“Pfizer alone had developed a COVID-19 vaccine and U.S. residents were the first to get access to it because of the U.S. free-market system.”
What FactCheck.org found
Pfizer partnered with BioNTech, a German-based company, on the development of a COVID-19 vaccine, which became available at the same time in several countries, including the U.S., Canada and in the European Union.
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In short
Chris Christie (Republican presidential candidate) made this claim around 6 June 2023. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 8 June 2023, 2 days later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
Chris Christie has 7 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 0 of them false or fake, 7 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- c-span.orghttps://www.c-span.org/video/?528446-1/chris-christie-announces-presidential-campaign-ham…
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