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Re:England vaccine passport plans ditched, health secretary ... by Retric on Sunday September 12, 2021 @12:28PM (#28502543)
People avoiding vaccination and thus dying because the FDA hasn’t done full approval is more than a political issue. It’s a real heath issue and exactly the kind of public health problem the FDA is concerned with.

The general public doesn’t understand that expedited approval was a well understood category years before COVID and designed exactly for situations like this. Check the way back machine of your feeling paranoid.

As to the actual science we have vastly more data on COVID vaccinations than most drugs or vaccines the FDA is approving. It really isn’t some ad hoc process it’s well designed procedures and massive quantities of scientific data.

Re:England vaccine passport plans ditched, health secretary ... by TeeMassive on Sunday September 12, 2021 @03:05PM (#28503864)
> People avoiding vaccination and thus dying because the FDA hasn’t done full approval is more than a political issue

People can refuse medical treatments, even if deemed in their utmost interest.

Re:England vaccine passport plans ditched, health secretary ... by Retric on Sunday September 12, 2021 @03:12PM (#28503926)
This isn’t about the option to refuse, this is about the reasons someone refuses.

The FDA does quite a bit of outreach over heath and food safety because information has real public health implications. Ex: https://www.fda.gov/food/buy-store-serve-safe-food/selecting...

Which isn’t to say their doing a great job, just that they consider it part of their mandate and they get funding for it.