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A vaccine and this.. what else needs to make it through before the elections?

ardy42 6y ago
> A vaccine and this.. what else needs to make it through before the elections? Terrifyingly, the census: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/24/us/census-bureau.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/24/us/census-bureau.html: > The count faces two crushing deadlines — to compile an accurate tally by Sept. 30, and to process and double-check the numbers in time to deliver population totals to the president by Dec. 31. The Census Bureau earlier had told Congress it needed to push the delivery of population totals to April 2021 because of the pandemic. > The Trump administration ordered the speedup, critics say, because it wants to subtract undocumented immigrants from the totals before sending them in January to Congress to reapportion the House. That plan — which faces multiple court challenges — would reshuffle House seats to give a modest advantage to the Republican Party. > It comes as the administration has installed political appointees in the Census Bureau’s top ranks — two in June and a third named last week to a new post: deputy director for data. Critics say the administration wants to change crucial statistical methodologies to give Republicans an even greater edge.
tathougies 6y ago
The Vaccine that has already gone through normal stage 2 trials ensuring safety? All this talk about a vaccine being 'rushed' is so anti-science, it's a joke. The vaccine may certainly be ineffective or undereffective if rushed through phase 3 trials, but the idea it'll be unsafe is hogwash.
- bleepblorp 6y ago
  Stage 1 and 2 trials establish safety in generally healthy people. Stage 3 is primarily to establish efficacy, but is also vital to establish safety in the broader population, including among people with existing diseases. For their own safety, unhealthy people are not generally admitted into stage 1 and 2 trials. Curtailing stage 3 testing for political gain is dangerous.
- ajaimk 6y ago
  22 CASE STUDIES WHERE PHASE 2 AND PHASE 3 TRIALS HAD DIVERGENT RESULTS: https://www.fda.gov/media/102332/download https://www.fda.gov/media/102332/download 8 of those 22 are for "lack of safety"

> A vaccine and this.. what else needs to make it through before the elections? Terrifyingly, the census: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/24/us/census-bureau.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/24/us/census-bureau.html: > The count faces two crushing deadlines — to compile an accurate tally by Sept. 30, and to process and double-check the numbers in time to deliver population totals to the president by Dec. 31. The Census Bureau earlier had told Congress it needed to push the delivery of population totals to April 2021 because of the pandemic. > The Trump administration ordered the speedup, critics say, because it wants to subtract undocumented immigrants from the totals before sending them in January to Congress to reapportion the House. That plan — which faces multiple court challenges — would reshuffle House seats to give a modest advantage to the Republican Party. > It comes as the administration has installed political appointees in the Census Bureau’s top ranks — two in June and a third named last week to a new post: deputy director for data. Critics say the administration wants to change crucial statistical methodologies to give Republicans an even greater edge.

tathougies 6y ago

The Vaccine that has already gone through normal stage 2 trials ensuring safety? All this talk about a vaccine being 'rushed' is so anti-science, it's a joke. The vaccine may certainly be ineffective or undereffective if rushed through phase 3 trials, but the idea it'll be unsafe is hogwash.

bleepblorp 6y ago
Stage 1 and 2 trials establish safety in generally healthy people. Stage 3 is primarily to establish efficacy, but is also vital to establish safety in the broader population, including among people with existing diseases. For their own safety, unhealthy people are not generally admitted into stage 1 and 2 trials. Curtailing stage 3 testing for political gain is dangerous.
ajaimk 6y ago
22 CASE STUDIES WHERE PHASE 2 AND PHASE 3 TRIALS HAD DIVERGENT RESULTS: https://www.fda.gov/media/102332/download https://www.fda.gov/media/102332/download 8 of those 22 are for "lack of safety"