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Demovictory9

(32,456 posts)
Fri Sep 11, 2020, 05:30 PM Sep 2020

The absurdity of the situation distills to this:

At this point, there is every reason to worry that a vaccine will be approved on an emergency basis before its safety has been fully established.

The absurdity of the situation distills to this: Pharmaceutical executives, who have pledged not to seek authorization for a vaccine until adequate scientific evidence is gathered, are now acting as a check on federal regulators rather than the other way around.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/11/opinion/sunday/trump-woodward-coronavirus-vaccine.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage

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The absurdity of the situation distills to this: (Original Post) Demovictory9 Sep 2020 OP
Ask Gulf War Vets about bad vaccines SheltieLover Sep 2020 #1
Total insanity Blecht Sep 2020 #2
I have every confidence that the majority of us will survive wthout a vaccine for the virus. But if abqtommy Sep 2020 #3
When you think you have seen total "absurdity"..guess what? There is more..!!! Stuart G Sep 2020 #4
Poll out earlier today said most Americans are leery of taking a vaccine..right now. Thekaspervote Sep 2020 #5

SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)
1. Ask Gulf War Vets about bad vaccines
Fri Sep 11, 2020, 05:32 PM
Sep 2020

I agree with your premise, but am guessing pharma execs are drooling to release something -- safe or not. (No, I am NOT anti-vax at all, but am pragmatic.)

abqtommy

(14,118 posts)
3. I have every confidence that the majority of us will survive wthout a vaccine for the virus. But if
Fri Sep 11, 2020, 06:28 PM
Sep 2020

we get rid of tRUMP/reTHUGS/cultists and sPUTIN that majority will grow much larger...

Thekaspervote

(32,767 posts)
5. Poll out earlier today said most Americans are leery of taking a vaccine..right now.
Fri Sep 11, 2020, 07:25 PM
Sep 2020

Who wouldn’t be??!!

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