“[B]y the time the Morrison Government did a deal with Pfizer, a billion doses had already been accounted for around the world.”
What RMIT ABC Fact Check found
Mr Bowen's claim is drawing a long bow. A definitive list of the deals made between Pfizer and various countries for its vaccine is not publicly available. But a tally compiled from government and corporate media releases suggests around 350 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine were accounted for in pre-purchase agreements before Australia announced its deal on November 5. Mr Bowen's suggested tally of 1 billion doses would only be reached if so-called "optional" doses were included, as well a...
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In short
Chris Bowen (Shadow Health Minister) made this claim around 23 January 2021. RMIT ABC Fact Check (Australia) looked into it and published its finding on 11 March 2021, 47 days later. Its rating was “Drawing a long bow”.
Chris Bowen has 3 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 0 of them false or fake, 0 misleading or mixed and 1 true.
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