months of COVID-19 shot trials? Yes, but that number is misleading. While "158,000 adverse events" were n
Logically→ Pfizer made a $24.1 billion profit in the third quarter of 2021.
Pfizer did indeed make a $24.1 billion profit in the third quarter of 2021. However, only 60 percent of its profits came from vaccines.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pfizer Scientists Did NOT Warn Of Weekly Vaccinations For The Omicron Variant
Did Pfizer scientists warn the public that weekly vaccinations would need to begin to provide protection against the Omicron variant? No, that's not true: This claim is in an article from a website that defines itself as a "financial sati
Full Fact→ Pfizer vaccine doesn’t have a 6% fatality rate
Claims that the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine has a one in 17 mortality rate have been spreading on social media. This is false, and is due to a misreading of a report from Pfizer on adverse reactions. When Full Fact asked Pfizer to authenticate the report,
Snopes→ Pfizer Says COVID Booster Offers Protection Against Omicron
Pfizer and its partner BioNTech said lab tests showed a booster dose increased by 25-fold the level of so-called neutralizing antibodies against omicron.
Logically→ Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine has a mortality rate of nearly 6 percent.
The graph provides data on adverse events, not considering underlying conditions. Studies show adverse reactions to the vaccine is extremely rare.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pfizer Did NOT Under-Report Deaths In Clinical Trial Of COVID-19 Vaccine — Numbers Change As New Data Accumulate
Did Pfizer under-report the number of deaths in the 40,000-person clinical trial of the company's COVID-19 vaccine? No, that's not true: The claim ignores the fact that, over the course of an ongoing clinical trial for a new vaccine, numb
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pfizer Document Does NOT Say Thousands Were Killed By COVID-19 Shot In First Month
Does a Pfizer document show thousands of people around the world died from the company's COVID-19 vaccine the first month it was available? No, that's not true: The analysis of adverse event (AE) reports prepared by the pharmaceutical com
Lead Stories→ Pfizer Petitions Court For Identity of ‘Conservative Beaver’ Publisher — Lead Stories May Have Found Him
Wanted for Defamation On November 5, 2021, a website named Conservative Beaver published a false story about the CEO of Pfizer being arrested for fraud. It wasn't the first false story published by the website and it wouldn't be the last:
Full Fact→ Claims about changes to Pfizer vaccine for children miss important details
An article, shared on Facebook, claims Pfizer has changed the formula of a Covid-19 vaccine for children to include a medication that “stabilises people suffering a heart attack”. The article says the vaccine for five to 11-year-olds includ
Full Fact→ The wife of the Pfizer CEO did not die from its vaccine.
Screenshots of an article being shared on Facebook claim that the wife of the CEO of Pfizer has died of complications from the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine. This is not true. A spokesperson for Pfizer told the Associated Press that Myriam Bourla, the wife o
AllSides→ MSNBC’s Joy Reid’s false ‘fact-check’ claims Moderna, Pfizer not part of Operation Warp Speed
https://www.foxnews.com/media/msnbc-joy-reid-false-fact-check-moderna-pfizer-operation-warp-speed MSNBC
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pfizer Vaccine Will NOT Kill 117 Kids To Save 1 Child From Dying Of COVID In 5 To 11 Age Group
Will the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine kill 117 children ages 5 to 11 to save one child from dying of the virus? No, that's not true: There is no evidence to support that claim, which was made using data reported to the Vaccine Adverse Event Re
FactCheck.org→ Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 Vaccine Formulation Tweaked to Improve Stability
SciCheck Digest With the release of its pediatric COVID-19 vaccine, Pfizer switched the buffer used in its formulation to increase the stability of the product, allowing it to remain at refrigerator temperatures for longer. The Food and Drug Administra
Logically→ The wife of Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla has died from complications from the COVID-19 vaccine.
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla’s wife, Myriam Bourla, did not die from complications after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. Myriam Bourla is fine and alive.
Poynter→ Pfizer CEO’s wife did not die of COVID vaccine complications. She is ‘alive and well.’
As one of the companies behind an authorized COVID-19 vaccine, Pfizer has become a frequent subject of online misinformation, with some blogs and social media users specifically targeting company leadership. “Wife of Pfizer’s CEO dies after com
Snopes→ Pfizer Agrees to Let Other Companies Make Its COVID-19 Pill
The move could make the treatment available to more than half of the world’s population.
PolitiFact→ Conservative Beaver – Pfizer CEO’s wife is ‘alive and well’; she did not die of vaccine complications
“Wife of Pfizer’s CEO dies after complications from the vaccine.”
Health Feedback→ Pfizer CEO’s wife didn’t die from vaccine complications; Myriam Bourla is alive and well
REVIEW On 10 November 2021, the Conservative Beaver, an anonymously run Canadian website that routinely publishes “false information and actual fake news”, published a piece claiming that “Myriam Bourla—the wife of Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Wife of Pfizer CEO Is NOT Dead
Did Myriam Bourla, the wife of Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla, die November 10, 2021 after complications from Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine? No, that's not true: She was photographed with her husband at an awards ceremony on November 11, 2021. Cons
Health Feedback→ Tromethamine in the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children acts to improve the stability of the vaccine; it isn’t in the vaccine as a heart medication
REVIEW On 29 October 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized the emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in children aged 5 to 11. This vaccine for children has a slightly different formulation from the one approve
Logically→ Pfizer added tromethamine to its COVID-19 vaccine for children to stabilize a heart attack.
Tromethamine is a stabilizing agent used to increase the storage time for pharmaceutical products, but not to stabilize a heart attack.
Full Fact→ Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla has not been arrested for vaccine data fraud
A blog post from 6 November on the “The Truth is Where” website claims that Pfizer chairman and chief executive officer Dr Albert Bourla was arrested on the morning of 5 November at his home in Scarsdale, New York on fraud charges for &ldqu
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The British Medical Journal Did NOT Reveal Disqualifying And Ignored Reports Of Flaws In Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Trials
Did the British Medical Association's news blog reveal flaws that disqualify the results of a contractor's field testing of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, and were the problems ignored by the Food & Drug Administration and by Pfizer? No,
Snopes→ Pfizer Asks FDA to OK COVID-19 Booster Shots for All Adults
Pfizer asked U.S. regulators to allow boosters of its COVID-19 vaccine for anyone 18 or older, a step that comes amid concern about increased spread of the coronavirus with holiday travel and gatherings.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pfizer Does NOT Confirm Vaccinated People Can ‘Shed’ Spike Proteins And Harm The Unvaccinated
Does Pfizer "admit" that people given its COVID-19 vaccine "shed" spike proteins and infect unvaccinated people? No, that's not true. The claim is based on the standard clinical study protocol used for a wide range of medicines. There is
The Dispatch→ Does a Pfizer Ad Tell Kids the Vaccine Will Give Them Superpowers?
“PURE EVIL: Disturbing Pfizer Ad Tells Kids They’ll Get Superpowers from COVID Jab (VIDEO).” Or so claims the headline of this story from misinformation peddler the Gateway Pundit. The article focuses on a video recently released
Logically→ The FBI has arrested Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla on charges of fraud.
The false claim stemmed from a conspiracy website, famous for spreading fake news.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pfizer CEO Was NOT Arrested By FBI In Scarsdale, NY
Did the FBI arrest Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla in Scarsdale, New York, on the morning of November 5, 2021? No, that's not true: Scarsdale police said there was no FBI raid there and that Bourla no longer lives in the famous bedroom community
FactCheck.org→ A Guide to Pfizer/BioNTech’s Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccine for Kids 5-11
As with its adult vaccine, Pfizer/BioNTech was the first to cross the finish line and offer a Food and Drug Administration-authorized COVID-19 vaccine to children ages 5 through 11. Here, we describe how it’s different from its grown-up cousin and
Snopes→ Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla Was Not Arrested
Websites claiming there was a "media blackout" are almost always peddling fake news.
Health Feedback→ No evidence suggests that Pfizer’s smoking cessation medication Chantix increases the risk of cancer; recall of this product is irrelevant to the safety of COVID-19 vaccines
REVIEW Misinformation discouraging COVID-19 vaccination has taken many forms. One of them involves misleading claims suggesting that COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers marketed unsafe products in the past. These narratives foster distrust in the product
Snopes→ Pfizer Says COVID-19 Pill Cut Hospital, Death Risk by 90%
Currently all COVID-19 treatments used in the U.S. require an IV or injection.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Video By Dr. Richard Fleming Does NOT Prove Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine ‘Attacks Human Blood, Creating Clots’
Does Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine attack human blood and cause dangerous clots? No, there's no publicly available evidence to support the claim. There is no website at the address the video maker sends viewers to for details on the blood exa
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pfizer DID Include Tromethamine, A Buffer, To Its COVID-19 Vaccine For Children — But It Is NOT Harmful
Did Pfizer include tromethamine, an "ingredient used to stabilize heart attack victims" in its COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5-11 years old? Only as a stabilizing pH buffer to make it easier to store. While tromethamine is being used
Snopes→ Pfizer Says COVID-19 Vaccine More Than 90% Effective in Kids
Kid-size doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine appear safe and nearly 91% effective at preventing symptomatic infections in 5- to 11-year-olds.
Logically→ The Pfizer-Biotech vaccine can severely react with the flu vaccine when they are given at the same time.
COVID-19 vaccines that are given at the same time as a flu vaccine do not cause significantly worse reactions.