One of the most enduring strategies in politics and in life is to blame everyone but yourself. So, nearly a year after Donald Trump’s failed election bid, it’s no surprise that certain members of his former administration cling to the belief that at least some of the blame for that loss should fall on the shoulders of Albert Bourla, the C.E.O. of Pfizer.
Their thinking goes like this: Last spring, Bourla refused to take part in Operation Warp Speed, Trump’s public-private government initiative designed to facilitate the development, manufacture, and distribution of a coronavirus vaccine. Instead, he would end up spending $2 billion of Pfizer’s own money on a vaccine against the virus.
