Online influencers offered cash bribe to smear Pfizer vaccine
UK agency linked to ‘dangerous’ campaign which reportedly offered YouTubers payments to claim Pfizer causes more deaths than AstraZeneca
25 May 2021 • 5:09pm
French health minister Olivier Véran said there was no chance the scheme would have worked
Credit: Franck Fife/AFP
France’s health minister has blasted as “dangerous, irresponsible and pathetic” an attempt by a mysterious “UK-based” PR agency asking influencers and YouTube personalities to publicly denigrate the Pfizer vaccine in exchange for money.
Targets of the campaign, who are active in the health and science fields, said they had received an email offer by the agency of "a partnership" on behalf of a customer with "a colossal budget" but who wanted to remain anonymous and also to keep any deal secret.