I'm relieved that those most as risk almost universally opted for the vaccine, and in those groups see the campaign to make that happen as reality not fear based. We of course don't get to rewind time and see the impact of them not bothering. However from the proportion of unvaccinated in hospital beds and also the first wave impact, we have a decent insight into the fate that would've waited those not bothering to get a 5 second jab. Even in countries like Brazil where they seemed happy to let a good 500k die wave after wave while doing sod all, they eventually see the benefits of actually doing something that helps.

In any case, I'm hoping that the virus doesn't take a more negative term, in which case it may all be academic. Things have been pretty 'normal' for the most part for a while. The timing of Omicron was unfortunate for businesses, but that demonstrates what many countries have seen, that even without lockdowns and the like there is a substantial impact due to the virus itself. Though of course there's little mileage being angry at a virus, so to an extent we all direct it elsewhere.

That makes it sound as though there is something devious going on, so if speeding up the release kills the conspiracy theories it must be a good thing.

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I note your usual lack of regard for facts

Pfizer was not the subject of the FOI request, the FDA was. It did not ask for 75 years. The issue is that PHMPT requested every single document not only relevant ones, each of which will need redacting.

This explains it quite well

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Meanwhile Pfizer released its ‘’Reports of Postmarketing Experience from Section 5.3.6 of the [biologics licence application] file”.

The FDA is an industry? You get weirder. For the avoidance of doubt it is the regulator.

""Nine FDA scientists appealed to then president-elect Barack Obama over pressures from management, experienced during the George W. Bush presidency, to manipulate data, including in relation to the review process for medical devices. Characterized as "corrupted and distorted by current FDA managers, thereby placing the American people at risk," these concerns were also highlighted in the 2006 report[119] on the agency as well.[121]""

From Wikipedia.

A signifiant chunk of funding comes from the drug companies which has led to criticisms that they have too much influence over the FDA.

One more point

Reading some of the comments would lead to the conclusion this site is populated by socialists who want to see everything in state ownership and private enterprise neutered.

Making companies pay fees to register their products is hardly unusual. The issue here is more of regulation and oversight than one of principle.

As I can only imagine the Democrats being in favour of strict regulation, and the Republicans pushing for relaxation at every turn, the smell of hypocrisy is in the air.

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