Pfizer rushed their trials and used their lobbying power to attempt to increase profits from the pandemic. Later data from the real world showed that their efficacy scores were lower than in the initial trials and not that much higher than rival cheaper vaccines.

Pfizer also did all these ethically dubious things without having enough manufacturing capacity to fulfill potential orders from the whole world, making it somewhat needlessly damaging

  • @CriticalResist8A
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    12 years ago

    Is there stuff about the Moderna vaccine too? I got that one instead of Pfizer exactly because I kept hearing concerning things about the latter.

    • @chad1234OP
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      12 years ago

      I’ve not looked at it much so I am not sure. However Moderna would not have had as much money to do as much aggressive lobbying and PR

      I got vaccinated after most people so more info about side effects revealed across a larger number of people in the public by then so I did not need to weigh much on their unethical behavior in my choice on which

      its still early and long term side effects may later be revealed

  • Christian
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    12 years ago

    Pfizer also did all these ethically dubious things without having enough manufacturing capacity to fulfill potential orders from the whole world, making it somewhat needlessly damaging

    I’m kind of slow, could you elaborate on this point?

    • @chad1234OP
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      the stuff in the first paragraph

      The bad things happening in ttheir trials were covered up and no attempt was made to address them before they got approval. Rival vaccine makers had reported various mistakes made in the trials and suffered delays due to having to rectify them

      Pfizer also got the US media to run hit pieces on rival vaccines from other nations to attempt to boost sales.

      Pfizer’s contract with various nations included various clauses allowing them to seize national assets

    • @chad1234OP
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      12 years ago

      you mean the manufacturing capacity part? Nations who did not place their orders very early would have had to wait a long time and many went with alternatives which did not have such a long wait

      • Christian
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        12 years ago

        I mean I know that and I get that the whistleblower is calling them out for bad scientific practices in the name of profits, I’m just confused as to how the two points are connected.

        • Comrade Birb
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          32 years ago

          Them having the “best” vaccine allowed them to secure a lot of orders, while still scrambling to actually fulfill the orders because of the complex and novel production process. This led to delays which is not a good thing when it comes to a critical vaccine…

        • @chad1234OP
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          12 years ago

          it is somewhat amusing that they may not have actually increased their sales by cheating