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Exclusive: Pfizer Denies Unethical Gain-of-Function Research for Coronavirus Vaccines in Letter to Rep. Ronny Jackson
Breitbart ^ | 23 Feb 2023 | SEAN MORAN

Posted on 02/23/2023 7:11:29 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

Pfizer denied conducting gain-of-function research for the coronavirus virus in a letter to Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX), Breitbart News has learned exclusively.

Jackson, a physician and a member of the Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, sent a letter in January, which was exclusively obtained by Breitbart News’s Hannah Bleau, demanding answers on if Pfizer engaged in gain-of-function research by intentionally mutating the Chinese coronavirus.

Pfizer responded to Jackson on February 23 with a letter signed by their vice president & COO of vaccine research, which was obtained by Breitbart News.

In the letter, Pfizer strongly denied that the company would engage in gain-of-function research.

“To be clear, we do not, and never would, engage in research to create or adapt viruses with the intention of making them more contagious or harmful to people,” Pfizer stated.

“In the ongoing development of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, Pfizer has not conducted gain-of-function research with SARS-CoV-2 for any potential use in humans, laboratory animals or to use as a vaccine,” the pharmaceutical stated.

Pfizer explained that when a new coronavirus variant emerges, Pfizer studies changes in its spike protein to understand whether the company would need to update its vaccine.

He explained:

"We do this by adapting the virus in a highly secure lab so that the spike protein matches the newly identified circulating variants. This is done to mimic viruses that are already circulating in nature. This type of work is scientific best practice and is commonly conducted by other companies, institutions and public health authorities. It is necessary both for assessing the effectiveness of existing vaccines and new vaccine candidates targeted at currently circulating variants."

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1 posted on 02/23/2023 7:11:29 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Then where did the patents on the virus originate?


2 posted on 02/23/2023 7:14:01 PM PST by asinclair (What doesn't kill you makes you stronger)
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To: asinclair
Then where did the patents on the virus originate?

What patents?

3 posted on 02/23/2023 7:58:39 PM PST by semimojo
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Pfizer must not have listened to all of the interview O’keefe published.


4 posted on 02/23/2023 11:59:21 PM PST by chopperk ( )
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