Chinese Spies Likely Haven't Infiltrated Pfizer
The Claim
Pfizer, the pharmaceutical company responsible for the first COVID-19 vaccine, has been “infiltrated” by the Chinese government.
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In December 2020, a registry of CCP members was leaked to the media. There are millions of names on there, many of which are embedded in corporations all over the globe. Around 70 of these names are associated with Pfizer, the developer of the first COVID-19 vaccine. This has led to some people speculating that these names indicate that Pfizer is infiltrated by Chinese spies.
Misbar’s Analysis
While Misbar cannot comment on the scope of the CCP’s espionage operations, this leak alone isn’t enough to support the claim that Pfizer is “infiltrated” by Chinese spies. Pfizer isn’t some rag-tag group of researchers – they’re a giant, multinational pharmaceutical company.
They have laboratories all over the world in many countries and continents, including China.
According to their website, they employ over 11,000 employees in China alone. Considering that the CCP has over 91 million members, it’s not a stretch to say that some of them are affiliated with Pfizer.
