Is it damage control, preparing for the storm to come in the future much like toxic tort cases, asbestos, and cigarettes, all a precedence According to Pfizers’ Head of Regulatory Sciences Dr. Brian Hewitt during an Australian Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee hearing, said “I believe firmly that nobody was forced to have a vaccine. Mandates are vaccine requirements determined by governments and health authorities. Our belief, everybody was offered an opportunity to get a vaccine or not get a vaccine. I don’t believe that anybody was forced to get a vaccine.’ Well, I guess it depends upon what one means by “forced.” Sure, no-one was held down at gun point. But people faced lockdowns, and social desolation without conforming to the vax mandate, so that is forced in my view.
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“Australian Pfizer officials last week tried to claim no one was forced to take the COVID-19 injections, instead saying people were “offered an opportunity” to take the shots.
Pfizer’s Head of Regulatory Sciences Dr. Brian Hewitt made the comments during an Australian Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee hearing. Dr. Hewitt and his colleague Pfizer Country Medical Director Dr. Krishan Thiru were hauled before the committee last week as part of an ongoing COVID-19 inquiry and were subjected to questioning by several senators.
Queensland Senator Pauline Hanson expressed her shock after Dr. Hewitt commented that nobody had been forced to take the injection.
“You were in Australia during COVID-19,” said Hanson. “You must have been fully aware that people—nurses, doctors—people, to have their jobs, to keep their jobs, were forced to have the vaccination. Now do you retract your statement that they were not forced?”
But Dr. Hewitt reaffirmed his claim that there had been no vaccine mandate, only an “opportunity”.
“Senator, no, I believe firmly that nobody was forced to have a vaccine. Mandates are vaccine requirements determined by governments and health authorities. Our belief, everybody was offered an opportunity to get a vaccine or not get a vaccine. I don’t believe that anybody was forced to get a vaccine,” said Dr. Hewitt.
“A lot of Australians will disagree with you on that one,” replied Hanson.”