Texas sues Pfizer, says company lied about efficacy of COVID vaccine

Dec 01, 2023

Karah Rucker Anchor/Reporter

By Karah Rucker (Anchor/Reporter), Zachary Hill (Video Editor)

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit on behalf of the state against Pfizer. The lawsuit claims that Pfizer intentionally misrepresented the efficacy of its COVID-19 vaccine.

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Pfizer asserted 95% efficacy for its vaccine because it offers “relative risk reduction” for recipients. However, Paxton argues that this claim is misleading, pointing out that the same study, which cited the vaccine’s efficacy, found less than 1% “absolute risk reduction” in vaccine recipients.

Paxton claims that the pharmaceutical company misrepresented the vaccine’s effectiveness in the interest of larger profits. The company’s total revenue more than doubled following FDA approval of its COVID vaccines, with the portion attributed to COVID-19 immunizations exceeding $74 billion in the past two years.

Also in the lawsuit, Paxton accuses Pfizer of being part of a larger effort to censor social media posts that voiced skepticism over the company’s vaccines.

“In summary, Pfizer intentionally misrepresented the efficacy of its COVID-19 vaccine and censored persons who threatened to disseminate the truth in order to facilitate fast adoption of the product and expand its commercial opportunity,” the lawsuit states.

“We are pursuing justice for the people of Texas, many of whom were coerced by tyrannical vaccine mandates to take a defective product sold by lies,” Paxton said in a press release.

In a statement, Pfizer said its representations about the vaccine have been “accurate and science-based,” and that it believed the Texas lawsuit had no merit.

Tags: COVID-19, Ken Paxton, Pfizer, Texas, Vaccinations

[Karah Rucker]

THE STATE OF TEXAS HAS SUED PFIZER OVER ITS COVID-19 VACCINES –
CLAIMING THE COMPANY MISREPRESENTED THE **EFFICACY OF THE SHOTS.

PFIZER CLAIMED ITS VACCINE WAS 95 PERCENT EFFECTIVE BECAUSE IT OFFERED A “RELATIVE RISK REDUCTION” FOR PEOPLE WHO TOOK IT.
TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL KEN PAXTON SAYS – THE STUDY IN WHICH THAT STAT WAS PRODUCED –
ALSO SAW LESS THAN ONE PERCENT OF “ABSOLUTE RISK REDUCTION” IN VACCINE RECIPIENTS.

PAXTON – LEADING THE LAWSUIT AGAINST ONE OF PHARMA’S BIGGEST –
SAYS PFIZER MISREPRESENTED THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ITS COVID VACCINE –
CLAIMING PROFITS WAS TOP OF MIND.

WHICH – THE COMPANY’S OVERALL REVENUE – DID MORE THAN DOUBLE ONCE ITS COVID VACCINES RECEIVED FDA APPROVAL. THE PORTION OF ITS REVENUE RELATED TO COVID-19 IMMUNIZATIONS –
WAS MORE THAN 74 BILLION DOLLARS THE PAST TWO YEARS.

THE OTHER PART TO THE LAWSUIT. PAXTON ACCUSES PFIZER OF BEING PART OF THE CENSORSHIP EFFORT ON SOCIAL MEDIA TO FLAG POSTS THAT VOICED SKEPTICISM OVER PFIZER’S VACCINES.

THE LAWSUIT SAYS “In a nutshell, Pfizer deceived the public. Pfizer intentionally misrepresented the efficacy of its COVID-19 vaccine and censored persons who threatened to disseminate the truth in order to facilitate fast adoption of the product and expand its commercial opportunity.”

PAXTON: “We are pursuing justice for the people of Texas, many of whom were coerced by tyrannical vaccine mandates to take a defective product sold by lies.”

[Karah Rucker]

PFIZER SAYS THERE IS **NO MERIT TO THE TEXAS LAWSUIT.
THE COMPANY SAYS THEIR REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT ITS COVID-19 VACCINE HAVE BEEN “SCIENCE-BASED” AND “ACCURATE.”