Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach filed a lawsuit against Pfizer on Monday, alleging the pharmaceutical giant intentionally misled consumers about the safety and efficacy of its Covid shot. The Republican official further contended Pfizer colluded with Big Tech companies to censor speech critical of the jabs.
“You do not deceive consumers, and you especially must not deceive consumers when consumers are making an urgent, frantic decision, believing that their life might be on the line,” Kobach said during a Monday press conference.
Filed in the District Court of Thomas County, Kansas, the 69-page lawsuit alleges that Pfizer claimed its Covid shot “was safe even though it knew its COVID-19 vaccine was connected to serious adverse events, including myocarditis and pericarditis, failed pregnancies, and deaths,” and worked to “conceal” such information from the public. The suit argues the pharma company committed similar actions regarding the jab’s long-term efficacy and ability to combat future variants.
“Pfizer’s actions and statements relating to its COVID-19 vaccine violated previous consent judgments with the State of Kansas” and the Kansas Consumer Protection Act, “regardless of whether any individual consumer ultimately received Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine,” the lawsuit reads. “Pfizer must be held accountable for falsely representing the benefits of its COVID-19 vaccine while concealing and suppressing the truth about its vaccine’s safety risks, waning effectiveness, and inability to prevent transmission.”
Pfizer claimed its shot was “95% effective against COVID-19 beginning 28 days after the first dose” when debuting the product in late 2020. As my colleague
