Drug giant Pfizer is facing lawsuits in several countries over allegations of false claims about the effectiveness of its COVID-19 vaccine and concealing its risks.
Australia's judicial integrity under fire after judge in COVID vaccine case is accused of failing to disclose links to Pfizer
In fact, Pfizer executive Janine Small admitted to an EU Parliamentary inquiry in October 2022 that Pfizer never tested the COVID jab in relation to preventing transmission. Moreover, two weeks ago, a report was published in the reputable BMJ Public Health on a new study, finding that COVID vaccines could be partly to blame for a rise in unprecedented excess deaths in the US and other Western countries in the three years since the pandemic.
A staff member prepares a Pfizer vaccine for clients at the St Vincent's Covid-19 Vaccination Clinic on July 1, 2021 in Sydney, Australia. File image: Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images The judge hearing the matter, Helen Rofe, found in favour of Pfizer and Moderna, dismissing Dr Fidge’s case on the grounds that it had no prospects of success since he is not an “aggrieved person” for the purposes of section 147 of the GT Act.To avoid any reasonable apprehension of bias, judges are required to consider whether having acted for one of the parties appearing before them in the past ought to be disclosed.
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