Put another way: if we had no drug regulatory regime at all, or one based on much looser standards of evidence, I could likely get a Delta booster shot today. So in that sense, the existence of the FDA is a bottleneck, right?
That bottleneck might be worth it, of course.
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I think this is the crux: I think that the FDA's balance is bad. On a personal level, it makes me worse off. At a societal level it violates my moral convictions.
Given those values, I'm upset because the FDA is, in my view, causing a lot of harm by applying its standard.
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Oh, so we disagree less than I thought!
My preferred regulatory regime would indeed create finer grained distinctions and rely more on individuals and their doctors to make treatment decisions.
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Out of curiosity: do you know if that applies across vaccine types? So if someone got 2x Pfizer the first time but their doctor wants to give them a Moderna series as an off-label booster, would that be legal?
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