What the hell—Trump has now moved up the #COVID19 vaccine likely timeline to October. There is no way a P3 can fully complete & get published & fully FDA reviewed by then. I guess ‘October surprise’ won’t be a surprise anymore. This stunt gonna fuel vaccine hesitancy. Oy. https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1301998954943524865
3) “Experts in medicine and public health are expressing growing concerns, in some cases even alarm, at the possibility that the FDA will bend to political pressure and grant early approval to coronavirus vaccines that haven’t been thoroughly vetted.”
4) “If a prematurely released vaccine proves ineffective or, worse, harmful, the result could set back the fight against COVID-19 and also diminish the public’s already shrinking faith in all vaccines, these doctors and researchers say.”
5) “Any hint of political pressure would feed into the vaccine skeptic and antivaccine groups,” said Dr. William Schaffner, professor of preventive medicine and infectious diseases at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
6) FDA already may have created a “damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don’t” situation, said Dr. Jerry Avorn, of Harvard Medical School. “If you end up with a good vaccine but people mistrust it,” Avorn said, “then you’ve won the first battle but you’re losing the war.”
7) ““We have a trust and credibility crisis that is enormous,” said Dr. Irwin Redlener, of Columbia University. “The more that we erode public trust in the FDA and the CDC, the more difficult it’s going to be to get anything done.”
8) “In early August, even before the plasma decision, a group of nearly 400 public health experts called on the FDA to conduct a “transparent and rigorous” approval process for any coronavirus vaccines.
9) Last week, the American Medical Association wrote to Dr. @SteveFDA , the FDA commissioner, asking him to keep physicians and the public informed about the licensure process and standards
10) Talk of an October rollout raises concerns about the timing, a month before the November election, said @AliNouriPhD, president of the Federation of American Scientists.
“Is anyone going to think this is a science-based process rather than a political one?”
11) @AliNouriPhD continues, “I don’t know how you issue an EUA in October and at the same time convince the American people that it was not a political decision.”
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