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> The FDA rushing the approval of vaccine that might turn out to be unsafe harms their credibility in the long run. FDA has just paid for this risk of losing c
by xyzzyz 6y ago
> The FDA rushing the approval of vaccine that might turn out to be unsafe harms their credibility in the long run.
FDA has just paid for this risk of losing credibility with hundreds of thousands of lives. Was it a good price?
> The worst case scenario of a hastily approved vaccine is so high that it probably makes sense to bear the cost and take the health/economic hit.
Really? You ran the numbers? Show your work.
- cageface 6y agoIt's very likely we're going to see another pandemic with a much more lethal pathogen in our lifetimes. Counting on overnight development of vaccines and throwing out proper testing to bail us out is a mistake.