Earlier this month, Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach sued pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, alleging that, “Pfizer misled the public that it had a 'safe and effective' COVID-19 vaccine.”
Now, four other US states are also joining the coalition to sue Pfizer.
Following the Consumer Protection Act drama, independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took to X (formerly Twitter) to criticize Pfizer and said the state government is seeking “civil monetary penalties, damages and injunctive relief for misleading and deceptive statements made in the marketing of its COVID-19 vaccine.”
“Five states — Texas, Utah, Kansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana — are suing Pfizer because they know the vaccine is causing myocarditis, pericarditis, failed pregnancies, and deaths. That's the equivalent of 10% of US states,” RFK Jr. wrote in his post.
“the tide is turning.”
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Pfizer 'hid' risks of Covid-19 vaccine for pregnant women
Kobach alleged the pharmaceutical giant concealed and omitted information about the COVID-19 vaccine that is “most critical” in terms of its safety for pregnant individuals with heart conditions, its efficacy against variants and its ability to prevent transmission.
“Pfizer marketed its vaccine as safe for pregnant women,” he said in the lawsuit.
“However, in February 2021 (they had) reports from 458 pregnant women who received Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy. More than half of the pregnant women reported an adverse event, and more than 10% reported a miscarriage.”
However, a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine in April 2021 presented preliminary results that did not point to any safety issues with regard to pregnant individuals receiving mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, stating that miscarriages were not a common feature and were most likely not a result of the vaccine.
Kobach said Pfizer advertised the Comirnaty vaccine as potentially not toxic for cardiac problems such as myocarditis and pericarditis.
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“Pfizer urged Americans to get vaccinated to protect their loved ones, which clearly points to the claim that Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccination prevented infection,” he said.
Regarding the claim that the vaccine caused severe myocarditis, he cited a question posed to Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla in January 2023: If he found any evidence that the Pfizer vaccine actually caused myocarditis, the answer was no, “even though we've distributed billions of doses.”