Meg Tirrell explains why the FDA and CDC called to halt the administration of Johnson & Johnson vaccines after six women developed a rare blood clot disorder.
Share
Tweet
A month ago, we decried Europe s vaccine panic, in which EU officials paused their already-languishing vaccine administration process to review the possibility that blood clotting was an extremely rare side effect of the AstraZeneca vaccine (which has never been approved in the US). A few dozen blood clot-related issues had arisen among the 17 million vaccinated people at the time. The data showed that while such effects did crop up in tiny numbers during the clinical trials, those instances were actually
less frequent than they would have been under the normal natural occurrence rate among the general public. Beyond that, crucially, among the very small number of people within the trial who developed these issues, occurrences were lower in the vaccinated group than in the placebo group. It seemed as though European officials had needlessly stirred doubts about a safe and effective vaccine based on.basically nothing. The fear was that widespread v
No, Pfizer s CEO Did Not Refuse to Take the COVID-19 Vaccine snopes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from snopes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Updated 4/4/2021 1:19 PM
A recent social media post claimed the chairman and CEO of Pfizer Inc., the pharmaceutical company that helped develop a COVID-19 vaccine, rejected the chance to be vaccinated himself. #Pfeizer CEO Refuses to get COVID Vaccine, reads the caption to a Facebook video, which misspelled Pfizer and was shared more than 3,100 times.
In the video, Pfizer chief Albert Bourla tells CNBC host Meg Tirrell, I am 59 years old, in good health, I m not working in the front line so (I am not) recommended to get vaccinated now. That report is categorically false, Pfizer spokeswoman Sharon Castillo told USA Today. Dr. Bourla has been fully vaccinated with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
NOT REAL NEWS: False stories from this week about Pfizer s COVID vaccine, Taco Bell, more abc7ny.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from abc7ny.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.