German Scientists Uncover Evidence That EU Pfizer-BioNTech Batches Included Placebos

Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine vials are seen in Darmstadt, Germany, on March 2, 2021. cortex-film/Shutterstock

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German scientists have uncovered startling evidence that a substantial portion of the batches of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine deployed in the European Union may in fact have consisted of placebos—and hence were not even subjected to quality-control testing by the German agency which was in principle responsible for approving their release.