Vaccine manufacturers have a history of ‘aggressive marketing of inappropriate drugs, kickbacks to doctors, claims of testing drugs on children without proper consent,’ and more. Politicians and corporate CEOs offering clever incentives to encourage people to roll up their sleeves for COVID-19 vaccines tend not to talk about the vaccine companies’ troubling history of illegal business practices including fraudulent marketing, patent infringement, and failing to notify consumers about toxic ingredients. Between 1991 and 2017, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, and AstraZeneca – three vaccine makers whose COVID vaccines are widely used across the world – have together paid out a total of $8.62 billion to resolve civil and criminal allegations in 67 state and federal settlements. Moderna, a relative newcomer, has come under scrutiny for secrecy about its funding and the results of its clinical trials. The fraught legal history of the corporations tends to grant legitimacy to the skepticism many feel about the safety and efficacy of the vaccines they have produced. In a December 2020 report published by U.K.-based social justice organization Global Justice Now, Director Nick Dearden and Dr. James Angel wrote that “the current pharmaceutical model is actually deeply flawed, delivering outcomes which are poor value for money for the public sector, which exacerbate global inequality and which are driven by the objective to make sky-high returns to shareholders, not a healthier population.” https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/covid-vaccine-makers-disturbing-track-record-of-criminal-and-civil-liability
