Dishonest media strikes again! with the ALG Minute, I’m Catherine Mortensen.
When Pfizer announced this week they have a vaccine that is more than 90% effective in preventing COVID-19, it should have been a moment to celebrate yet another Trump administration achievement. Instead, news outlets such as Newsweek, the New York Times and Washington Post sought to make sure President Donald Trump got no credit for it. The head of vaccine development at Pfizer told the New York Times, “We have never taken money from the US government or from anyone,” and then went on to claim Pfizer was never a part of Trump’s Operation Warp Speed. Not so fast, Pfizer. A quick Google search finds a Pfizer press release from July announcing that the U.S. government placed an initial order from Pfizer of 100 million doses for $1.95 billion.
While no money went specifically into the vaccine’s research and development, Pfizer did take government money, and was forced to walk back Jansen’s statement.
Despicable, but sadly predictable. For more check us out at the Daily Torch.com
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