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A former Pfizer VP says the COVID vaccine was created years before COVID to prepare the world for depopulation.

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What We Found

The former Pfizer VP quoted led allergy and respiratory research and wasn't involved in Pfizer's COVID vaccine.

Fact-checkers found no evidence of any depopulation plan.

BioNTech started its COVID vaccine program in late January 2020, after the virus's genetic sequence was published on Jan. 12, 2020.

Sources

  1. snopes.com (opens in new tab)
  2. usatoday.com (opens in new tab)
  3. biontech.com (opens in new tab)

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