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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLaurie Garrett: Trump's Vaccine Can't Be Trusted
Foreign PolicyTrue to the presidents wordor threat, perhapsthe United States government is preparing to roll out a COVID-19 vaccine on, or before, Nov. 1, even though none of the more than 150 vaccines in the research pipeline worldwide have completed Phase 3 safety and efficacy clinical trials. In its mad sprint to Election Day, the White House has funneled billions of dollars into drug companies and ordered government agencies to execute their public health duties at breakneck speeds that defy credulity. Like most experts closely watching these developments, I have no confidence that a safe, effective vaccine will be ready for use by Halloween. Worse, I can no longer recommend that anyone retain faith in any public health pronouncements issued by government agencies.
State and territorial governors across America have received a letter dated Aug. 27 from the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Robert Redfield, instructing them to grant facilities and licensing to a private contractor, McKesson Co., for mass immunizations. CDC urgently requests your assistance in expediting applications for these distribution facilities, Redfield wrote, and, if necessary, asks that you consider waiving requirements that would prevent these facilities from becoming fully operational by November 1, 2020.
With that mass vaccination date less than 58 days awayand, surely not coincidentally, two days before the national electionsstates must scramble to submit their immunization scheme to the CDC for approval by Oct. 1. This must cover everything from logistics and personnel to public education and recruitment. The pace required here is astounding, dramatically more rapid than any prior drug or vaccine rollout in history. Though officials insist no corners are being cut, the timetable is simply too short for full safety analysis of any vaccine.
It is hard to comprehend the decision as anything but an election maneuver. In his speech to the Republican National Convention last month, President Donald Trump vowed, We are delivering lifesaving therapies, and will produce a vaccine before the end of the year, or maybe even sooner! We will defeat the virus, end the pandemic, and emerge stronger than ever before.
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Laurie Garrett: Trump's Vaccine Can't Be Trusted (Original Post)
brooklynite
Sep 2020
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MontanaMama
(23,355 posts)1. Let his rubes get in line
for their bleach/oleander injection. They've got it coming.
brooklynite
(94,792 posts)2. What a foolish comment...
Trump's rubes don't believe there's a virus that they need a vaccine for. Besides, what about the nano chip injections?
MontanaMama
(23,355 posts)4. We're talking about a cult.
If their leader tells them to get the shot, they'll do it.
Delphinus
(11,842 posts)7. That was
my thinking too. I will wait.
FakeNoose
(32,823 posts)3. We'll all be the guinea pigs. Who wants to go first?
DBoon
(22,403 posts)5. Has any other country approved this vaccine?
I mean a developed country with a reputable independent public health agency.
dhol82
(9,353 posts)6. I still remember the swine flu debacle of 1976
It was quite the cluster fuck.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_swine_flu_outbreak