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Is it reasonable to describe this as a “difference of opinion between scientists”? Per the OP article: * it was a Trump political appointee who had made a “sho
by no-name-here 4mo ago
Is it reasonable to describe this as a “difference of opinion between scientists”? Per the OP article:
* it was a Trump political appointee who had made a “shocking” decision to not even review the vaccine
* it was despite the objections of the subject matter experts and career scientists
* it was despite the submitted study results being exactly what the FDA had previously approved
* the vote to go the opposite direction of him was unanimous
I mean sure, you could find an odd scientist who doesn't believe in something that 99.999% of scientists agree on, appoint them as the political head of an agency to overrule the 99.999% of scientists, and call that a “difference of opinion between scientists”, but…
- oatmeal1 4mo agoYou identify the potential bias of only one side here. The revolving door between regulators and industry introduces potential biases of others in the opposite direction. If Prasad approved of the trial design and later decided it was insufficient then I would see things differently.