PFIZER CEO CALLS PEOPLE WHO SPREAD VACCINE MISINFORMATION ‘CRIMINALS’

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla on Tuesday described people who spread false information about the coronavirus vaccines as “criminals.”

“Those people are criminals,” Bourla said to Atlantic Council CEO Frederick Kempe, CNBC reported. “They’re not bad people. They’re criminals because they have literally cost millions of lives.”

Bourla said a “very small” group of people has been spreading misinformation about the vaccines.

Millions in the United States have yet to be vaccinated despite the fact the COVID-19 vaccines have been available to people above the age of 12 for months.

“The only thing that stands between the new way of life and the current way of life is, frankly, hesitancy to vaccinations,” Bourla said.

Bourla’s comments come after a Kaiser Family Foundation poll found that eight in 10 Americans believe or are unsure of at least one false statement about COVID-19.