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    Scientists in the US have expressed fears that the Trump administration may brush aside safety concerns in a bid to deliver a Covid-19 vaccine in time for the November election.

    Experts say they are worried that the White House will push the Food and Drug Administration to overlook insufficient data from clinical trials. The threshold for vaccines is typically much higher than for other drugs because they are used in millions of otherwise healthy people. This means that even rare side effects could affect many more people than a drug that treats a specific illness.

    Donald Trump announced in May the Operation Warp Speed initiative to develop and deliver 300 million doses of a safe, effective vaccine by January 2021. The date has since been brought forward. In a tweet last month, the president explicitly tied vaccines to his re-election hopes.

    “There are a lot of people on the inside of this process who are very nervous about whether the administration is going to reach their hand into the Warp Speed bucket, pull out one or two vaccines, and say ‘We’ve tested this on a few thousand people, it looks safe, and now we are going to roll it out,’” Dr Paul Offit of the University of Pennsylvania, who is a member of the FDA’s vaccine advisory committee, told the New York Times.

    “They are really worried about that,” he added. “And they should be.”

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/202...cerns-produce/


    Could the FDA be pushed by the administration into doing that? For once, the anti-vaxxers would have a point.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tranquillus in Exile View Post
    Scientists in the US have expressed fears that the Trump administration may brush aside safety concerns in a bid to deliver a Covid-19 vaccine in time for the November election.

    Experts say they are worried that the White House will push the Food and Drug Administration to overlook insufficient data from clinical trials. The threshold for vaccines is typically much higher than for other drugs because they are used in millions of otherwise healthy people. This means that even rare side effects could affect many more people than a drug that treats a specific illness.

    Donald Trump announced in May the Operation Warp Speed initiative to develop and deliver 300 million doses of a safe, effective vaccine by January 2021. The date has since been brought forward. In a tweet last month, the president explicitly tied vaccines to his re-election hopes.

    “There are a lot of people on the inside of this process who are very nervous about whether the administration is going to reach their hand into the Warp Speed bucket, pull out one or two vaccines, and say ‘We’ve tested this on a few thousand people, it looks safe, and now we are going to roll it out,’” Dr Paul Offit of the University of Pennsylvania, who is a member of the FDA’s vaccine advisory committee, told the New York Times.

    “They are really worried about that,” he added. “And they should be.”

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/202...cerns-produce/


    Could the FDA be pushed by the administration into doing that? For once, the anti-vaxxers would have a point.
    Trump had better get his vaccine even sooner, with voting beginning in just a few weeks.

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    From what I've seen of the Trumpanzees here and elsewhere, most of them won't get a vaccine whether it's proven safe and effective, or is kind of iffy. Microchips n mercury, you know.

    So let #COVID45 push it all he wants. Ppl aren't going to bite, even his stupid worshipers.
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    If Bret Weinstein will not take a vaccine then I will not either.....vaccine safety is one of his specialties, and he has found problems that almost no one else in science or in power have wanted found. This looks like an especially likely time to get a dangerous vaccine.
    This illegal illegitimate regime that runs America is at fault...not me.... they do not represent me and I have long objected to their crimes against humanity.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ThatOwlWoman View Post
    From what I've seen of the Trumpanzees here and elsewhere, most of them won't get a vaccine whether it's proven safe and effective, or is kind of iffy. Microchips n mercury, you know.

    So let #COVID45 push it all he wants. Ppl aren't going to bite, even his stupid worshipers.
    I bet the "Coward-In-Chief" won't take it either.
    Please leave your Trump 2024 signs in your yard. That way, my dog will know where to take a dump.

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    If anyone else would rather read the transcript of the crazy Axios interview than listen to it, here's the link.

    https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts...h-axios-on-hbo
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hawkeye10 View Post
    If Bret Weinstein will not take a vaccine then I will not either.....vaccine safety is one of his specialties, and he has found problems that almost no one else in science or in power have wanted found. This looks like an especially likely time to get a dangerous vaccine.
    Be sure you don't get one, and throw that mask and hand sanitizer away too. Humanity thanks you.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tacomaman View Post
    I bet the "Coward-In-Chief" won't take it either.
    He'll just say he did. "Sure. Sure. Sure I took the vaccine. In fact I've taken it twice since I volunteered for the trials."
    God bless America and those who defend our Constitution.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ThatOwlWoman View Post
    If anyone else would rather read the transcript of the crazy Axios interview than listen to it, here's the link.

    https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts...h-axios-on-hbo
    Awesome. Thanks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ThatOwlWoman View Post
    From what I've seen of the Trumpanzees here and elsewhere, most of them won't get a vaccine whether it's proven safe and effective, or is kind of iffy. Microchips n mercury, you know.

    So let #COVID45 push it all he wants. Ppl aren't going to bite, even his stupid worshipers.
    They'll do whatever Trump tells them to do. That's unfortunate but most probably true.
    God bless America and those who defend our Constitution.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dutch Uncle View Post
    Awesome. Thanks.

    That dismissive quote regarding the deaths of 155,000 human beings is going to stick to him like dog shit on a shoe.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tranquillus in Exile View Post
    Scientists in the US have expressed fears that the Trump administration may brush aside safety concerns in a bid to deliver a Covid-19 vaccine in time for the November election.

    Experts say they are worried that the White House will push the Food and Drug Administration to overlook insufficient data from clinical trials. The threshold for vaccines is typically much higher than for other drugs because they are used in millions of otherwise healthy people. This means that even rare side effects could affect many more people than a drug that treats a specific illness.

    Donald Trump announced in May the Operation Warp Speed initiative to develop and deliver 300 million doses of a safe, effective vaccine by January 2021. The date has since been brought forward. In a tweet last month, the president explicitly tied vaccines to his re-election hopes.

    “There are a lot of people on the inside of this process who are very nervous about whether the administration is going to reach their hand into the Warp Speed bucket, pull out one or two vaccines, and say ‘We’ve tested this on a few thousand people, it looks safe, and now we are going to roll it out,’” Dr Paul Offit of the University of Pennsylvania, who is a member of the FDA’s vaccine advisory committee, told the New York Times.

    “They are really worried about that,” he added. “And they should be.”

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/202...cerns-produce/


    Could the FDA be pushed by the administration into doing that? For once, the anti-vaxxers would have a point.
    Sounds like the start of a good Zombie movie.

    God bless America and those who defend our Constitution.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ThatOwlWoman View Post
    That dismissive quote regarding the deaths of 155,000 human beings is going to stick to him like dog shit on a shoe.
    Yes it will, but how many voters do you think it will change? Let's not forget these are the same Christian souls who separated families at the border and let kids die in their custody.
    God bless America and those who defend our Constitution.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dutch Uncle View Post
    Yes it will, but how many voters do you think it will change? Let's not forget these are the same Christian souls who separated families at the border and let kids die in their custody.
    True. The Republican Party has rot at its center, and it has poisoned the minds of almost all of its adherents.

    I'm going with zero votes changed. Most ppl have made up their minds already who they're going to vote for.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ThatOwlWoman View Post
    True. The Republican Party has rot at its center, and it has poisoned the minds of almost all of its adherents.

    I'm going with zero votes changed. Most ppl have made up their minds already who they're going to vote for.
    I tend to agree here. There's also the 40% who'll just say "Fuck it!" and not vote. That's a lot of people who can vote but won't.
    God bless America and those who defend our Constitution.

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