I have been suspicious of the timing of Pfizer’s announcement of the efficacy of their vaccine. They announced the efficacy the day after Joe Biden was proclaimed the winner of the election. They deny the obvious inference. The denial could be true, or they could be counting on our gullibility.
I remain suspicious.
(p. A3) Soon after President Trump won the presidential election in November [2024], British drugmaker GSK brought an unusual claim to federal prosecutors in Manhattan, according to people familiar with the matter.
A senior GSK scientist, who formerly worked at rival Pfizer, had told GSK colleagues that Pfizer delayed announcing the success of its Covid vaccine in 2020 until after that year’s election.
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Over the past year, Pfizer executives including Chief Executive Albert Bourla have sought to build a relationship with Trump, . . .
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During the development of Pfizer’s vaccine, Bourla aggressively pushed his employees to develop the vaccine and initially had wanted the vaccine done by October [2020]. He gave similar timelines publicly, telling the “Today” show that the company would know if it worked by October [2020].
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Pfizer filmed and broadcast the moment executives learned the results from Pfizer’s senior scientists, on Nov. 8 [2020].
By then, Trump had lost the election. Joe Biden was declared the winner of the contest on Nov. 7 [2020]. Two days later, Pfizer said an early analysis showed its vaccine to work safely in protecting people from Covid-19.
Just after midnight on Nov. 10, [2020] Trump posted on social media: “As I have long said, @Pfizer and the others would only announce a Vaccine after the Election, because they didn’t have the courage to do it before.”
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(Note: the online version of the story was updated March 26, 2025, and has the title “U.S. Prosecutors Probe Tip About Timing of Pfizer Vaccine.”)