Frequent, rapid testing could turn national Covid-19 tide within weeks

Re:Frequent, rapid testing could turn national Covid-19 tide... by mchusma on Saturday November 21, 2020 @09:26PM (#25174378)

There are over 6 vaccines that have very low expected downside (vaccines rarely have severe side effects and these have none found in thousands of tests)and are all expected to work (>90%). They are all currently banned (people who want them can't buy them legally), and the FDA is refusing to even discuss lifting the ban for 3 weeks. It seems odd to discuss anything other solution than letting people who want to take vaccines, take them.

Literally if the vaccines were known to have side effects 10x worse than the worst side effects in history, it would still be orders of magnitude safer to give to those over 65 than not. https://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/concerns/concerns-history....

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Re:Frequent, rapid testing could turn national Covid-19 tide... by vmurthy on Saturday November 21, 2020 @09:48PM (#25174497)

Banned? Perhaps you are under the impression that the data has been reviewed by the FDA?

IIRC, the EUA analysis is in flight (for a December timeframe) and that is to ascertain that the data is up to the mark and not to take what the companies have announced at face-value.

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