Pfizer CEO addresses loss of public trust | Albert Bourla and Lex Fridman

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Albert Bourla is the Chairman and CEO of Pfizer.

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[duckspeaker]

People aren't skeptical of science, they're skeptical of the institutions who stand to profit from lying about science

[ld_Scratch]

Whatever he's selling, I ain't buying.

[hrossaman]

Maybe it would help if this CEO didn't go around declaring those who declare "misinformation" about vaccines (info that doesn't portray them in a good light) as "criminals":

Direct quote: “Those people are criminals, ” he told Atlantic Council CEO Frederick Kempe. “... They’re criminals because they have literally cost millions of lives.”

[TripleDDDD]

Classic answer, which is called „touch, turn, talk“. Touch the subject of lost trust, turn it to science and then talk about that. Corporate Communication 101.

[slappyfun]

Has anyone other than Lex gotten this interview? As softball and non-confrontational as it is, he is bringing Bourla to the public for all to see and hear. All we need is to hear him talk, how he chooses to answer these straightforward questions. It seems clear what he's about. We can make up our own minds about him based on this interview.

[per-andersgrimming]

And we'll start by demanding that the court gives us 75 years to release our documentation related to vaccination approval.

[nicksanford]

He arrogantly sides wiped the entire question. This is evil in this video

[monkeymagic]

It's not just the accent but this guy could play Dracula flawlessly. He has a air of cold calculated evil ☠️

[noDUALISM]

Lex tried to ask some difficult questions but did not challenge Dracula in the slightest.

[Roninbuilt]

To Phzier CEO: You could start by releasing all your data.... Just saying, I agree with you. Its about what you say AND what you DO. ✌🖕

[MikeP]

Lex I love your videos and you're my favourite podcaster. However, you need to challenge some of your guests and ask follow up questions. I feel like you let this guy off the hook with a lot of his answers. Just some constructive criticism 🙌

[rhymersreason]

I like Lex but he is terrible at confrontation, and these guys he interviews are experts at deceit. You could tell the way he buttered Lex up talking about how great science is. That puts Lex in a trance.

[samforde]

Guys a bond villin Simple question and what does he do ? Answer it incorrectly

[panborsuk]

Hi Lex, so rarely I write comments so let this one be valuable and from the heart. Don't worry about all the criticisms of you supposedly being too soft etc, not confrontational enough etc. I also believe you do not need my assurance, you know your value, how far you've developed yourself and your podcast. Still, it's heart-breaking for me to read how many judgmental people there are, who while watching your unspekable efforts, most probably do nothing productive themselves and just talks shit about the way you talk to this guy or others. I wonder how brave they would be in pushing certain questions and trying to nail down the guest while having their own reputation and the future of the podcast and even this very conversation at stake.
SPeaking about the podcast - He answered the way he did, no matter who would have asked and how - he would have not reveal the whole truth anyway. Anyone working even in small-size corporation knows how it works, the CEO tells employees what he needs and wants to tell even if he's bombarded with difficult questions. You did amazing job asking him all the right and challanging questions and thanks to this we have his answers to all the unsetling topics, documented, recorded. Let's now allows life to verify what he has said.
Warm regards from Poland ;)
PS. Maybe you're not as confrontational as Joe (damn it must be also hard to be constantly compared to him) and I happened to be primarily attracted to podcasts thanks to JRE, and I mainly listened to him for several years. Later I doscovered your podcast, and several days ago while vaccuming my apartment I had one of these unusual chains of thoughts about everything, one of which was, I guess Lex Friedman podcast is now my favourite podcast - even though I am no scientist and some of your guests speak in a way totally incomprenesible to me :)
STAY HARD!

[sdsurfgirl]

He too vague when referencing Pfizer responsibility. He's not saying much if you think about it.

[TMTFT]

Ohh how grateful I am to experience the power of science in the hands of the private sector, for them to create a ''safe and effective 'solution'' where they don't take any liability for and call you a criminal when you don't bend over to receive this great gift.

One day the world will show them how grateful we are....

[nateiowa]

It’s weird isn’t it?!? How people don’t trust you when you lie…

[theripper]

I imagine his legs are crossed in the same fashion under the table.

[atilayyilmaz]

I bet its hard to give a damn when you’re making that much money

[jaydeepgrewal]

how afraid is Lex of confrontation? Not a single hard pressing concern or thing of substance brought up.