He didn't say the vaccines are gene therapy, he said the mRNA vaccine innovation is an example for gene therapy innovation, I'm assuming in how it can gain public acceptance.
You're exactly right. His implication is that Big Pharma will create extremely dangerous gene therapies in the future, and as long as they market them exactly like they did the Covid vaccines through a campaign of mass fear and hysteria, the masses will line up and take them.
The mRNA vaccine is a great example FOR.