Pfizer and Moderna dodge questions and plead ignorance at Senate hearing

Last week during an Australian Senate committee hearing, Pfizer and Moderna executives were grilled under oath about covid-19 vaccine policies and vaccine safety.

Tensions were high during the public hearing, which was live-streamed via the parliamentary website.

Senators fired questions at Pfizer and Moderna executives who responded by dodging questions and refusing to take accountability for their failures.

To complicate matters, the drug company executives did not attend the hearing in-person, only via video link allowing them to plead ignorance about the studies that were presented during the inquiry.

At the commencement, the Chair warned the witnesses against giving “false or misleading evidence” and after opening statements by Pfizer and Moderna, the floor was opened to questions.