The Briefing Room
General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: Hoodat on February 11, 2022, 07:07:56 pm
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Following The Science —And The Money: Ousted Science Advisor Held Onto Vax Stock.
ERIC LANDER HAD MORE THAN ONE MILLION IN BIONTECH STOCK WHILE PROMOTING VACCINE.
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
President Joe Biden’s former science advisor Eric Lander was recently kicked out of the administration for being a bully —but he could have just as easily been dismissed for a giant conflict of interest: Lander had more than a million dollars in BioNTech stock while promoting the vaccine.
“Lander had 90 days from his confirmation in May 2021 to divest his stocks, and, while he unloaded the bulk of them in June, he waited to sell the BioNTech shares, worth $500,000 to $1 million, until Aug. 5, the Washington Examiner reports. “BioNTech, with partner company Pfizer, developed the first authorized vaccine against COVID-19. By the time Lander sold off the remaining BioNTech shares, they were priced at $404.92 a share, an increase of more than $50 from two days prior.”
Lander’s whole gig in Biden’s Cabinet and as director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy was to get people vaccinated. The more he pushed the vax, the more cash he made. He even wrote op-eds for the Boston Globe and the Washington Post —here’s what he said:
“Coronavirus vaccines can end the current pandemic if enough people choose to protect themselves and their loved ones by getting vaccinated.”
The Biden administration saw no problem with Lander’s behavior; totally above board. . . .
https://thedrilldown.com/newsroom/following-the-science-and-the-money-ousted-science-advisor-held-millions-in-vax-stock/
Institutionalized corruption.