{"id":123667,"date":"2022-11-28T18:43:13","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T18:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/2022\/11\/28\/pfizer-ceo-who-said-online-misinformation-is-criminal-is-found-guilty-of-misleading-vaccine-statements\/"},"modified":"2022-11-28T18:43:13","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T18:43:13","slug":"pfizer-ceo-who-said-online-misinformation-is-criminal-is-found-guilty-of-misleading-vaccine-statements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/pfizer-ceo-who-said-online-misinformation-is-criminal-is-found-guilty-of-misleading-vaccine-statements\/","title":{"rendered":"Pfizer CEO, Who Said Online \u201cMisinformation\u201d Is Criminal, Is Found Guilty of \u201cMisleading\u201d Vaccine Statements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla, last year at the Atlantic Council, <a href=\"https:\/\/reclaimthenet.org\/pfizer-ceo-says-sharing-misinformation-about-vaccines-is-a-crime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called people who spread COVID-19 vaccine misinformation \u201ccriminals,\u201d<\/a> in his calls for censorship of misinformation online.<\/p>\n<p>However, this year, Dr. Bourla is himself found responsible by the UK\u2019s pharmaceutical regulator of making \u201cmisleading\u201d statements about vaccination of children.<\/p>\n<p>Last December, in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/health-59488848\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview with the BBC<\/a>, Dr. Bourla said that \u201cthere is no doubt in my mind that the benefits, completely, are in favor of\u201d vaccinating children between the ages of five and 11.<\/p>\n<p>He continued to say that \u201cCovid in schools is thriving.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is disturbing, significantly, the educational system and there are kids that will have severe symptoms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The interview was conducted before the vaccine was approved for children between the ages of five and 11 in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>After the interview was published, parent campaign group <a href=\"https:\/\/reclaimthenet.org\/paypal-fine-2500-intolerance-discriminatory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UsForThem<\/a> filed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pmcpa.org.uk\/cases\/ongoing-cases\/auth35911221-a-complaint-on-behalf-of-usforthem-v-pfizer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">complaint<\/a> with the Prescription Medicines Code of Practice Authority (PMCPA). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla, last year at the Atlantic Council, called people who spread COVID-19 vaccine misinformation \u201ccriminals,\u201d in his calls for censorship of misinformation online. 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