Reuters stumbles in attempt to “fact check” Pfizer Covid transmission scandal

A viral video with over 2 million views posted by True North featuring a Pfizer executive admitting that the vaccine manufacturer never tested their covid vaccine on stopping transmission of the virus is among several posts that were recently “fact-checked” by Reuters and marked as “misleading”.

But, based on online reaction, Reuter’s has stumbled at its attempt, which is in turn being portrayed as misleading.

In an October 10 hearing in the European Parliament, Dutch MEP Rob Roos asked Pfizer’s President of Developed Markets Janine Small if Pfizer had tested the vaccine on stopping transmission of the virus before entering the European market.

“Was the Pfizer Covid vaccine tested on stopping the transmission of the virus before it entered the market. If not, please say it clearly. If yes, are you willing to share the data with this committee?” Roos asked.

“Regarding the question around ‘did we know about stopping the (transmission) before it entered the market?’ No. We had to really move at the speed of science,” Small told the European parliament.

True North posted the video to Twitter and it quickly went viral on the platform, gaining more than 2 million views before Reuters stepped in to fact-check the widely circulated clip.

Source: https://tnc.news/2022/10/18/reuters-fact-check-pfizer/