“Pfizer just got caught doing gain of function to mutate covid intentionally for vaccines.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 29 Jan 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
Pfizer denied doing gain-of-function research while developing its COVID-19 vaccine, and an expert told PolitiFact he agreed with Pfizer’s assessment.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 29 January 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 9 February 2023, 11 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttps://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/denise_4_freedom/3026695583064281888
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