In 2021 vaccine maker Pfizer made numerous payments to supposedly independent consumer groups, medical associations and civil rights organizations.
The purpose of the funding was to create the appearance of widespread support for the covid-19 vaccine mandates, according to a report by investigative journalist Lee Fang.
The Defender reports: As the vaccine mandates rolled out in 2021, Pfizer stayed quiet on the question of mandates - but public health groups, patient advocacy groups, doctors' associations, community groups and others, along with the Biden administration, actively advocated for vaccine mandates as a key measure to protect public health.
New disclosures from Pfizer, posted by Fang on his Substack, show that many of these same groups were taking money from Pfizer while they promoted the idea that the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines were "Safe and effective," despite a lack of scientific data to back those claims.
Prominent groups on the extensive list of those who took Pfizer funding while pushing the mandates included the Chicago Urban League, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the National Consumers League, The Immunization Partnership, the American Pharmacists Association, the American College of Preventive Medicine, the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy, the American Society for Clinical Pathology and the American College of Emergency Physicians.
Fang said many of these organizations, particularly civil rights organizations like the Chicago Urban League or the National Consumers League - which actually has a Pfizer lobbyist on its board - have powerful influence precisely because of their independent status.
After the COVID-19 vaccines became widely available in early 2021, vaccine mandates followed in different forms across the country.
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