Welp. On @FaceTheNation it looks like @ScottGottliebMD is now on board with the “don’t worry, be happy” messaging about an emergency use authorization for a #COVID19 vaccine before the election. 1/Disappointing.
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@FDACommissioner@SteveFDA has ALREADY shown he can be pushed by@realDonaldTrump, as evidenced by previous EUAs for#Hydroxycholoroquine and convalescent plasma. 3/Show this thread -
With my 15+ year history combating antivaccine disinformation and suffering for it as a result, I’ll put my provaccine bona fides up against those of anyone, including
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That being said, I will almost certainly not be able to trust a vaccine approved by EUA by
@realDonaldTrump’s@US_FDA before the election. I’ll need to see the data on efficacy and safety, and I’d much prefer a formal FDA approval. 5/5Show this thread -
And if you doubt what I say about the pressure
@realDonaldTrump is bringing to bear on@US_FDA, conveniently there was this@washingtonpost story yesterday. Basically Trump is staking his reeelection on the authorization of a vaccine before the election.https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-vaccine-election/2020/09/05/c0da86d6-edf5-11ea-99a1-71343d03bc29_story.html …Show this thread
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I agree with you, David. I think it will take until sometime in December to get good hard data on efficacy and safety. Approval at the end of the year, maybe.
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