The Politics of a Health Crisis

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

one year is not "the rule" it's a guideline for vaccine development when not in a pandemic. the CDC link suggests 300-3000 participants, which you might expect if you don't have so many possible positive results because the studies are not done during a pandemic. but right now we do have plenty of data points. current phase 3 studies include 30,000 participants and more

But Trump has castrated the CDC with all information and direction coming from Washington.
The FDA has the power of approval...



And the FDA says this is what you should do but it's nonbinding.



The wiggle room is explained in section VIII A & B. Right, section 8.




Translation - We told you the right way to do it.
But we like our jobs so when the word comes down we say, how high?