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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/04/science/covid-vaccine-pharma-pledge.html [2020-09-07 09:21:48] [Kristian Andersen] Yeah, it's crazy when "Big Pharma" should be the ones we put our trust in and not the (formerly) best protection agency in the world. It's loopy. While this announcement (if it actually comes out - but I'm sure it will) is good, it still won't prevent him from forcing through an EUA. I'm 99% sure it'll happen - irrespective of all the "checks and balances" in place, including statements from the main vaccine manufactures. [2020-09-07 09:28:40] [Andrew Rambaut] It would still require a company to request it surely? [2020-09-07 09:36:57] [Kristian Andersen] Yeah, presumably it would require a company to stand behind the submission of all the data - but the trials themselves are not run by the companies and they're not involved in data generation, so I think the EUA could likely be pushed through with everything already available. They can of course refuse to distribute the vaccine, but the crazy thing here is that Trump likely has no or very little interest in actually distributing the vaccine - he just wants it approved and then leave it to others to figure out what to do. The main risk here is that with the EUA, some would demand the vaccine and it'd sideline the clinical trials, causing very significant delays for the development of _actual_ safe and efficacious vaccines. [2020-09-07 11:01:22] [Kristian Andersen] I assume this has been cleared with Broad Institute's public relations and communications.... :thinking_face: [shared file(s): EhU-bU6XgAIIG_f.jpeg] [2020-09-07 11:13:31] [Robert Garry] Who are these "preeminent" scientists of which they speak? Hoping to see some strong quotes... [2020-09-07 11:43:24] [Kristian Andersen] Bob, that's you. [2020-09-07 14:23:12] [Andrew Rambaut] Not as wild a theory as asteroids [2020-09-07 14:23:33] [Andrew Rambaut] They can quote me on that [2020-09-07 15:28:44] [Eddie Holmes] Alina is a fool. Just ignore her. [2020-09-08 05:05:06] [Robert Garry] got this unsigned emaill Hello, Sorry to disturb you. Covid put everyone in the world under a serious threat. It's very important to find the origin.