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A Pfizer exec has made a frank admission during a parliamentary hearing, with one representative describing it as “shocking, even criminal”.

A senior Pfizer executive has admitted that the drug company did not know whether its Covid vaccine prevented transmission of the virus when it began rolling out the shots globally.

Janine Small, Pfizer’s president of international developed markets, was testifying before the European Union Parliament on Monday when she was asked the question by Dutch MEP Rob Roos.

“Was the Pfizer Covid vaccine tested on stopping the transmission of the virus before it entered the market?” Mr Roos asked.

“If not, please say it clearly. If yes, are you willing to share the data with this committee? And I really want a straight answer, yes or no, and I’m looking forward to it.”

Ms Small — appearing in the place of Pfizer chief executive Albert Bourla, who had been called to testify but pulled out of the hearing earlier this month — replied that the company had to “move at the speed of science”.

“Regarding the question around, um, did we know about stopping the immunisation [sic] before it entered the market? No, heh,” she said.

“Uh, these, um, you know, we had to really move at the speed of science to really understand what is taking place in the market, and from that point of view we had to do everything at risk.

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European Parliament Member Rob Roos posted a video to social media Tuesday revealing an astonishing admission by Pfizer’s President of International Developed Markets Janine Small.
During a recent exchange between Small and Roos at a European Parliament Covid hearing, Roos asked bluntly, “Was the Pfizer Covid vaccine tested on stopping the transmission of the virus before it entered the market?”
“No,” Small answered with a nervous chuckle. “These, umm… you know, we really had to move at the speed of science to understand what is taking place in the market.”