EXCLUSIVE: Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla on the Delta Variant, Boosters and Masks Indoors (Part 1)

In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt

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4.6 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Andy gets answers to listeners’ most important questions from Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla in Part 1 of a two-part interview, including how the Pfizer vaccine is holding up against the Delta variant, if we'll need booster shots, the data out of Israel showing waning immunity after six months, if Albert is wearing a mask indoors again, and more. Bourla is back next week to talk about kids under 12, full FDA approval, and vaccinating the globe. Plus, Andy reacts to the new CDC recommendation regarding indoor masking for some vaccinated people.

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Check out the CDC’s latest guidance for fully vaccinated people : https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/fully-vaccinated-guidance.html
Learn more about the Israeli data suggesting waning effectiveness of the Pfizer vaccine: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/23/science/covid-vaccine-israel-pfizer.html
Read more about Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine efforts: https://www.pfizer.com/science/coronavirus/vaccine-efforts
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0:53.6	So preparing for this interview, I sent out a tweet and said, hey, I'm going to be talking
0:58.8	to Albert Borla from Pfizer.
1:00.8	Any questions you guys should ask him?
1:03.0	1,268 questions.
1:04.0	Well, we have time.
1:05.0	So I hope you have time.
1:06.0	Yeah, it's- fortunately there was a little bit of overlap.
1:29.6	Welcome to the bubble.
1:30.6	I'm your host, Andy Slavitt.
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