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Recently, Macron said that the AstraZeneca vaccine was almost ineffective for people older then 65[1]. Politicians on both the left and the right sometimes fin

Recently, Macron said that the AstraZeneca vaccine was almost ineffective for people older then 65[1]. Politicians on both the left and the right sometimes find their political interests at odds with mainstream scientific research. That doesn't mean they're on some kind of crusade against science. I also find the obsession with anti-vaxxers strange, when the FDA and many european medical authorities refuse to allow the AstraZeneca vaccine. I guess it's easier to blame everything on internet trolls, rather then medical authorities run by people like you, in your social circles, but the latter are objectively responsible for far more death. [1]: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56252028 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56252028

tzs 6y ago
> I also find the obsession with anti-vaxxers strange, when the FDA and many european medical authorities refuse to allow the AstraZeneca vaccine. AZ has not yet asked the FDA to allow the AZ vaccine. They are still in the clinical trial stage in the US. The FDA emergency use authorization procedure includes FDA scientists plus a panel of outside scientists reviewing all of the submitted trial data and doing their own analysis rather than just relying on the submitted analysis. This is why it takes 2 to 3 weeks between the submission of an application and the approval of the authorization. AZ had enough anomalies in their European trials that they weren't sure they would pass the FDA's more stringent review and so are conducting more trials in the US to get cleaner data. About 3 weeks ago AZ said it expected to have results in a few weeks and would apply then.