Thread by @DonnaYoungDC

On @IDSAInfo online forum, former #CDC director @DrTomFrieden says #COVID19 #vaccines must be safe, effective & available but also trusted.
Even if we have safe/available/accessible/trusted, it's not going to take COVID-19 off the table. No one thing make it magically disappear.

.@DrTomFrieden: 2 concerns with #COVID19 #vaccines: Kawasaki-like syndrome. Theoretical chance some might have that reaction. Not saying it will but must look at it.
Also antibody dependent enhancement.

.@DrTomFrieden: In all likelihood, we may not know all we wish we could know about #COVID19 #vaccines until they are given to lots of people - hundreds of thousands or even millions. But we need to track safety at every step of the way and be completely open with the public.

.@DrTomFrieden: We need to counter misinformation about the #COVID19 #vaccines because it spreads so rapidly on social media.

.@DrTomFrieden: If there is distrust of the government, it's really hard to control an outbreak and that's why leaders need to earn and maintain trust

#COVID19 #vaccines

.@DrTomFrieden: If we recognize our interconnectedness and if we act accordingly, we'll all be safer, we'll all be healthier, we'll have a more productive economy and we'll get our jobs & education back.
If we don't, we risk a spiral of continuing failure.

#COVID19 #vaccines

.@DrTomFrieden: Show me the data. We need to see it when it comes out!
I don't want to hear from manufacturer. I want to see the data.
This is life & death. For goodness' sake, show the data.

#COVID19 #vaccines

.@DrTomFrieden: We have clear episodes of political interference at #FDA & #CDC.
We've seen the FDA issue approvals in ways that are not based on science. And we've seen the CDC be forced to put things on website that are not scientifically defensible.

[Wow!]

#COVID19

.@DrTomFrieden: We won't know until we see. It comes down to show us the data.
Hope the manufactures will show us the protocols so we know the goalposts are not being changed.

#COVID19 #vaccines #FDA #CDC #NIH #pharma #biotech

.@DrTomFrieden: If you look at the places around the world that have controlled #COVID19 & have gotten their schools back, they've done it by controlling COVID in the community with strategic testing, rapid isolation, complete contact tracing and supportive quarantine.

.@DrTomFrieden: Schools are not bubbles & if you've got widespread transmission in the community, it's going to be extraordinarily difficult not only to open a school but to keep it open.

#COVID19 #SchoolsReopening

.@DrTomFrieden: We the taxpayers are spending billions of dollars for this. I think they should share their full protocol. That means, the sample size the sample size calculations, DSMB criteria.
I don't see any valid reason for them not to do so.

#COVID19 #vaccines

.@DrTomFrieden: Concerned when one CEO [ ] spoke with investors and gave investors more information than they'd given to the public. That's not acceptable, just not acceptable! We need radical #transparency here. We need complete transparency.

#COVID19 #vaccines

.@DrTomFrieden: Sunlight is a great disinfectant. Sunlight can get rid of the shadows of suspicion that are all to present in the current days.

#COVID19 #vaccines #transparency

Q: Caputo allegations insurrections plotting against Trump.
.@DrTomFrieden: I know the doctors/scientists at #CDC well. They're devoted to stopping disease, wherever/whenever occurs.
They're not disloyal to admin. They're loyal to #science.
They obey dictates of their profession

Former US CDC chief criticizes COVID-19 vaccine opaqueness, political meddling spglobal.com/marketintellig… #CDC #COVID19 #vaccines #pharma #biotech