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Well, they spent a year telling us that no vaccine had ever been developed in less than 5 years and that Trump’s promises of a vaccine in less than a year were
by commandlinefan 5y ago
Well, they spent a year telling us that no vaccine had ever been developed in less than 5 years and that Trump’s promises of a vaccine in less than a year were impossible. Then, within a month of the election, they said it had been developed and was perfectly safe. There’s some call for skepticism here.
- detaro 5y agoThat's just bullshit framing. The vaccines did not suddenly appear out of nowhere after the election, and "it can't be done" was not a widespread opinion up until then.
- edmcnulty101 5y agoNot to mention the FDA fighting to releasing the data it used to authorize the vaccine. If that doesn't trigger a red flag then don't know what will.
- tzs 5y agoThey aren't fighting releasing the data. They are fighting spending the massive amount of money it would take to release it quicker than normal. The requested data includes a lot of protected patient medical information that must be redacted and that isn't even needed to independently check on the government's evaluation and decision making in approving the vaccines. Why would they have collected that information if it wasn't needed, you might wonder. Simple, it is information that is needed if something bad happens during the trial such as a lot of bad side effects. If the requestors limited their request to what they actually need for what they are claiming they want to do it would go a lot faster. Instead they are making a massively over broad request in bad faith.