Dems want expert panel to OK coronavirus vaccine before mass use
Source: ABC News
House Democrats are calling on the Food and Drug Administration to empower an independent panel of experts to review and sign off before a coronavirus vaccine is distributed to the general public, a move aimed at quelling some health experts' fears the Trump administration might ram through a vaccine candidate ahead of the November election.
A new legislative proposal obtained by ABC News would require the FDA to seek input from the Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee in a public hearing before giving an emergency authorization for the widespread use of any COVID-19 vaccine. The bill is expected to be publicly announced on Thursday and formally introduced on Friday by Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., the chairman of the House Oversight Committee Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy.
While it is essential that a COVID-19 vaccine become available to the public as quickly as possible, it is even more important that quality is not sacrificed for speed in testing and evaluating any such vaccine, Krishnamoorthi said in a statement, noting that some experts have raised concerns that the Trump administration could seek to politicize the crash effort to find a vaccine under a plan known as Operation Warp Speed.
As recently as Thursday, President Trump suggested that the vaccine could be available around the time of the presidential election in November.
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woodsprite
(11,916 posts)duforsure
(11,885 posts)And will decline.
bucolic_frolic
(43,176 posts)and two months later we find out it was ineffectual home brew and everyone is still getting sick
IthinkThereforeIAM
(3,076 posts)... my sentiments, exactly!
Grokenstein
(5,725 posts)Last edited Thu Aug 6, 2020, 09:07 PM - Edit history (1)
Remember, Don-Don himself's an anti-vaxxer. What could possibly promote anti-vax horseshit more than "whoops, bad batch killed a bunch of people"? Plus killing Americans pleases Vladimir. Don-Don couldn't get a lot of followers to guzzle Clorox, but if he could push a murder cocktail disguised as a vaccine...
keithbvadu2
(36,823 posts)And Trump puts forth his own expert panel - Jared.
moonscape
(4,673 posts)I do hope that the Chinese and the Russians are actually testing the vaccine before they are administering the vaccine to anyone."
In his next statement, may he include us on that country list. Or will we be offered the Russian one?
warmfeet
(3,321 posts)I will take it when those I trust say it is safe.