The FDA Really Did Have to Take This Long
Posted on AllSides August 24th, 2021
From The Left
ANALYSIS
If vaccine approval feels maddeningly scrupulous, that’s because the alternative is worse.
After months of anticipation, Americans have a fully licensed COVID-19 vaccine. Today, the FDA announced the approval of Pfizer-BioNTech’s shot for people 16 and older—the first complete thumbs-up among the three vaccines available in the U.S.
The pervasive mood has been: Finally. Pfizer’s shot was given its emergency use authorization—the vaccine’s training wheels—back in December, and the company submitted its application for full approval in May. While America’s emergency-use vaccination rollout has saved an untold number of lives, many...
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