The claim
A Pfizer spokeswoman is said to have “admitted” that the transmission of the COVID-19 virus by vaccinated people was not tested before approval, which is why the vaccination certificate and all measures were based on a “big lie”.
Our conclusion
The clinical trials of the Pfizer vaccines were never designed to check transmissibility among vaccinated people; this would have extended the trials by months. That's why the Pfizer spokeswoman's statement isn't shocking and doesn't reveal a major scandal - it was known from the start.
UPDATE and ADDITION RIGHT HERE IN CONCLUSION! Addition October 24th: The article is about the possibility of transmission of COVID-19 by vaccinated people, which was not part of the trial, not about the possibility of infection of vaccinated people. Apparently some people don't understand this difference.
Some quarters sense a scandal where there isn't one: The statement of a Pfizer representative during a hearing in the European Parliament is ultimately supposed to be proof that the vaccination campaign against COVID-19 and all subsequent measures such as vaccination passports or limited access would be based on a big lie.
In fact, the question to the representative from a Dutch politician only showed great ignorance on his part.
Addition October 24th: The article is about the possibility of transmission of COVID-19 by vaccinated people, which was not part of the trial, not about the possibility of infection of vaccinated people. Apparently some people don't understand this difference.
The claims
Various sites (archived HERE , HERE and HERE ) claim that a Pfizer spokeswoman admitted in the EU Parliament that the vaccination certificate was based on a big lie, that there was no data that the vaccination would protect and that the Covid vaccine was not effective Transmissibility of the virus was tested. British actor Russell Brand also spread the claims on Instagram .

The basis of the claims
The Dutch politician Rob Roos, who in November 2021 because he vehemently opposed a vaccination passport requirement for EU politicians, as this would amount to compulsory vaccination, published on Twitter in which he spoke about it outraged that the vaccines had never been tested to see whether they prevented transmission.
In addition, the statement by the Dutch Prime Minister and the Health Minister that vaccinations protect others was also wrong.
The video also shows an excerpt from the meeting with the following dialogue between Roos and Janine Small, president of international developed markets at pharmaceutical giant Pfizer:
- Roos: “ Was Pfizer’s COVID vaccine tested to see if it stops transmission of the virus before it came to market? “
- Small: “ As for whether we knew about the interruption in transmission before [the vaccine] came out… no, haha. We really had to move at the “speed of science” to truly understand what was going on in the market , and from that standpoint we had to do everything at risk. I believe Dr. [Albert] Bourla - even if he is not here - would turn around and tell you himself: If not us, then who? “
(Note: In the video, Small says “immunization,” but means “transmission,” otherwise the answer wouldn’t make sense)
In fact, in the short excerpt, she says that before it was brought to market, the COVID vaccine was not tested to see whether it also prevented transmission. She even emphasizes the “no” and laughs briefly – and there’s a good reason for that: that wasn’t even part of the trial.
You can see the full video with Janine Small's much more detailed answer HERE . Roos' question is from position 15:22:48, Small's answer comes from position 15:31:45. The video offers the option of turning on the sound of the German translator.
For example, as the answer continues, Small emphasizes that it was of course a risk to bring the vaccine to market without testing transmission among vaccinated people, but that is why they invested 2 billion of their own capital because an even longer delay would have cost more lives , since the vaccination protection has been tested and proven to be effective.
Clinical trials did not test transferability – and that was known!
As early as March 2021, the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) clarified vaccination myths surrounding COVID-19 vaccinations. Myth 2 is “ The vaccines don’t really work well – they don’t reduce virus transmission ,” to which the AAMC explains:
“The clinical trials were not designed to test whether a study participant became infected with COVID-19 even though they did not show symptoms [from vaccination]
Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH, professor of medicine and deputy division chief of the Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases and Global Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, also stated:
“Vaccines have always reduced transmission. What they should say is that the clinical trials were not designed to test for asymptomatic infection, but there is all the biological reason in the world to believe that they will reduce asymptomatic transmission.”
As early as November 2020, when the clinical tests were running, Dr. Saad B. Omer, director of the Yale Institute for Global Health, told the New York Times that with such limited vaccine availability, the first goal is not to stop transmission of the disease but to prevent people from becoming extremely sick become.
In addition, there were already indications during the preclinical tests on macaques that the vaccinations can at least reduce the possibility of transmission.
It was never part of the trial to check whether vaccinated people were contagious, which is why Rob Roos' question sounds strange to the Pfizer spokeswoman. However, it was assumed at one's own risk that the vaccination would at least greatly reduce the likelihood of infection by vaccinated people.
And do vaccinations prevent transmission?
This was actually still the case in May 2021. Dr. Anthony Fauci, then US President Biden's chief medical adviser, said at the time that the likelihood of vaccinated people transmitting the virus to others was low.
However, this changed two months later, in July 2021 . With the increased occurrence of the Delta variant, transmission by vaccinated people who received vaccinations that were tailored to the Alpha variant also increased, which is why vaccinated people were also advised to wear protective masks at the time.
And now we have the highly contagious Omicron variant. The vaccine against this variant has only been available since September, but if enough people get vaccinated with it, the transmission rate will also be lower again, as the virus is fought directly in the bodies of more people and cannot be transmitted in the first place, but can at least the probability is greatly reduced.
Let's summarize
The clinical trials (available as a PDF HERE ) of the Pfizer vaccines were never designed to test the transferability of vaccinated people; this would have extended the trials by months. That's why the Pfizer spokeswoman's statement isn't shocking and doesn't reveal a major scandal - it was known from the start.
However, the Dutch politician, and those associated with him, are trying to turn this into a scandal that doesn't even exist. The reduction in the transmission rate through vaccinated people was ultimately confirmed, albeit retrospectively, so the various measures and the Covid vaccination certificate are not based on a “big lie”.
The alleged scandal that was revealed does not even exist.
Article image: European Parliament Multimedia Centre
Further sources:
PolitFact , LeadStories , NU
Also interesting: As the representative study “Working 2022” now shows, many employees go to work despite a positive rapid corona test.
– Corona: Around one in ten still goes to work
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