With his pal President Donald Trump having lost the election, Sinclair Broadcast Group’s Eric Bolling is turning his ire on pharmaceutical giant Pfizer for announcing after the election that its coronavirus vaccine has 90% effectiveness. Bolling has suggested both criminal and congressional investigations into Pfizer based on the conspiracy theory that the timing was political.
On November 9, Pfizer announced that an early analysis of its vaccine showed it to be at least 90% effective at preventing COVID-19 cases. The results have not yet been peer reviewed or published in a medical journal, but so far they are better than the 60-70% efficacy predicted by researchers, according to Stat News. There are some logistical hurdles to overcome for widespread distribution of Pfizer’s vaccine, which needs to be stored at extremely low temperatures. Pfizer’s head of vaccine development, Dr. Karin Janson, told The New York Times that “she learned of the results from the outside panel of experts shortly after 1 p.m. on Sunday, and that the timing was not influenced by the election.”
But Bolling suggested the timing of the news pointed to a criminal conspiracy by Pfizer to benefit President-elect Joe Biden: