Pfizer late Jan. 28 responded to comments from a director at the company about exploring ways to mutate COVID-19 as a method to "preemptively develop new vaccines."
- In a lengthy written statement, Pfizer said it has not conducted gain of function or directed evolution research.
- Pfizer did say it has conducted research "where the original SARS-CoV-2 virus has been used to express the spike protein from new variants of concern."
- This work is undertaken once a new variant of concern has been identified by public health authorities.
Dr. Robert Malone, who helped develop the messenger RNA technology, said that the experiments Pfizer described met the definition of "gain of function."
- Gain of function generally describes experiments that aim to increase functions of a virus such as transmissibility and virulence.
- Pfizer is basically acknowledging that they are doing the same type of gain of function research that Boston University was caught doing, but they are denying that it is Gain of Function or directed evolution.
YouTube Takes Down Video
- Google-owned YouTube cited its medical misinformation policy, which bars "claims about COVID-19 vaccination that contradict expert consensus from local health authorities or the World Health Organization (WHO)."
- Project Veritas was given a "strike," which prevents the organization from taking actions like uploading new videos for one week.
- A second strike would block such actions for two weeks and a third strike in a 90-day period would result in the permanent removal of the group's account.
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