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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD

PeterHotez

I don’t understand the ⁦basis of these public statements? To my knowledge there are no publicly available data to show that any of the Operation Warp Speed actually work - protect against #COVID19 infection - or that they are safe? Why this? https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/30/fda-willing-to-fast-track-coronavirus-vaccine-before-phase-three-trials.html

FDA willing to fast track coronavirus vaccine before phase three trials

The chief of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration told the Financial Times that he is willing to bypass the standard approval process in order to make a Covid-19 vaccine available as soon as...

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/30/fda-willing-to-fast-track-coronavirus-vaccine-before-phase-three-trials.html

I’m weary of all the junior varsity stuff. The POTUS and White House have access to the world’s greatest research universities and institutions. Why the missteps and fear? I’ve never seen grown men tremble at the sight of a science textbook like these guys.

The science behind COVID19 #vaccines is a little complicated in the sense that it’s a bit more than a 30 second sound bite. But in 15 minutes everything can be explained to the American people. Americans are smart, yet they insist on treating us like 4th graders.

I’ve never seen such incompetent and dysfunctional (and in a few instances even intellectually dishonest) science communications like the nonsense coming out of Wash DC and ATL in 2020

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