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28 Apr, 5 tweets, 2 min read
"Those doses will be exported around the world, pending an FDA safety review," Axios reports. Why the hell are they wasting their time on this? The case fatality rate in Delhi is 1.4 percent and 32.72 of the population is infected: business-standard.com/article/curren…
The double-mutant is so contagious that the odds of infection, even with social distancing, are overwhelming. Perhaps not "100 percent," but damned close.
So the only way delay could be rational is if the FDA genuinely believes this vaccine might kill more than 1.4 percent of the people who receive it. This supposition would be insane. Absolutely insane.
According to AP, they "could be available to ship in May and June pending FDA sign-off." People can't wait until May and June. The pandemic won't wait! apnews.com/article/politi…
What is the FDA thinking? What is the Biden Administration thinking? Why would they hold this up when it is *so* contrary to common sense?

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