The people sowing distrust ARE the vaccine deniers and climate deniers. People comparing vaccine trials to cigarettes, like the person you are agreeing with here, ARE the problem; they were not created by "corporate funded vaccine trials".
For example, my perception is that the push for pro-sugar doctrine "back in the day" has caused significant health problems and a distrust in the process.
Do you view this as not the case?
Putting 100% faith and trust in a "corporate funded vaccine trials" is something I would suggest against given the potential monetary gains from those conducting it.
I can assure it was a somewhat different process than what ever process your "hard science Ph.D" requires for publishing papers.