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Not an expert in but one of those expert drug regulators is my friend. 1 per million adverse effects is nothing. If that would be a solid fact, there would be
by Nokinside 6y ago
Not an expert in but one of those expert drug regulators is my friend.
1 per million adverse effects is nothing. If that would be a solid fact, there would be no reason to pause vaccinations. The pause happens very early so that experts have time to check the data and methodology and verify that it's all that there is.
When a new drug is given for emergency evaluation or a new side effect is discovered he works 14 hours per day 7 days a week with a team going through a massive amount of data and documentation to verify and check everything.
The media and most commentators don't understand why decisions can take weeks. Why you don't have the scheduled emergency approval meeting just now. They fail to understand that fact-finding is not happening in the meeting just by people giving their expert opinions. Experts work around the clock without taking any time off to figure out what is happening. But lazy bureaucratic regulators, right?
- nscalf 6y agoI have some friends in this field as well (though they are in small sample size things, like specific breast cancer trials). Some of the fact-finding looks like calling up every patient who has gone through their treatment, but they have agreed to cooperate extensively in order to get into their trials. I can't imagine how painful it is to do fact-finding on this scale.