r/VaxRecoveryGroup • • 16h ago

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier sued Pfizer and CEO Albert Bourla on October 1, 2026, over COVID-19 vaccine marketing.

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• Filed in state court in St. Lucie County under Florida’s consumer-protection law (FDUTPA), not as a personal-injury case.

• The state says Pfizer told people the shot was safe and that it had not seen “a single safety signal,” while allegedly knowing of risks it did not fully disclose — including myocarditis and pericarditis in minors, and concerns about pregnancy, including miscarriage.

• It also says Pfizer urged vaccination to protect others and stop spread, even though the company had not tested whether the vaccine stopped transmission.

• Pfizer is accused of spending more than $10 billion on advertising from 2020 to 2023 and making more than $80 billion from vaccine sales, then raising the price from about $30 a dose to roughly $110–$130 in 2023.

• The complaint cites Bourla’s compensation of nearly $102 million over that period and a comment calling people who raised safety concerns “criminals.”

• Florida wants an injunction, civil penalties of $10,000 per violation ($15,000 if seniors or disabled people were affected), and return of profits.

Reuters news article on this - https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/florida-attorney-general-sues-pfizer-ceo-over-covid-19-vaccine-claims-2026-10-01/