Millions of doses have been administered across the world, but it has been revealed today that Pfizer initially turned down the offer to develop its Covid vaccine because executives believed the virus could be “controlled” and that mRNA technology was too experimental. The Telegraph has the story.
Dr. Ugur Sahin and his wife, Dr. Özlem Türeci, the founders of BioNTech, were told “guys, this is not going to work” by the pharmaceutical giant as the virus was starting to sweep the globe in January 2020.
The mRNA technology, which has proved so crucial to the vaccine breakthroughs, was, at the time, also considered too experimental by Dr. Phil Dormitzer, Pfizer’s Vice-President and Chief Scientific Officer for Viral Vaccines.
“My working assumption was that it [Covid] would be controlled” like the SARS and MERS outbreaks, Dr. Dormitzer admits.
The initial rejection, revealed in a new book, came just days after the Turkish-born couple decided to dedicate BionNTech to creating an mRNA based Covid jab, effectively gambling the business on something that had never been done before. Their company is now worth $85 billion.
Yet Drs. Sahin and Türeci remain close to Pfizer and Dr. Dormitzer, or “Phil” as they know him.
Dr Sahin had a detailed image in his mind of how the pandemic would unfold but also thought the Pfizer man’s assessment “completely rational”.
“After the phone call with Phil, I just thought for a second and said ‘we will call him again in a few weeks,’” Dr. Sahin told the Telegraph.
The couple thought it only a “matter of time” before the drugs giant changed its mind – and they were right. A deal was announced between the two companies a month later.
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Hope these people are sleeping well at night… because it won’t be long before there’s that knock at the door… They are all now in too deep. This is our ‘window of opportunity’ as Klaus Schwab might say… bring on the tumbrels. No Mercy. Information, resources and useful links: https://www.LCAHub.org/
BOLLOCKS!!! This is damage control. The acorn which they can grow at their will to suit their needs.
Vivian Fischer is an attorney and economist and partner of Reiner Fuellmich with the Berlin Corona Committee, an ad hoc mock government committee put together to investigate the whole Covid-19 situation. They started it thinking it would last 4 to 6 weeks and here they are now over one year later they are still learning new things every hearing. They hold hearings every Friday in Berlin and have expert witnesses on all aspects of the ongoing saga.
https://www.bitchute.com/video/jATXn4S0AtnV/
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All the focus is always on number 1 in the race. Why so little attention on no.2, Moderna? Is the news cycle around Pfizer very convenient for Moderna and it’s backers, who can happily cruise along in second place, coining it?
Phizer ‘changed its mind’ when Gates told their CEO his people would block all possible therapies so they could get an EUA and guaranteed, liability-free contracts worth billions.
That Pfizer VP was right but he clearly wasn’t factoring in that Billy Goats et alia had decided that it wouldn’t be allowed to be contained, and did everything within their considerable power to prevent the treatment of patients vulnerable to the virus (except those treatments designed to kill natch) and made sure that their organs (news organs) pumped out a drumbeat of the horrifying results of their non-treatment while claiming that we were all at risk of dying in the same way (especially Granny for some reason).
So a leaky ‘vaccine’ which is useless within a year and has a terrible safety profile is a success?
They sure set the bar low these days!
Yeah right.
If you believe that, I have plenty of bridges and Nigerian Princes telnos. for sale to you.
Yellow Card Reporting Data – 01 Sept 2021
And then someone told them: “Controlled? This isn’t about controlling it. I thought you guys love to make money.”
It it’s safe and effective tho. Isn’t it? Guys? Guys?!! *panic intensifies*