I highly doubt it's related to the election, but there is a "conspiracy theory" that is entirely plausible to me which is that the paternalistic leaders of the

I highly doubt it's related to the election, but there is a "conspiracy theory" that is entirely plausible to me which is that the paternalistic leaders of the FDA/CDC believe that by taking longer to "validate" the data they are going to be better at convincing anti-vaxxers of the safety of the vaccine. The data analysis here is comically straightforward! This doesn't take 3wks! There's a reason the UK has already approved it! https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2020/12/how-badly-has-the-fda-been-lagging.html https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2020/12/ho...