Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach announced that investigators have found evidence that Pfizer knew its COVID-19 vaccine had “multiple side effects.”
During a press conference, Kobach said, “Pfizer knew of multiple side effects…and did not disclose.”
“And in some ways, made statements that were contrary,” he continued. “It’s more than just a failure to say that there are side effects. They made statements saying there are no side effects in particular cases, when in fact they knew there were side effects and they had data indicating those side effects.”
Kobach emphasized that the lawsuit is only against Pfizer, not “other manufacturers of their respective COVID-19 vaccines.”
“If information did come to light that they had similarly misled regarding information about the effectiveness, or more importantly, the negative side effects, then we would consider similar action against them,” he said. “But at this point, we only have the information regarding Pfizer that indicates a clear effort to conceal and mislead.”
Kobach stated that part of Pfizer’s effort to conceal is “attributed to the fact that Pfizer decided to stay out of Operation Warp Speed, and so they had less federal government supervision and oversight.”
Last week, Kobach filed a lawsuit against Pfizer. He stated that the vaccine presented safety issues for pregnant women, negatively affected fertility, led to heart problems, and was ineffective.
“Pfizer misled the public that it had a ‘safe and effective’ COVID-19 vaccine,” the lawsuit states. The pharmaceutical giant claimed its “COVID-19 vaccine was safe even though it knew its COVID-19 vaccine was connected to serious adverse events, including myocarditis and pericarditis, failed pregnancies, and deaths. Pfizer concealed this critical safety information from the public.”
According to the lawsuit, Pfizer’s “extensive and aggressive efforts” to keep its inoculation data concealed “conflict with its public transparency pledges and raise serious questions about what Pfizer is hiding and why it is hiding it.”
Kobach alleges the company also knew its inoculation “waned over time and did not protect against COVID-19 variants,” although it claimed otherwise.
