{"id":2112425,"date":"2023-11-30T15:52:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T20:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-ag-ken-paxton-unveils-lawsuit-against-pfizer-for-allegedly-misrepresenting-covid-vaccine-efficacy\/"},"modified":"2023-11-30T15:57:13","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T20:57:13","slug":"texas-ag-ken-paxton-unveils-lawsuit-against-pfizer-for-allegedly-misrepresenting-covid-vaccine-efficacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-ag-ken-paxton-unveils-lawsuit-against-pfizer-for-allegedly-misrepresenting-covid-vaccine-efficacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas AG Ken Paxton sues Pfizer over alleged COVID vaccine efficacy misrepresentation"},"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\">24<\/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%2Ftexas-ag-ken-paxton-unveils-lawsuit-against-pfizer-for-allegedly-misrepresenting-covid-vaccine-efficacy%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=2112425&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--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This illustration picture taken on November \u200b23, 2020 shows a bottle\u2063 reading \u201cVaccine Covid-19\u201d and a syringe next to the Pfizer and Biontech\u200b logo. \u2013 The European Commission has signed five contracts to pre-order vaccines,\u2062 among which with the U.S.-German \u2062company Pfizer-BioNTech (up to 300 million doses). (Photo\u2063 by JOEL SAGET \/ AFP) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/daniel-baldwin\">Daniel Baldwin<\/a><br \/>12:18 PM\u2063 \u2013\u200c Thursday, November 30, 2023<\/p>\n<p>Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has \u2063filed a lawsuit against Pfizer, accusing the pharmaceutical company of\u200d misleading the public about the effectiveness of \u2062its COVID-19 vaccine and attempting to suppress discussions\u2064 about it.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cBy the end of 2021, official government reports showed that in at least some \u200cplaces a greater percentage of the\u2062 vaccinated were dying from COVID-19 than \u2063the unvaccinated,\u201d the \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasattorneygeneral.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/press\/Pfizer%20Vaccine%20Petition%20Filed.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">petition<\/a> read. \u201cPfizer\u2019s vaccine plainly was not \u201895% effective.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to \u2064Paxton, Pfizer violated the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act by engaging in false\u200d and misleading acts.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cIn a nutshell, Pfizer deceived\u2063 the public,\u201d the lawsuit stated.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWe are pursuing justice for \u2063the people \u200dof\u200d Texas, many of whom were coerced by tyrannical vaccine mandates to take a defective product sold by lies,\u201d Paxton said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasattorneygeneral.gov\/news\/releases\/attorney-general-ken-paxton-sues-pfizer-misrepresenting-covid-19-vaccine-efficacy-and-conspiring\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">press release<\/a>. \u201cThe facts are clear. Pfizer did not tell the truth about \u2063their COVID-19 \u2062vaccines. Whereas the Biden Administration weaponized the pandemic to \u200bforce illegal public \u200dhealth decrees\u2063 on \u2064the public and\u2062 enrich pharmaceutical\u2062 companies, I will use every tool I have to protect our citizens who were misled and harmed by Pfizer\u2019s actions.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The lawsuit centers around allegations that Pfizer made false claims about the vaccine&#8217;s 95% effectiveness.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWhen it began making those claims, Pfizer possessed on average only two months of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-plans-to-send-astrazeneca-vaccines-to-mexico-canada\/\" title=\"U.S. Plans To Send AstraZeneca Vaccines To Mexico, Canada\">clinical trial data<\/a> from which to compare vaccinated and unvaccinated persons,\u201d the lawsuit read. \u201cOf 17,000 placebo recipients, only \u200b162 acquired COVID-19 during this two-month period. Based on those numbers, vaccination status had a\u2063 negligible impact on whether a trial\u200d participant contracted COVID-19.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThe risk of acquiring COVID-19 was so small \u200cin the first instance during this short window that Pfizer\u2019s vaccine only fractionally improved a person\u2019s risk of infection,\u201d the petition continued. \u201cAnd a vaccine recipient\u2019s absolute risk reduction\u2014the \u2063federal Food &#038; Drug Administration\u2019s (FDA)\u2064 preferred efficacy metric\u2014showed that the vaccine was merely 0.85% effective. Moreover, according to\u200c Pfizer\u2019s own data, preventing one COVID-19 case required vaccinating 119. That was the \u200csimple truth. But Pfizer\u2019s fusillade of public representations bore no resemblance to reality.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Paxton also \u200dalleges that COVID cases increased as Pfizer distributed millions of its shots, with some areas reporting more deaths among \u200dthe vaccinated population than the unvaccinated.<\/p>\n<p>Paxton further claims that Pfizer colluded with the Biden Administration \u200cto request censorship\u2063 of COVID-related misinformation from Big Tech companies.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive \u200cbreaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>California \u200bGovernor Gavin Newsom and Florida \u200cGovernor\u2063 Ron DeSantis are set to engage in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ingrassia-desantis-newsom-debate-only-helps-democrat-party\/\" title=\"Ingrassia: DeSantis-Newsom Debate Boosts Democrats\">highly anticipated debate tonight<\/a>, but there are doubts \u200babout DeSantis&#8217; motivations for participating\u200d in this spectacle. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Families of individuals held hostage by Hamas\u200c share their stories on Capitol Hill. One America\u2019s Jericho Dancel\u2064 brings us \u2062the details.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>After \u200ctwo House Democrats introduce a privileged motion to expel embattled representative George Santos, House\u2062 Speaker Mike Johnson expresses reservations about the push.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>A Louisiana District Court and the 5th Circuit Court Of Appeals have prohibited the Federal Government from collaborating\u2064 with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ga-poll-watcher-it-expert-non-trump-supporter-affidavit-sudden-surge-of-20000-mail-in-votes-for-biden-in-early-hours-on-nov\/\" title=\"GA Poll Watcher, IT Expert, Non-Trump Supporter Affidavit: Sudden Surge of 20,000 Mail-In-Votes For Biden In Early Hours On Nov\">social media companies<\/a> to censor\u2063 speech. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>More advertisers are likely to withdraw\u2064 from Elon Musk&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zuckerbergs-attempt-to-take-down-musks-twitter-is-tanking-further-and-further-each-day-data-shows\/\" title=\"Zuckerberg's bid to defeat Musk on Twitter is failing more each day, data reveals.\">social \u200bmedia platform<\/a> X after the billionaire publicly criticizes some of the biggest names in the\u200d media industry.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>We asked \u200bChatGPT, OpenAI&#8217;s viral chatbot, how it feels on its first \u200bbirthday.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>4:05 PM UTC \u2013 \u200bNovember 29, 2023 LONDON (Reuters) \u2013 Google DeepMind has utilized \u2064artificial intelligence \u2062(AI) to predict the structure of\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>November 29, 2023 \u2013 10:58 AM UTC BERLIN (Reuters) \u2013 Germany&#8217;s Bitcoin Group (ADE.DE) announced on Wednesday that it was implementing measures to\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> How does Paxton claim that Pfizer deceived the public and violated the \u200dTexas Deceptive Trade Practices Act?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against Pfizer, accusing the\u2064 pharmaceutical company of misleading the\u200c public about the\u2064 effectiveness of its COVID-19 vaccine and attempting to suppress discussions about it. The lawsuit centers \u200baround allegations that \u200cPfizer made \u200bfalse claims about the vaccine&#8217;s \u200d95% \u2062effectiveness.<\/p>\n<p>In the lawsuit, Paxton\u200b claims that by \u2064the end of 2021, official \u200dgovernment reports showed that \u2063in some \u200dplaces, a greater\u200d percentage of the vaccinated were \u200ddying \u200bfrom COVID-19 than the\u2062 unvaccinated. According to the petition filed by \u200bPaxton,\u2063 Pfizer&#8217;s vaccine was not\u2062 as effective as claimed.<\/p>\n<p>Paxton further alleges that Pfizer deceived the public and violated the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act by \u200dengaging in false\u200c and misleading acts. He states \u200cthat many Texans were \u2063coerced \u200cinto taking \u2063a defective \u200cproduct sold by lies \u200bdue to \u200btyrannical\u2064 vaccine mandates.<\/p>\n<p>Pfizer is accused of making claims about the vaccine&#8217;s effectiveness without sufficient clinical trial \u2064data. The lawsuit mentions that \u2063Pfizer\u200d possessed only two months of clinical trial data when it began making\u2063 claims about the vaccine&#8217;s effectiveness. The numbers from the clinical trial indicate that vaccination status had a negligible impact on whether a trial participant contracted COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally,\u200b Paxton claims that\u200c Pfizer colluded\u2063 with the Biden Administration\u2064 to request censorship of COVID-related misinformation \u2062from\u2064 Big Tech companies. He believes that Pfizer&#8217;s actions have misled and harmed citizens\u200d who were \u2063coerced into taking the\u200b vaccine.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit brings attention to the fact that COVID cases increased as\u200d Pfizer distributed\u200d millions of its\u2063 shots, with some areas reporting \u200cmore deaths among the vaccinated population than the unvaccinated.<\/p>\n<p>Paxton concludes by stating\u2064 that he will use every tool he has to protect citizens who were misled\u2064 and harmed by Pfizer&#8217;s actions. He believes that the Biden Administration weaponized the\u200d pandemic to force illegal public health decrees on the public and enrich pharmaceutical companies.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit against Pfizer highlights the importance\u200d of transparency and accurate information when it comes to public \u200bhealth matters. The allegations made by the \u200bTexas Attorney General\u200d raise concerns about \u200cthe efficacy\u200c of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine and the role of pharmaceutical companies in \u200cpromoting\u2064 and distributing vaccines.<\/p>\n<p>As the case unfolds, it will be important to\u200c examine the evidence presented by both parties to determine the\u2064 truth\u200d behind the claims made \u200cagainst Pfizer. The outcome\u200b of this lawsuit could \u2063have \u200bimplications for public trust in vaccines and the pharmaceutical industry as a whole.<\/p>\n<p>In the midst of the ongoing\u200b COVID-19 pandemic, it is \u200dcrucial for \u2064individuals to stay informed \u2063and rely on \u2063reliable \u2064sources of information. Misleading claims \u200cand false information can have serious consequences, and it is important to rely \u2063on scientific evidence and \u2064expert opinion when making decisions about healthcare.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The European Commission has pre-ordered vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech, with up to 300 million doses. A photo shows a bottle labeled &#8220;Vaccine Covid-19&#8221; and a syringe next to the Pfizer and Biontech logo. The Commission has signed five contracts for vaccine pre-orders. 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