Kansas Attorney General sues Pfizer for misleading Kansans on covid vaccine

Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach is suing the pharmaceutical company Pfizer, alleging it deceptively marketed its covid “vaccine.”

The legal complaint filed on Monday claims that, beginning shortly after the vaccine’s rollout in early 2021, Pfizer concealed evidence that the injection was linked to pregnancy complications, including miscarriage, as well as inflammation in and around the heart, known as myocarditis and pericarditis, according to a report by Reuters.

“Pfizer made multiple misleading statements to deceive the public about its vaccine at a time when Americans needed the truth,” the Kansas Attorney General said in a statement on Monday.

According to the complaint, Pfizer misled Kansans about the vaccines’ risks, including to pregnant women and for myocarditis.  Additionally, Pfizer claimed its vaccine protected against covid variants, despite data showing otherwise. The pharmaceutical giant also suggested its vaccine prevented covid transmission, but later admitted it had never studied whether its vaccine stopped transmission.

The complaint also alleges that Pfizer coordinated with social media officials to censor speech critical of covid-19 vaccines and declined to participate in the federal government’s vaccine development program, Operation Warp Speed, to avoid government oversight.

The lawsuit, filed in state court in Thomas County, comes after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a similar lawsuit in November, as a report by The Kansas City Star noted on Monday.

Below is a clip taken from a press conference held by Attorney General Kobach on Monday to announce the lawsuit.  You can watch the full 21-minute press conference on Twitter HERE.