Is it true that the Pfizer research director admitted: the pharmaceutical company creates new variants of coronavirus for selfish considerations?

A video allegedly shot on a hidden camera diverges on the Internet, in which PFIZER Director Geordon Trishto Walker reports that the company deliberately creates new coronavirus options. We decided to check whether one of the leaders of Pfizer really made such a statement.

The video was originally Published On Twitter, where by February 8, 2023 it gained 46 million views and 102,300 retweets. In Russian, the video was told about this, in particular, Telegram channels "Ostashko! Important"(343,000 subscribers, 131,000 views at the time of writing this analysis) and"Coachman"(81,000 subscribers, 44,000 views). Also video was distributed by users Facebook* and "VKontakte", bloggers Instagram* And YouTube. We talked about the video and the media: ""Tsargrad"(" There was no such revelation of the director: Pfizer secretly creates new variants of coronavirus "), IA"Red spring"(" Pfizer conducts "Directed mutation" Sars-COV-2-Project Veritas), "Russian newspaper"(" Pfizer is studying the mutating "coronavirus" to continue profit from vaccines "), Eadaily ("Covid virus - a dairy cow for Pfizer: sensational confessions of the director of the pharmaceutical company") and even a magazine Maxim (“The Day of Day: Pfizer is developing new Covid strains to make vaccines and earn billions”).

The allegations that Pfizer supposedly specially develops new coronavirus options are based on three videos. First video It was laid out by the Twitter @Project_veritas user on January 26, it contains a certain person, represented by Jordon Trishton Walker, the director of the company Pfizer, talked about the company's projects and research. In particular, he mentioned such a direction of research as strengthening the function, which alerted commentators. Judging by the angle and the environment surrounding the Walker, the video was shot on a hidden camera in some bar or restaurant. The next day, January 27, the second appeared in the same account video. The same hero, as in the first video, in the same setting was already shot not hiding himself as the operator. The action of the second video took place immediately after the first-apparently, the hero’s interlocutor, who shot him on a hidden camera, went away, and another person who introduced himself as a journalist and asked to comment on the statements that had just been expressed, including about strengthening the function. In this video, Walker reports that he thought he was on a date, and therefore told the things that did not correspond to reality to impress the interlocutor. Finally, the third video clip was released on February 3. The action in it exactly takes place before the second video, but it is not possible to correlate it with the first. In this video, Jordon Walker talks about the negative impact of vaccines on the reproductive system.

What is alarming in the video?

Firstly, the first and third video consists of many chopped fragments, the question that he was asked before this is not always heard before the answers of the interviewee. Secondly, the fact of a factor from Newsweek, the camera is located before the interviewer so that during some remarks we do not see the speaker’s mouth and cannot definitely say whether he really pronounces individual phrases in the context of the answer to the question or is this installation when the audio is skillfully imposed on a video traffic in those moments when the speaker’s hands close his mouth.

Thirdly, although the authors are trying to give an interview for the story about current company projects, English-speaking experts from Newsweek Markthat grammatically the answers of the interviewee belong to the category of probability. That is, Pfizer does not conduct experiments on the mutation of the virus and the development of adapted vaccines, but could do it. Moreover, although the interlocutors talk about certain experiments (possibly not conducted now, but hypothetical), neither the interviewer nor the speaker indicate whether in principle we are talking about experiments on living creatures or about experiments in a test tube. For a more accurate understanding of the video, it is necessary to study the non -serpent source. Newsweek made such a request to the Project Veritas, but information about the project response as of February 8 in article Newsweek no.

What is research aimed at enhancing the function, and what does Pfizer have to do with it?

Probably, the most fear of the audience was caused by a fragment about research in the field of Gain-OF-FUNCTIONSTIONSEARCH (this term is usually translated into Russian as “studies aimed at strengthening the function”). Indeed, conducting research on a deadly virus to strengthen its function seems anti -human. However, here there is a clash of scientific terminology with its domestic perception. Studies to strengthen functions are not a pandemic novelty and not a way to kill all of humanity. One of the first such research It was held in 2011 at the University of Wisconsin - Madison in the USA. Then scientists studied how the H5N1 bird virus should mutate to become respiratory contagious for ferrets. As a result of their experiments, scientists have found out what amino acids in the virus should mutate so that it acquires the ability to infect mammals through respiratory drops secreted during the cough and sneezing their fellow tribesmen. If necessary, this knowledge would allow to develop vaccines that prevent the spread of the virus with such characteristics as “infects mammals” and “transmitted through the air”. At the same time, as a result of the experiment to strengthen the functions, the virus has become less lethal, since usually the prevalence and mortality is in reverse dependence.

In general, studies aimed at strengthening the functions cause certain fears from the scientific community, however, the main reason for such fears is to ensure and maintain the proper level of bio -monitoring and bios safety in the laboratories where the relevant experiments are conducted. In 2017, the American National Institute of Health released statement, in which he said that "safe, reliable and responsible conducting such studies maximizes the benefits for public health." Thus, despite the frightening name, studies aimed at strengthening the function of the virus are not an attempt to kill the entire population of the Earth, but a way to study the virus, determine the optimal direction of vaccine development and actions to reduce its mortality. 

Finally, January 27, 2023, Pfizer Published On her official website, a statement, in which she reported that she does not conduct studies aimed at strengthening the COVID-19 functions, as well as experiments on the directed evolution of the virus. There, the company talked about what it was doing in similar areas earlier and than it is doing now. In particular, “the original SARS-COV-2 virus was used to expression of Spike-Belka from new options causing concern” (VOC). According to the company, “this study gave us the opportunity to quickly assess the ability of the existing vaccine to induce antibodies that neutralize the recently identified version that causes concern.” In addition, Pfizer conducts research in vitro To identify potential mutations of resistance to nirmaterevir, one of the two components of the medicine against coronavirus called Paclovid (Approved FDA in 2021). Most of this work is carried out using computer modeling or mutations of 3C-like (it is also chiripripsin-like, or, as they write in Russian-speaking publications, the main) proteases-the non-infectious part of the virus. All experiments noted by Pfizer are conducted in laboratories that meet the third level of biosorousness (four of them are four, more details in material Our colleagues from the FASTCHECK.kz). 

In addition to talking about research aimed at strengthening functions, in the third video, Jordon Walker tells that the vaccine supposedly provokes disruptions in the menstrual cycle and affects the reproductive system. Walker does not lead detailed explanations why this is happening. However, these are not new fears. Back in August 2021, "verified" Disassembled, whether the vaccine can cause changes in the cycle (yes, short -term) and is it dangerous (not, not dangerous). The scientists have no confirmation that the vaccine against the Covid-19 can cause infertility.

Who is Jordon Trishton Walker?

Since on the sites mentioned further, the spelling of the name of the hero is found in two versions: Jordon and Jordan - for uniformity, making sure that we are talking about the same person, we will write his name as Jordon.

Journalist Forbes Bruce I. Lee I did it An attempt to find information about Jordon Trishton Walker on the Internet, but failed. Search at Google did not give out publications that allow you to confirm that a person with this name held the post of research director at Pfizer. The search in LinkedIn also did not give results, no matter what forms of writing the name Forbes journalist would try. More success in finding information about Jordon Trishton Walker achieved Journalists of the Snopes factory project. Firstly, they found video called “Slide Show of the Southwestern Medical School of 2018”, at which Walker was shown in a white laboratory dressing gown, as well as his other photos. Secondly, on the website of the South-Western Medical Center of Texas University there is Mention A certain Jordon of Trishton Lee Waker with additional information “Preliminary Course on Surgery, Medical Center“ Tafts ”(Boston, Massachusetts)”. Thirdly, a person with this name has a medical license in the state of New York. And fourthly, a letter to the email address, compiled from the name and surname, as well as the domain name of the company Pfizer, were sent successfully, and the letter with an intentionally made error in the name returned to the sender marked “The addressee does not exist”. That is, on the domain name of Pfizer there is a mailbox in the name of a person (or people) named Jordon Walker. 

We managed to contribute to the search for the mysterious Jordon of Trishton Waker. Using a person to analyze the similarity of persons Pimeyes We discovered Photo graduates of the Harvard program of residency in urological surgery in the Massachusetts multidisciplinary hospital. There, in the upper row (the far right) is a person who is very similar to the speaker from the video. This is consistent with the fact that on video The interviewer at some point (0:18) says: "You should understand this as a urologist." 

The search for a urologist named Geordon Trishton Walker gives several sites to study the professional achievements of the doctor of interest to us. Data From these sites they do not contradict the existing ones, but they complement them a little. Firstly, in addition to the current medical license in the state of New York, Walker had a Massachusetts license in 2020 (which is logical, because in these years he passed the internship and residency there). Secondly, Walker Participated V writing several scientific work by urologydedicated technology prostatectomy, risk factors of urethra atrophy and a decrease in complications after urological operations. As can be seen from the subject of his works, he has nothing to do with immunology or genetics, but in the field of urology he can really be called a specialist.

In the second video Project Veritas (he was published a day later) Geordon Trishton Walker reports that he is not a scientist by education, but came from a consulting company. Answering the question whether he works at Pfizer, Walker says: “No, I was a contractor!” The Uker replies again to the clarifying question of whether he is currently working in Pfizer: “No! What are you talking about here? " It is strange that with such a number of scientific works, Walker for some reason does not consider himself a scientist.

It is entertaining that the Waker’s videos are represented as directors for research and development in the field of strategic operations and scientific planning of the MRNU in Pfizer, and some The Russian media in their materials significantly “raised” the man in his position - right up to the director of the entire Pfizer pharmaceutical company. How easy it is to see, visiting the official website Corporations, from 2019 to the present, this post is held by Albert Burl.

In the second video, immediately after James O'Kif himself sits in the place of the previous interviewer with a hidden camera, Geordon Trishton Walker says he did not know what he was interviewed and thought that he was on a date and came up with everything about research in Pfizer to impress. He demands to call the police, a fight is tied, then the operator removes the ongoing scandal. At the end of the record, both O’Kif and Walker leave the restaurant.

Who first published a video and why is it important?

The primary source of the video is the Project Veritas Twitter account, the American ultra-right group of activists founded by James O'Kif in 2010. Group Known what regularly releases video On the most Higherly topics that deliberately mounted so as to discredit Media and opposite to the views of political groups. Also project distributes Disinformation And Popularizes Theories conspiracies. Back in 2016, the American factory project Snopes Checked Four videos released by Project Veritas and allegedly dedicated violations from the Democratic Party in the election. Then Snopes noted that these personnel are probably edited and mounted in the right order (in other cases, journalists of other publications were able to prove), and since Project Veritas refuses to publish the originals of videos, it is impossible to determine the reliability of such videos.

It is also notable that in the same 2016 the founder of the group James O'Kif I did it An attempt to provocate the Open Society of Foundations ** (they founded George Soros): he called the organization and left a message on the answering machine with a request to call back, but forgot to hang the phone. As a result, O'Kif and the Unknown Seminity conversation also got on the record, to whom he talked about the true goals The call - to pass yourself out for a potential donor, penetrate the organization and shoot a hidden video camera that could be used to discredit funds.

Since September 2021, the Project Veritas group began release a series of disinformation videos about vaccines. On September 20, they published a 13-minute video of the conversation between the nurse Jody O'Melly and the doctor Maria Gonzalez from Arizona. The video claims that the government hides data on adverse reactions caused by vaccines against Covid-19. FIRST DRAFT specialists - groups that unites scientists studying the spread of disinformation - refuted The abstracts contained in the video September 23. In the same video, the nurse and the doctor discussed Vaers (system of reporting on unwanted vaccination phenomena). The fact that the data of this system are irrelevant for judgments about unwanted side effects of vaccines, “verified” in the materials ”Is it true that the vaccination from the Covid-19 led to a sharp increase in the incidence of myocarditis? ” And “Is it true that in Ireland children and adolescents began to suffer more often and die from cardiovascular diseases?".

Further, activists published four more videos, which I dismantled Kristina Tardagila, founder of the Brazilian Factics agency LUPA and former assistant director of the international network of FACHERS (IFCN). Project Veritas has falsely stated:

• that vaccination in the United States is planning to make violent for everyone (no, such for all categories of citizens in the end did not);
• that vaccination is extremely dangerous for children and adolescents (we analyzed this myth in the material "Is it true that in Ireland children and adolescents began to suffer more often and die from cardiovascular diseases?");
• that antibodies provide better protection against the virus than vaccines (the analysis of this statement is in our material "Is it true that it is safe to vaccinate with existing antibodies after a disease?");
• that vaccines contain cells of aborted human embryos (about why this is not so, we wrote in the material "Is it true that through a vaccine from coronavirus you can become infected with outline diseases?").

It is worth paying attention to the one whom James O'Kif invited to comment on the words of Jordon Trishton Waker from Pfizer. This is a conspiracyologist Robert Malone, who promoted the treatment of coronavirus vermectin and Famotidin (heartburn remedy), about the unproven Iversmectin’s effectiveness for the treatment of Covid-19 “verified” It wrote previously. Malone also distributed misinformation:

• On the toxicity of Spike-Belka (we analyzed this statement in the materials "Is it true that vaccination leads to a violation of the menstrual cycle, uterine bleeding and even infertility? " And "Is it true that vaccines are changing our DNA?";
• On the danger of antibody -dependent strengthening after the vaccination of ill people (more, why is it a myth, in our material "Is it true that it is safe to vaccinate with existing antibodies after a disease?");
• that WHO recognized the inefficiency of vaccines (analysis Our colleagues Factcheck.kz have a full dossier to Robert Malun.

The validity of the expert’s conclusions, more than once noticed in conspiracy and the spread of misinformation, causes at least great doubts.

Thus, in front of us, fragments of interviews sliced ​​in arbitrary order, it is impossible to judge the correctness of which without a complete non -naked video is impossible. Moreover, one of the videos demonstrates the recognition of Walker himself that he did not suspect that it was an interview, but thought it was a date, and lied to make an impression. His words are confirmed by the fact that Walker, judging by the discovered materials, although the doctor, is specializing in a completely different field of healthcare, and the fact of his work in Pfizer could not be unequivocally confirmed. At the same time, it is reliably known that these videos of activists have been released, more than once noticed in the spread of misinformation, including by publishing phrases torn from the context. Moreover, a well -known conspiracyologist is invited to comment on fragments, whose statements have repeatedly dismantled factor. Most likely, the video was created in order to make a negative impression of pharmaceutical companies, demonize them and promote the anti -Vaccinator agenda.

Update dated March 31, 2023. We introduced stylistic edits into the text, changed its composition, and also added to the beginning of the paragraph with a description of the chronology of the incident.

*Russian authorities They think Meta Platforms Inc., which owns the social network Facebook, an extremist organization, its activities in Russia are prohibited.

** Funds "Open Society" Recognized Unwanted organization in Russia. 

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