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Claim: Pfizer CEO Says That Pfizer Aims To Reduce The World Population By 50% (Social Media Users, 2022-08-15)
Evidence (2021-10-07): An Oct. 6 article published on the website Tech Startups added a new claim to the list by alleging that 11 years ago, Bill Gates talked about reducing the global population by 10% to 15% "using new vaccines for population control." [...] "The world today has 6.8 billion people. That's headed up to about 9 billion," Gates said. "Now, if we do a really great job on new vaccines, health care, reproductive health services, we could lower that by, perhaps, 10 or 15%." [...] A website article claimed that Bill Gates advocated for reducing the global population by using vaccines during a 2010 TedTalk.
Claim: Pfizer CEO Says That Pfizer Aims To Reduce The World Population By 50% (Social Media Users, 2022-08-15)
Evidence (2022-05-31): A video through a post is being widely shared on social media claiming that Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said that his company’s goal was to reduce the world’s population by 50% by 2023. Let us fact-check the claim made in the post. Claim: Video of Pfizer CEO saying that he wants to reduce world population by half by 2023. [...] To sum it up, edited video is being shared as Pfizer CEO stating that his goal is to reduce world population by half.
Claim: Pfizer CEO Says That Pfizer Aims To Reduce The World Population By 50% (Social Media Users, 2022-08-15)
Evidence (2022-05-31): CLAIM: Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla says the company’s dream is to "reduce the population by 50%" in 2023. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. The video, recorded May 25, is altered to cut Bourla’s statement mid-sentence, twisting the meaning. A full video of the statement shows he states the goal is to "reduce the number of people in the world that cannot afford our medicines by 50%." [...] But in the clip circulating on social media, the second sentence has been deceptively edited to make it appear that Bourla was talking about reducing the world’s population. "The first week we met in January of ‘19 in California to set up the goals for the next five years – and one of them was by 2023, we will reduce the number of people in the world by 50%," he appears to say in the edited video.
Claim: Pfizer CEO Says That Pfizer Aims To Reduce The World Population By 50% (Social Media Users, 2022-08-15)
Evidence (2022-06-08): At a glance - Claim: Pfizer chief executive officer Albert Bourla said during the World Economic Forum 2022 that he planned to reduce the world’s population by 50% by 2023. [...] A video clip of Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla saying that he plans to reduce the world’s population by half by 2023 is circulating on the internet and is being shared and posted on social media by multiple Facebook and TikTok users. [...] Pfizer’s chief executive said at the 2:50 timestamp, "By 2023, we will reduce the number of people in the world who cannot afford our medicines by 50%."
Claim: Pfizer CEO Says That Pfizer Aims To Reduce The World Population By 50% (Social Media Users, 2022-08-15)
Evidence (2022-08-19): Pfizer CEO did not say that Pfizer aims to reduce the world population by 50% [...] As the world still struggles to fight Covid-19, doctors, and medical experts urges everyone to vaccinate in order to stand strong against this pandemic. Amidst this, a video of Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla is widely circulating on social media, claiming that he said that his company’s goal is to reduce 50% of the population of the world. However, our investigation found these to be misleading as the claim had been made based on an edited version of a speech by the Pfizer CEO by omitting part of his full statement. [...] Title:Pfizer CEO did not say that Pfizer aims to reduce the world population by 50%
Claim: Pfizer CEO Says That Pfizer Aims To Reduce The World Population By 50% (Social Media Users, 2022-08-15)
Evidence (2024-07-25): "It’s going to be a huge market," CEO Thomas Schinecker said on a conference call. "By 2035, about 50% of the world’s population will be obese."
Claim: Pfizer CEO Says That Pfizer Aims To Reduce The World Population By 50% (Social Media Users, 2022-08-15)
Evidence (2022-06-01): New Delhi, Jun 1: A video of Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla claiming that he wanted to reduce the world population by 50 per cent by 2023 is doing rounds on social media sites. [...] Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said he wanted to reduce the world population by 2023. Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said that he wanted to reduce the number of people in the world that cannot afford their medicines by 50 per cent.
Claim: Pfizer CEO Says That Pfizer Aims To Reduce The World Population By 50% (Social Media Users, 2022-08-15)
Evidence (2022-08-17): Fact Check: No, Pfizer CEO did not say his company aims to cut world population by 50% A video of Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla has gone viral where he can be heard talking about his company's goal of "reducing the number of people in the world." [...] In the video, Bourla can be heard saying, "I think that is really fulfilling of a dream that we had, together with my leadership team when we started in '19. The first week we met in January of '19 in California to set up the goals for the next five years, and one of them was by 2023 — we will reduce the number of people in the world by 50 per cent. I think today, this dream is becoming a reality."
Claim: Pfizer CEO Says That Pfizer Aims To Reduce The World Population By 50% (Social Media Users, 2022-08-15)
Evidence (2022-05-31): A post on Facebook falsely claims that the CEO of Pfizer has said "by 2023 we will reduce the world population by 50%". This is accompanied by a link to a website with the headline: "Pfizer CEO: ‘by 2023 we will reduce the world population by 50%’". [...] In this video, he appears to say: "The first week we met, in January of ‘19 in California, and set up the goals for the next five years. And one of them was by 2023 we would reduce the number of people in the world by 50%. I think today, this dream is becoming reality." [...] The headline also now says: "Pfizer CEO: ‘By 2023, We Will Reduce The Number Of People In The World That Cannot Afford Our Medicines By 50%’".
Claim: Pfizer CEO Says That Pfizer Aims To Reduce The World Population By 50% (Social Media Users, 2022-08-15)
Evidence (2022-05-31): A viral video in which Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla allegedly says that by 2023 his goal is to reduce the population of the world by 50% is edited and misleading. While many have argued that pharmaceutical companies are evil, this particular claim is pretty outlandish. In the edited video, Bourla appears to say: "By 2023 we will reduce the number of people in the world by 50%." Numerous people across social media shared the edited footage, including one Facebook user who asked, "Who will arrest these two men and set up a citizens court to try them for charges of premeditated mass murder?" The video also spread on WhatsApp. The video was an edited version of an actual conversation Bourla participated in at the World Economic Forum in late May 2022. In the real video, he says: "I think that is really fulfilling of a dream that we had, together with our leadership team when we started in '19. The first week we met in January of '19 in California to set up the goals for the next five years – and one of them was by 2023, we will reduce the number of people in the world that cannot afford our medicines by 50 percent. I think today this dream is becoming reality."
Claim: Pfizer CEO Says That Pfizer Aims To Reduce The World Population By 50% (Social Media Users, 2022-08-15)
Evidence (2022-08-05): A video of Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla speaking at the World Economic Forum is going viral on social media, along with the claim that the company aims to reduce the population of the world by 50% by 2023. Newschecker found that the video has been edited. [...] The video has been shared on Facebook by user Jaime Maeso Kaatzo along with the caption ‘Pfizer CEO Says it’s their dream to Reduce the Population by 50 percent in 2023.’ [...] Newschecker’s investigation reveals that the interview of Albert Bourla has been edited to remove the portion which states that his company Pfizer aims to reduce the health inequities in the world by 50% by 2023, which was edited to show that Pfizer aims to reduce the population of the world by 50%
Claim: Pfizer CEO Says That Pfizer Aims To Reduce The World Population By 50% (Social Media Users, 2022-08-15)
Evidence (2023-03-23): Claim: Pfizer CEO announces plan to reduce the world’s population by 50% [...] Has the Chief Executive Officer of Pfizer, Albert Bourla announced plans to reduce the population of the world by 50% in 2023? [...] The claim that the CEO of Pfizer has announced plans to reduce the world’s population by 50% in 2023 is FALSE and the video is MISLEADING.
Claim: Pfizer CEO Says That Pfizer Aims To Reduce The World Population By 50% (Social Media Users, 2022-08-15)
Evidence (2022-05-28): He said Pfizer’s goal was to reduce by 50% the number of people in the world who "cannot afford our medicines" but key words were edited out. [...] A headline on British-based video hosting service BitChute claims otherwise: "Exposed! Pfizer CEO says it’s their dream to reduce the population by 50 percent in 2023." [...] A video claims that Pfizer’s CEO said the company’s goal was to cut the world population by 50% by 2023.
Claim: Pfizer CEO Says That Pfizer Aims To Reduce The World Population By 50% (Social Media Users, 2022-08-15)
Evidence (2022-05-31): In the clip, Bourla is heard saying, "I think that is really fulfilling of a dream that we had, together with our leadership team when we started in '19. The first week we met in January of '19 in California to set up the goals for the next five years – and one of them was by 2023, we will reduce the number of people in the world by 50 percent. I think today, this dream is becoming a reality." [...] The video is being shared to claim that Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla spoke about the company's goals to reduce the world's population by half by 2023. [...] Clearly, an edited video of Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla was shared, claiming that he spoke about the company's plan to reduce world population by 50 percent by the end of 2023.
Claim: No, Hollywood Star Vin Diesel Has Not Died While Performing A Stunt (Tommy Welsh, 2020-06-01)
Evidence (2020-06-01): Therefore, from our investigation it is evident that the claims about the death of Vin Diesel are false. A news report video on the tragic death of Paul Walker in 2013 had been manipulated to make this false claim.
Claim: No, Hollywood Star Vin Diesel Has Not Died While Performing A Stunt (Tommy Welsh, 2020-06-01)
Evidence (2023-03-09): Did actor Vin Diesel die in a backyard stunt fail? No, that's not true: This is a click-bait death hoax that leads anyone who clicks on the link to a porn site. Diesel is not dead. The death claim appeared in a post, which we will not link to here, shared on Facebook under the title "H0LLYW00D ACT0R, professionaIIy known as Vin Diesel, died in a backyard stunt fail CNN NEWS". It read: [...] In addition to that there was a video player on the site that appeared to show a CNN announcement about Diesel's death but it was actually old footage of the announcement of the death of actor Paul Walker.
Claim: No, Hollywood Star Vin Diesel Has Not Died While Performing A Stunt (Tommy Welsh, 2020-06-01)
Evidence (2020-04-19): Director Rob Cohen Had To Hold Back Vin Diesel In Terms Of Performing Stunts There are only a few scenes throughout xXx where Vin Diesel doesn't perform his own stunts, but he might have gotten his way (and found himself getting injured) if it weren't for director Rob Cohen putting the stop to a few of the actor's attempts. During an interview with Hollywood.com after the film's release, Diesel painted a picture of how those scenarios would play out: [...] Vin Diesel didn't sustain any serious injuries in performing a lot of his own stunts, but there was a brief moment during the avalanche scene where the crew, especially director Rob Cohen, thought the star of the film had broken his neck when he took a bad fall. Cohen explained the situation during an interview with Hollywood.com, stating:
Claim: No, Hollywood Star Vin Diesel Has Not Died While Performing A Stunt (Tommy Welsh, 2020-06-01)
Evidence (2019-07-23): There was tragic news from the set of Fast & Furious 9 on Monday, when Vin Diesel’s stuntman reportedly suffered a serious head injury at the Warner Bros Leavesden studios in Hertfordshire. The accident is said to have happened when a safety cable snapped as the stuntman leaped from a balcony for a fight sequence. "The stuntman fell at least 30 feet – maybe a bit more," a source told The Sun. "Vin Diesel was seen on set seconds after. He looked ashen, totally in shock and blinking back tears. He saw what happened." [...] For Vin Diesel, it’s not the first time that a film production has been rocked by a tragic accident. In 2002, his stuntman Harry O’Connor was killed on the set of xXx. And, though unrelated to filming, the Fast & Furious series’s original lead star Paul Walker was killed in a high-speed car crash during the production of Fast & Furious 7 – a horribly ironic accident that has left a spectre of tragedy hanging over the series since.
Claim: No, Hollywood Star Vin Diesel Has Not Died While Performing A Stunt (Tommy Welsh, 2020-06-01)
Evidence (2019-07-29): Vin Diesel Stunt Double Fighting For His Life After Gruesome Accident On 'Fast & Furious 9' [...] On July 22nd, Warner Brothers Hertfordshire's UK studio temporarily shut down production on one of its hotly anticipated future releases, Fast & Furious 9 after the filming of a stunt for the movie went horribly wrong. Vin Diesel's stunt double, a man named Joe Watts, was meant to leap off a balcony thirty feet up in the sky and be caught by a safety wire. When the wire failed to deploy, he fell, hitting the ground head first. "He was meant to be left dangling below the balcony via the wire and then lowered slowly to the ground, but he plunged to the ground and landed on his head," a source told The Wrap. [...] This didn't happen on a closed set. Plenty of people including the cast and the crew were on set when the accident took place, including none other than Vin Diesel himself who saw the whole awful accident happened. Diesel reportedly was spotted on the set "look[ing] ashen, totally in shock and blinking back tears. He saw what happened." Right now, Watts is in the hospital in critical condition having been put into a medically induced coma by doctors. Watts' fiance Tilly Powell spoke out about the terrible events on social media: "[My] heart is shattered. I love him so much. He has all his friends and family by his side to get him through this," she wrote on Facebook.
Claim: No, Hollywood Star Vin Diesel Has Not Died While Performing A Stunt (Tommy Welsh, 2020-06-01)
Evidence (2017-01-23): Xander Cage was supposed to be dead. In the 2002 movie xXx, Diesel starred as the extreme athlete turned deep state operative with a proclivity for getting out of jams via Jet Skis, skateboards, and charisma (often while wearing Penny Lane’s coat). The film cost $70 million to make and ultimately grossed $277.4 million worldwide. But Diesel did not sign on to appear in the 2005 sequel xXx: State of the Union, reportedly over issues with the script, and the project instead featured Ice Cube in the lead role and briefly referenced Cage having been killed in Bora Bora. [...] During the 2002 xXx filming, a Navy SEAL–turned–stuntman named Harry O’Connor was killed during a parasailing stunt. And anyone in the freestyle ski world has not only known someone who was killed on the mountain, but has likely had close calls themselves. Both Saugstad and Holmes have each survived being buried by an avalanche when friends and rescuers dug them out; both Saugstad and Townsend now give avalanche safety lectures. But they keep free skiing because it’s their lifeblood: pushing the boundaries of what is humanly possible, in art or in life.
Claim: No, Hollywood Star Vin Diesel Has Not Died While Performing A Stunt (Tommy Welsh, 2020-06-01)
Evidence (2024-10-07): - XXX (2002). On 4 April 2002, Vin Diesel's stunt double, Harry L. O'Connor, was killed during filming,[228] in a scene where he was supposed to rappel down a parasailing line and land on a submarine. Instead, he struck a bridge at high speed and died immediately.[116][196] [...] - F9 (2021). In July 2019, stuntman Joe Watts, who doubled for Vin Diesel, sustained a serious head injury after a major fall during filming at the Warner Bros. Studios in Leavesden, Hertfordshire. The stunt involved the stunt double jumping from a balcony using safety wiring. The stunt double had to be airlifted to the hospital where he was placed in an induced coma following the event.[426][427] [...] - ^ Scott, Katie (24 June 2019). "Vin Diesel stunt double severely injured on 'Fast & Furious 9' set, production halted". Global Television Network. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
Claim: No, Hollywood Star Vin Diesel Has Not Died While Performing A Stunt (Tommy Welsh, 2020-06-01)
Evidence (2023-02-16): The transformation of Vin Diesel from Mark Sinclair to Hollywood action star involved a long and winding path to the top of the box office. According to CNN, one of his first steps was to come up with a cooler name. Even before he'd tried acting he used his Hollywood moniker while working for years as a bouncer at a club called The Tunnel. While the "Vin" came from his stepfather's surname, Vincent, he told Conan O'Brien (via Time) that "Diesel" was a nickname given to him because he always had a lot of energy. [...] In 2013, Vin Diesel's beloved friend and co-star Paul Walker died in a tragic car accident, leaving the cast and crew of the "Fast & Furious" franchise reeling. Diesel visited the site of the crash and addressed fans who had gathered to remember his co-star, telling the crowd (via the Los Angeles Times), "If he could see for himself that all of you have showed up to show my brother love at this hard time, and his family gets to see all of you show the love that you've shown Paul, it's going to stay with me forever." At the time of Walker's passing, they were partway through shooting "Furious 7." The film was finally released in 2015 and was finished thanks to a combination of CGI and Walker's brothers, Caleb and Cody, stepping in as body doubles.
Claim: No, Hollywood Star Vin Diesel Has Not Died While Performing A Stunt (Tommy Welsh, 2020-06-01)
Evidence (2024-10-07): It's not all glitz and glam in La La Land. From complex stunt sequences gone wrong to freak accidents no one saw coming, these A-listers had near-death experiences on major Hollywood sets. [...] Jason Statham managed to escape a major accident on the set of The Expendables 3 (2014). The A-lister, who often performs his stunts, was in Bulgaria to shoot one of the team's missions, when a technical malfunction left the cast and crew in shock. [...] After falling for several meters, he landed on his back and smashed his head on a rock. Thankfully, the Hollywood legend was rushed to emergency surgery and managed to recover. To this day he has a permanent hole in his head which he covers with a plastic plug.
Claim: No, Hollywood Star Vin Diesel Has Not Died While Performing A Stunt (Tommy Welsh, 2020-06-01)
Evidence (2024-10-02): A more extreme version of James Bond, "XXX" stars Vin Diesel as an NSA spy named Xander Cage. Diesel was allowed to perform many of his own stunts, but the more outrageous acts were done by professionals. This includes a stunt in the movie’s climax, which sees Cage parasailing behind a boat and flying under a bridge. This stunt was performed by Harry O’Connor, who completed the first take without incident. But the second attempt went awry when O’Connor struck one of the bridge’s pillars. Unfortunately, the resulting injuries were severe and O’Connor died as a result. The movie was subsequently dedicated to him, and his completed first take can be seen in the finished product. [...] Parasailing Under a Bridge "XXX" (2002)A more extreme version of James Bond, "XXX" stars Vin Diesel as an NSA spy named Xander Cage. Diesel was allowed to perform many of his own stunts, but the more outrageous acts were done by professionals. This includes a stunt in the movie’s climax, which sees Cage parasailing behind a boat and flying under a bridge. This stunt was performed by Harry O’Connor, who completed the first take without incident. But the second attempt went awry when O’Connor struck one of the bridge’s pillars. Unfortunately, the resulting injuries were severe and O’Connor died as a result. The movie was subsequently dedicated to him, and his completed first take can be seen in the finished product.
Claim: No, Hollywood Star Vin Diesel Has Not Died While Performing A Stunt (Tommy Welsh, 2020-06-01)
Evidence (2022-02-21): We noticed a viral post in a similar manner claiming that Hollywood movie star Mark Sinclair popularly known as Vin Diesel had succumbed to a tragic death. The death claim appeared in a post on Facebook under the title "BREAKING NEWS: 'VIN DlESEL', Actor of 'FAST and FURIOUS' Movie Died after the STUNT Attempt FAILED. |CNN NEWS|" [...] We checked the Facebook posts and all of them were linked to a news article posted by a website called w0rldnews.g0ldenbuzzers.com , with the caption. "BREAKING NEWS: Hollywood Cries after Vin Diesel, Died in a FAIL STUNT on his Backyard_ | TODAY MAY 2020" [...] Therefore, from our investigation it is evident that the claims about the death of Vin Diesel are false. A news report video on the tragic death of Paul Walker in 2013 had been manipulated to make this false claim.
Claim: No, Hollywood Star Vin Diesel Has Not Died While Performing A Stunt (Tommy Welsh, 2020-06-01)
Evidence (2020-06-01): Vin Diesel, the star of the Fast & the Furious movie series, is not dead despite a Facebook post claiming the actor was killed during a car stunt in his backyard. The fake news post includes the CNN logo. The post reads, "BREAKING NEWS | Hollywood Cries after Vin Diesel, Died In a FAIL STUNT on his Backyard. | TODAY, May 2020." Included in the post is a video titled, "Actual Footage: VIN DIESEL CAR STUNT ACCIDENT." [...] Diesel has been the victim of two major death hoaxes in the past. Politifact detailed a death hoax in 2018 that allegedly involved the actor dying after attempting "the perfect stunt." The first major death hoax involving Diesel appeared in January 2014, according to Snopes.
Claim: No, Hollywood Star Vin Diesel Has Not Died While Performing A Stunt (Tommy Welsh, 2020-06-01)
Evidence (2020-05-29): Vin Diesel is the latest victim of a celebrity death hoax, which claims the actor passed away after a failed stunt. The hoax appeared on Facebook and has been shared multiple times, falsely claiming that the Fast & Furious star died in a car crash. [...] This isn’t the first time Diesel has been the subject of false death claims. He was subject to a viral death hoax in 2014, and a similar fake news story in late 2018 claimed he died in a failed stunt on set. [...] So while the internet has killed off Vin Diesel yet again, the actor is alive and well.
Claim: No, Hollywood Star Vin Diesel Has Not Died While Performing A Stunt (Tommy Welsh, 2020-06-01)
Evidence (2020-05-30): Vin Diesel is best known for playing Dominic Toretto in the ‘Fast and Furious‘ franchise and has recently been a victim of a celebrity death hoax. News circulated on social media sites that he passed away after a failed stunt. Reports suggest that the news appeared mostly on Facebook, claiming Diesel died in a car crash. Let us put all false rumors to rest by confirming that Vin Diesel is very much alive, and the news of his death is fake. [...] Vin Diesel is busy with his work and is rumored to be a part of the upcoming ‘Avatar‘ movie, which will broaden the franchise. Although news about Diesel’s death is false, one might understand why a few viewers would believe it. After all, performing stunts is a dangerous job, and Diesel has had brushes with tragedy in the past. In fact, in 2019, Diesel’s stunt double fell almost 30 feet while filming for the ‘Fast and Furious’ movie. Diesel appeared visibly shaken after witnessing the incident.