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(reads news) "The F.D.A. accelerates its timeline to authorize the Pfizer vaccine to Friday evening after a threat from Trump's chief of staff: The White House
by chrononaut 6y ago
(reads news)
"The F.D.A. accelerates its timeline to authorize the Pfizer vaccine to Friday evening after a threat from Trump's chief of staff: The White House told the F.D.A chief he should start working on his next job if he didn't get the vaccine authorization done Friday, an official said." -- NYTimes
... I think I will select, "I WILL WAIT"
- smabie 6y agoThe FDA doesn't actually approve drugs, it has an independent group of scientists/professors that approve them.
- yread 6y agoIt's actually just an advisory committee and the FDA can act on the advice however they like. https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/coronavirus-covid-19-update-fda-holds-advisory-committee-meeting-discuss-authorization-covid-19 https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/coronavi...
- chopin 6y agoLike, the FAA? I think governmental institutions lost much trust the past few years. If big pharma execs band together to publicly state that they will not go onto a fast track on administration wishes, something is very wrong with institutions. And I wouldn't trust a pharma exec farther than I could throw my grand piano.