One of Pfizer’s top executives said in a statement to the European Parliament that the company had not tested whether the vaccine could reduce contagion before it hit the market. This statement became the agenda on social media by attracting reaction from anti-vaccine opponents.
Coming into our lives in 2020 COVID-19 virusIn a short time, it took the whole world under its influence and caused millions of people to lose their lives. Many countries have also turned to restrictions due to the pandemic, allowing people to stay at home for quite a long time. The effects of the highly contagious disease have been reduced by vaccines developed by scientists.
Vaccines have divided people throughout the pandemic. Some of them oppose the vaccines developed for certain reasons and suggested that it should not be done. However, the data showed that the effects of the disease were significantly reduced thanks to the vaccine. It is now the most widely used vaccine worldwide. Pfizer/BioNTech A statement made by the US-based pharmaceutical company Pfizer, the developer of the COVID vaccine, sat on the agenda of social media.
Pfizer executive said it wasn’t known before it hit the market whether the vaccine could prevent its infectivity
CEO of Pfizer Janine Smallparticipated in the sessions held by the European Parliament, replacing the company CEO Albert Bourla. Here, EU officials posed questions to many participating pharmaceutical companies. One of them was to the Pfizer executive.
Rob Roos, a Dutch member of the European Parliament, told Small:Has the Pfizer COVID vaccine been tested to see if it prevents transmission before it is released?” posed the question. Small answered this question as follows:Did we know if it stopped contagion before it hit the market? No. We had to go at the speed of science to really understand what was going on in the market.”
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Saying that they have to take risks, Small, CEO Dr. Even if Bourla had been there “If not us, then who?” he would answer. Small also understood the importance of what is going on in the world; Therefore, he said that Pfizer spent $2 billion to take risks and help the pandemic and carry out the necessary research and production.
Small’s statements were soon agenda it happened. Asking the question, Roos described the statement as ‘scandal’ and stated that they were forced to be vaccinated with the slogans ‘Get vaccinated for others’. Many vaccines anti iHumans reacted similarly to this and their explanations make it look like it’s never been tested worked.
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“”The slogan “Get vaccinated for others” has always been a lie. The sole purpose of the COVID passport was to force people to get vaccinated.”
Does the vaccine prevent contagion?
So, is it necessary to react so much to vaccines because of these statements? Experts have already stated in their previous statements that vaccines do not completely prevent contagiousness, that the purpose of vaccines is reduce serious illness he was saying. According to scientists, the priority of vaccine manufacturers is to reduce the symptoms of the disease and reduce deaths rather than preventing infections. In the published data, it is seen that vaccines create higher immunity in people who are vaccinated and how vaccines change the course of the pandemic. Janine Small also states that in the studies published in the continuation of her statements, it was seen that the vaccine saved the lives of 4 million people in the first year.
In addition, there are studies and data showing that COVID vaccines reduce contagion. A study conducted in Israel in partnership with Pfizer in 2021 revealed that the Pfizer vaccine can also significantly reduce the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Another research is that vaccinated people can also transmit the virus; however, it was revealed that this was lower than the others.
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