For the last two and a half years, we have been subjected to some of the worst perversions of human rights and freedoms in modern history.

People have been locked down, had their lives torn apart, livelihoods destroyed, and minds shattered. Many have endured some of the worst times they have ever known. As for society, our education levels have plummeted, the economy has tanked, and businesses have gone under. Personal relationships with family and friends have also been sabotaged, and people have been isolated in every sense of the word.

And all for what? A virus with a 99.98 per cent recovery rate for most people?

We have asked repeatedly since the pandemic began to see the so-called ‘health advice’ that our governments kept using to justify their harsh, arbitrary restrictions, and their even more dangerous vaccine mandates. We just wanted answers.

Well, now we seem to have one.

In a recent Covid hearing in European Parliament, Dutch Member Rob Roos asked Pfizer’s president of international developed markets Janine Small the following question:

‘Was the Pfizer COVID vaccine tested on stopping the transmission of the virus before it entered the market? If not, please say it clearly. If yes, are you willing to share the data with this committee? And I really want a straight answer.’

The Pfizer executive, who was taking the place of Pfizer chief executive Albert Bourla at the hearing (he had been called to testify but had conveniently pulled out) responded:

‘Regarding the question around whether we knew about stopping immunisation before it entered the market, no [laughs]. These, um, you know, we had to, really move at the speed of science to really understand what is taking place in the market, and from that point of view we had to do everything at risk.’

This answer is not just an answer, it is an admission that Pfizer never tested their vaccine to determine whether or not it prevented transmission. It is incredibly scandalous. Of course, the fact-checkers assure us that trials are not meant to test for transmission.

What her comment to the European Parliament means is that Pfizer knew, in rolling out their vaccine, that it had not been properly tested regarding viral transmission. I have no idea what the ‘speed of science’ is, but what it felt like was the rushed development of drugs worth billions of dollars to pharmaceutical companies. It is hard not to feel as though this was, at the end of the day, about money and power.

This revelation is one of many pieces of information that has left the public questioning the nature and rigour of vaccine trials across manufacturers. Was their deficiency in testing and publication of side effects known to politicians before it was distributed to billions of (often unwilling) customers?

This makes it even more disgraceful, even criminal, that governments forced their citizens to take this concoction for the sake of keeping their jobs and living their lives freely.

Further, the admission, which those who were labelled ‘conspiracy theorists’ had likely figured would come far before it did, demonstrates clearly that the use of restrictions, lockdowns, and mandates was ultimately unjustified. There was absolutely nothing to back these methods of torture inflicted upon society.

It turns out you cannot just ‘trust the science’ when it is comes to the science.

All those times the government said they were basing segregation and mandates on ‘health advice warrant an apology.

‘Get vaccinated to keep your community safe.’

‘When you get vaccinated, you don’t just do it for yourself. You do it for everyone.’

As it turns out, the ‘get vaccinated or you’re literally killing grandma’ brigade did not have a leg to stand on.

Getting vaccinated for others was fake news.

We can now be certain, if we weren’t already, that the vaccines do not prevent transmission of the virus. Since this became apparent from the point that the vaccines were first rolled out, those who claimed publicly that the vaccines did not prevent infection nor transmission of the virus were slammed. Many were censored or silenced by Big Tech for stating what is now an admitted fact straight from the horse’s mouth.

The most scandalous part of the whole thing, however, is those who were told they had to take the vaccine if they wanted to continue to participate in society. There were plenty of people who caved to the pressure, people who wanted to keep their jobs so they could keep putting food on the table for their families. There were plenty of people who took the vaccine because they thought they were doing the right thing.

I honestly feel sorry for these people. They had the right intentions; they were good-natured and had good hearts, but they were taken advantage of.

Now, people are living with the consequences. There are many individuals out there suffering from adverse effects. Some of them will now be plagued by health issues for the rest of their lives. Some have even died after having the vaccine. For those people, their lives have been lost, and the lives of their families and friends have been forever changed. People were even prevented from seeing their dying loved ones, for pity’s sake. And all for absolutely nothing.

People were harmed, both mentally and physically. People were literally shot with rubber bullets, violently tackled to the ground, had police turn up to their homes to intimidate them or arrest them, and even had their heads smashed to the ground by police…

The admission made by Pfizer is not just any ordinary admission. It is an admission that validates the last two years of protests against vaccine mandates. Pfizer moved at the speed of science, not safety, and made a fortune in the process.

To those who have been affected by this lie in every way, I stand with you. And I say this: we must never forget the grave injustices that have been allowed to occur over the last few years. We must not allow society to forget for decades and centuries to come.

And, ultimately, we must work to get justice for all those whose lives have been ruined by governments and bureaucrats.

Joel Agius is an independent writer. If you would like to read more of his work, you can do so at JJ’s Outlook or keep up to date with his musings on Twitter.

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