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BREAKING: On the eve of the Republican National Convention, Trump will announce today a âbreakthroughâ COVID-19 therapy.
The political FDA arm twisting should be a concern to all-Americans here.
More details. Follow if interested. 1/
The political FDA arm twisting should be a concern to all-Americans here.
More details. Follow if interested. 1/
It is very clear Trump thinks science & particularly the FDA is getting in his way.
And heâs acting on it. And itâs dangerous. 2/
And heâs acting on it. And itâs dangerous. 2/
The recent history of pushing the FDA on hydroxychloroquine to approve an EUA. The data turned out to be unwarranted â they removed it. As of yesterday, heâs still protesting. 3/
The Administration interfered in all the wrong ways with the FDA in testing:
-First not pushing for faster testing approval to contain the virus
-Then pushing the approval of tests without data
-Now taking the requirement that labs even need to go to the FDA to get approval
-First not pushing for faster testing approval to contain the virus
-Then pushing the approval of tests without data
-Now taking the requirement that labs even need to go to the FDA to get approval
But it is about to get worse. Tonight Trump will announce likely the EUA for convalescent plasma as a treatment.
It is clear from yesterday that the FDA was still not on board. Trumpâs tell that he knows more than the scientists.
It is clear from yesterday that the FDA was still not on board. Trumpâs tell that he knows more than the scientists.
It is fairly widely known that the trials on CP werenât done well. That Fauci and Francis Collins didnât believe the data. That the results were cherry picked.
3 different scientists have told me the results of the observational study are unreliable & overrated. They donât deny that there is likely to be marginal benefit.
But CP is already in broad use. The EUA doesnât increase that. The FDA should opine when it learns something. It hasnât.
Real clinical trials are underway in England.
So why the rush? The RNC begins tomorrow. Thatâs it.
Real clinical trials are underway in England.
So why the rush? The RNC begins tomorrow. Thatâs it.
What holds CP back are getting enough donations and data which demonstrates its success. Thatâs where FDA wants to focus.
There is really no longer separation from science and politics when science is manipulated by politicians this overtly.
Here is Trumpâs frustration tweet at the FDA https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1297138862108663808
Here are the real trials. https://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/covid-19-research/research-and-trials/plasma-trials/
Here is the FDAâs position that more data is needed.
https://twitter.com/amarkelkar/status/1297603034520920064?s=21 https://twitter.com/amarkelkar/status/1297603034520920064
https://twitter.com/amarkelkar/status/1297603034520920064?s=21 https://twitter.com/amarkelkar/status/1297603034520920064
Here is a thread from the other day that this was coming. And what the observational data seems to show.
https://twitter.com/aslavitt/status/1296439012643807233?s=21 https://twitter.com/aslavitt/status/1296439012643807233
https://twitter.com/aslavitt/status/1296439012643807233?s=21 https://twitter.com/aslavitt/status/1296439012643807233
Expect the next miracle to happen with a âmiracle vaccineâ announcement before the election. But donât wait for the data.
