DNA Sequence in Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Could Spur New Lawsuits: Lawyers

Pfizer and its partner BioNTech could be open to lawsuits for including a DNA sequence in their COVID-19 vaccine. The Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act, known as the PREP Act, largely shields COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers from lawsuits, but companies can be sued for “willful misconduct,” which includes acts taken “intentionally to achieve a wrongful purpose.” “I think what we have here is willful misconduct,” Mat Staver, chairman of Liberty Counsel, told The Epoch Times. The Pfizer-BioNTech, in testing by outside scientists, was discovered to contain a Simian Virus 40 (SV40) DNA sequence despite the public never being told about the sequence....