Pfizer Vaccine Contract Shows Ottawa Accepted Unknown ‘Efficacy’ of COVID Vaccines

The contract says the ‘purchaser’ acknowledged that the efficacy and adverse effects of the vaccine were ‘not currently known.’
Pfizer Vaccine Contract Shows Ottawa Accepted Unknown ‘Efficacy’ of COVID Vaccines
A health-care worker prepares a dose Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Michener Institute in Toronto on Dec.14, 2020. Carlos Osorio/AFP via Getty Images
Matthew Horwood
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The federal government accepted the unknown long-term safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines when it signed a contract with Pfizer for millions of doses, according to a recently released copy of the agreement.

“Purchaser further acknowledges that the long-term effects and efficacy of the vaccine are not currently known and that there may be adverse effects of the vaccine that are not currently known,” reads a copy of the Oct. 26, 2020, contract with Pfizer which was obtained by The Canadian Independent via an access-to-information request.