Latest Pfizer Profits Report Triggers A Spew Of Anti-Vaccine And Pro-Conspiracy Memes


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Published 2 years ago

Published 2 years ago

Pfizer, the company behind one of the most widely used coronavirus vaccines, released its quarterly financial reporting for Q1 2022, revealing that the pharmaceutical company made billions of dollars. As a result, a certain type of anti-vax memer picked up on that news and ran with it in a predictable direction.


Conservatives like Marjorie Taylor Greene took advantage of the news to post conspiracy theories about the vaccine, apparently based on a document released by the company describing trials of the vaccine. Greene and her supporters online have seized upon a screenshot of a document put out by Pfizer, saying the company did not have enough information to rule out a negative effect on pregnant women by the vaccine.


Some took the opportunity to mock Greene and the idea that Pfizer would willingly publish the crucial information that showed it was behind a vast global conspiracy all along.


Taking a look at the current news cycle, many speculated that the leak of a Supreme Court relating to the possible overturning of Roe v. Wade must have been planned to overshadow the release of Pfizer earnings and documents.


Overall, conspiracy theory memes responding to the latest Pfizer news fit into a regular pattern, inhabiting a unique aesthetic somewhere between Boomer humor and schizoposting.


Additionally, the recent news led some to remember Pfizer’s own memeing earlier in the pandemic.


People online have theorized, memed and advocated for alternative facts about vaccination and vaccines throughout the pandemic, so don’t expect this kind of meme to die out anytime soon.



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