What would have happened if a single US state had said "screw the FDA" and ordered [state population] doses of the Monderna vaccine for delivery in March?
Obviously this would be illegal, but what happens next?
Does the FDA sue Moderna?
Does the FDA sue Moderna?
If so, how would it have gone down? I'm sure a large number of think pieces would be written about how this was "reckless" and "irresponsible".
But also, the state government could point out how every person in that state, who wanted a vaccine, has gotten a vaccine.
But also, the state government could point out how every person in that state, who wanted a vaccine, has gotten a vaccine.
I'm legitimately unsure who wins that smackdown.
Maybe the institutional narrative-making systems are still powerful enough to win?
But also it seems like this might be so obvious positive to punch a hole through credibility of that common knowledge narrative?
Maybe the institutional narrative-making systems are still powerful enough to win?
But also it seems like this might be so obvious positive to punch a hole through credibility of that common knowledge narrative?
(People would be flooding into that state from all over the country and the world, to get an "untested" vaccine. Everyone person who does this is weight against the credibility of the official narrative.)
Could a single enterprising governor have called the bluff of the official narrative and discredited the FDA, breaking open the "it's normal that we're waiting on the red-tape to resolve" equilibrium?
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