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Brandon is not your bro's avatar

Please 🙏, can we clear the air . I agree with both Drs. Yeadon and Nass . We need clarity and an open honest dialogue.

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Meryl Nass's avatar

I love Mike but he is not quite right here. The COVID vaccines were originally designated countermeasures and were not licensed; they were "authorized" under EUA and there was essentially no needed regulatory activity by FDA. But the current XBB iteration of COVID vaccines was given a license by FDA in September. That makes FDA responsible for their regulation. Some (a few) of the earlier COVID vaccines were also licensed by FDA.

The point is that FDA does not get a pass--whether or not DOD is in charge of them and they are being treated like OTA prototypes (which I think they have been treated like).

Why would we toss a legal strategy overboard? Why criticize Malone when Yeadon may not be familiar with US pharmaceutical law? Malone is correct about FDA not performing its regulatory, required duties that cannot be shirked when a license is issued. Best to have a target (FDA issuing a license) than no target (DOD using strange new laws to evade liability), right?

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