FDA appears to be slow-walking vaccine approvals Former government health officials fear the Trump administration is moving to slow-walk vaccine approvals, including by imposing new regulatory hurdles on drugmakers, such as changing the requirements for approval www.nbcnews.com/heal... 1/5 - ThreadSky

marcveld.bsky.social • 9 days ago

FDA appears to be slow-walking vaccine approvals

Former government health officials fear the Trump administration is moving to slow-walk vaccine approvals, including by imposing new regulatory hurdles on drugmakers, such as changing the requirements for approval

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/fda-appears-slow-walking-vaccine-approvals-rcna202596
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marcveld.bsky.social•9 days ago

or seeking additional clinical trial data.

Pretending the same vaccine against the same virus, but a different variant, as we do annually for influenza is a "new vaccine"

There are two huge red herrings here: this will make the price of vaccines more expensive, and

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marcveld.bsky.social•9 days ago

it will pretend that the efficacy of vaccines is less. A population with immune memory will be compared with a population with immune memory and a vaccine.

What is scary is the amount of anti-science quacks, dressed up as "critical", involved.
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marcveld.bsky.social•9 days ago

"The mRNA vaccines are a particular target among anti-vaccine activists. The vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna are the first-ever approved using mRNA technology, which has led some to claim they pose a unique threat." This, despite the data showing their safety record.
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marcveld.bsky.social•9 days ago

This is the opposite of free-choice: vulnerable groups, including children, will not have a choice: they may not be given access to these vaccines. Similarly, new bird-flu vaccines can be made rapidly and safely using the mRNA-vaccine platform, their absence will put many at risk.
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rjdexmd.bsky.social•9 days ago

And those (few) of us who can't take mRNA vaccinations for medical reasons are really in trouble.

marcveld.bsky.social•9 days ago

There will be egg-grown virus vaccines. These will be in reduced numbers (takes longer to make) and should be used voor those few with allergic reactions, unless also an egg allergy.

thinkfungus.bsky.social•8 days ago

Are you allergic to PEG ?

gilliancarrin.bsky.social•9 days ago

This is what I am hearing at work -"nothing is getting through the FDA".

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