“It has taken us centuries of thought and mockery to shake the medieval system; thought and mockery here and now are required to prevent the mechanists [technocrats] from building another.”

Dora Russell,* The Right to Be Happy (1927), preface. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mockery (*see sidebar)

Monday, November 1, 2021

“Trust Us. Honest.”

[Not] Brought to You by Pfizer (and Pfiends Pfriends)

If you have seen this:


Brought to you by Pfizer (11 Network Australia | circa Jan 2022 | 57 Sec.) at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAkQlZgnbUQ
(as the video posted originally became private, this video clip replaced it on Nov. 7, 2022)

also available in numerous places like No One Noticed This Pfizer Conflict of Interest Hiding In Plain Sight | DM CLIPS | (Rubin Report | October 20,2021 Time 2:22) at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0KsVsuymNU
perhaps you should also see these:
Pharma Campaign Cash Delivered to Key Lawmakers With Surgical Precision
By Victoria Knight and Rachana Pradhan and Elizabeth Lucas | October 27, 2021 at https://khn.org/news/article/pharma-campaign-cash-delivered-to-key-lawmakers-with-surgical-precision/
• see more at Kaiser Health News | https://khn.org/morning-briefing/wednesday-october-27-2021/

GSK, Pfizer and J&J among the most-fined drug companies, according to study | By Brian Buntz | November 18, 2020 at https://www.pharmaceuticalprocessingworld.com/gsk-pfizer-and-jj-among-the-most-fined-drug-companies-according-to-study/

Big Pharma Paid Billions in Penalties for Illegal Practices, Study Shows:
The peer-reviewed study found that 85% of the pharmaceutical firms surveyed paid penalties and most engaged in illegal activities for four or more years. By Inside UNC Charlotte | 11/20/20 | at https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/pharmaceutical-firms-paid-billions-penalties-illegal-practices/

List of largest pharmaceutical settlements
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_pharmaceutical_settlements (not current - only up to 2012)

Violation Tracker Parent Company Summary
   - https://violationtracker.goodjobsfirst.org/prog.php?parent=pfizer
   - https://violationtracker.goodjobsfirst.org/prog.php?parent=johnson-and-johnson
   - https://violationtracker.goodjobsfirst.org/prog.php?parent=astrazeneca

• Big Pharma companies that have paid the most in fines https://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/news/2016/03/31/gsk-pfe-bms-nvs-pay-most-in-fines.html

Big Pharma’s Big Fines | by Lena Groeger, ProPublica | Feb. 24, 2014 https://projects.propublica.org/graphics/bigpharma

The disturbing story behind Pfizer’s $2.3 billion drug marketing fines
(The Ethical Nag Marketing Ethics for the Easily Swayed | by Caroline Thomas | posted April 19, 2010) at https://ethicalnag.org/2010/04/19/pfizer-bextra/