{"id":1016551,"date":"2021-11-15T19:13:32","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T00:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1016551"},"modified":"2021-11-15T19:13:35","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T00:13:35","slug":"fact-check-image-falsely-claims-the-wife-of-pfizers-ceo-died-of-covid-19-vaccine-complications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-image-falsely-claims-the-wife-of-pfizers-ceo-died-of-covid-19-vaccine-complications\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Image Falsely Claims The Wife Of Pfizer\u2019s CEO Died Of COVID-19 Vaccine Complications"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-image-falsely-claims-the-wife-of-pfizers-ceo-died-of-covid-19-vaccine-complications%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1016551&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>An image <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/oxavier3377\/posts\/436449934863203\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> claims Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla\u2019s wife, Myriam, has died from complications from the COVID-19 vaccine.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Albert Bourla\u2019s wife, Myriam, has not died.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/oxavier3377\/posts\/436449934863203\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">image<\/a> looks to show a screen grab of an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativebeaver.com\/2021\/11\/10\/the-wife-of-pfizers-ceo-dies-from-complications-from-the-vaccine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">article<\/a> published Nov. 10 by the Conservative Beaver titled \u201cWife of Pfizer\u2019s CEO dies after complications from the vaccine.\u201d The article claims Albert Bourla\u2019s wife, Myriam, passed away in the emergency room at New York-Presbyterian Lawrence Hospital early Wednesday of last week.<\/p>\n<p>That is, however, not true. Albert Bourla, the CEO of Pfizer, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlbertBourla\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">has not posted<\/a> any announcement of her death on his verified Twitter account. Instead, on Nov. 11, he <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlbertBourla\/status\/1458892469823750151\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared<\/a> a photo of him and his wife attending the Atlantic Council\u2019s 2021 Distinguished Leadership Awards the previous night. The event was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlanticcouncil.org\/blogs\/new-atlanticist\/full-transcript-2021-distinguished-leadership-awards-honor-bold-visionaries-in-challenging-times\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">held<\/a> in Washington, D.C, on the evening of Nov. 10, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlanticcouncil.org\/event\/distinguished-leadership-awards-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Atlantic Council\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"9.1614730878187\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Enjoying the moment with my wife and Pfizer\u2019s Chief Human Resources Officer at last night\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AtlanticCouncil?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AtlanticCouncil<\/a> Distinguished Leadership Awards. Glad we were able to be together in person as I accepted this award on behalf of our purpose-driven colleagues around the world. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y3r0y6peal\">pic.twitter.com\/y3r0y6peal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Albert Bourla (@AlbertBourla) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlbertBourla\/status\/1458892469823750151?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cEnjoying the moment with my wife and Pfizer\u2019s Chief Human Resources Officer at last night\u2019s @AtlanticCouncil Distinguished Leadership Awards,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlbertBourla\/status\/1458892469823750151?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reads<\/a> the Nov. 11 tweet. \u201cGlad we were able to be together in person as I accepted this award on behalf of our purpose-driven colleagues around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Keanna Ghazvini, a spokesperson for Pfizer, also refuted the claim in an email to Check Your Fact. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/11\/08\/fact-check-pfizer-albert-bourla-arrested-fbi-fraud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Has Pfizer Bourla Been Arrested By The FBI On Fraud Charges?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur CEO\u2019s wife is alive and well contrary to what was said on the Internet,\u201d Ghazvini said. \u201cIt is unconscionable that a person posing as a journalist would spread such outrageous lies about our CEO and his family with the goal of undermining confidence in a vaccine that has been given to hundreds of millions of people worldwide. They are deliberately and maliciously attempting to cause emotional distress to the Bourla family and more importantly doing damage to innocent people around the world who put their lives at risk by believing such rubbish.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pfizer, a pharmaceutical company, has created <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/emergency-preparedness-and-response\/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19\/covid-19-vaccines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">one of the three COVID-19 vaccines<\/a> available in the U.S. The Food and Drug Administration <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/news-events\/press-announcements\/fda-approves-first-covid-19-vaccine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">approved<\/a> the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in August for people ages 16 and older. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/vaccines\/safety\/safety-of-vaccines.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">on its website<\/a> that COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective. Over 442 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in the U.S. as of Monday, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#vaccinations_vacc-people-onedose-pop-12yr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CDC data<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Conservative Beaver has a history of promulgating misinformation. Earlier this month, Check Your Fact debunked a <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/11\/08\/fact-check-pfizer-albert-bourla-arrested-fbi-fraud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">claim<\/a> that originated from the website that falsely alleged Albert Bourla had been arrested by the FBI on fraud charges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Facebook claims Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla\u2019s wife, Myriam, has died from complications from the COVID-19 vaccine.Verdict: False Albert Bourla\u2019s wife, Myriam, has not died. 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