An undercover video from the conservative activist group Project Veritas is causing controversy on social media. It appears to show a Pfizer executive discussing the idea of artificially mutating the coronavirus in an effort to create vaccines preemptively.
In the video, an interviewee identified as Jordan Trishton Walker is heard saying, “One of the things we’re exploring is why don’t we just mutate it [the virus] ourselves so we could preemptively develop new vaccines.”
The 10-minute video documents a conversation between an unidentified reporter and an interviewee Project Veritas identifies as “Jordan Trishton Walker, Pfizer Director of Research and Development – Strategic Operations and mRNA Scientific Planning.”
In the first set of clips, the reporter asks: “Is Pfizer ultimately thinking of mutating COVID?”
The interviewee replies: “Well, that is not what we say to the public, no. That’s why it was, it was a thought that came up in a meeting and we were like, ‘Why do we not?’”
The video, which has amassed over 12 million views on Twitter at press time, has been retweeted thousands of times. Many users have targeted the multinational vaccine manufacturer Pfizer, which has not yet responded to the report or verified the interviewee as one of its employees.
Project Veritas, which describes itself as a “journalism enterprise,” has been criticized frequently for utilizing deceptive tactics in its reporting and selectively editing videos to present a misleading narrative. The group has been involved in several controversies, and its credibility has been called into question by journalists, media outlets, and fact-checking organizations.
While the group claims this interview is evidence of a conspiracy, there is currently little trace of Jordon Trishton Walker on the web or on Pfizer’s website. Project Veritas provided vague screenshots in an effort to prove the identity of the person in question, but his identity has not been independently verified.
As of press time, Pfizer has not commented on the contents of the Project Veritas video or responded to questions from Straight Arrow News.
