The head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) argued Monday that the US “will not cut corners” in its race to develop a vaccine for coronavirus.
FDA commissioner Stephen Hahn told the American Medical Association (AMA) in a video card that he had heard that experts questioned whether the administration’s urgency to develop a vaccine would endanger its safety, CNN reported.
“Let me assure you that we will not cut corners,” Hahn said. “All of our decisions will continue to be based on sound science and the same prudent deliberative processes we have always used in controlling medical products.”
The commissioner acknowledged that he had seen interviews where large percentages of Americans reported that they were not ready to take the vaccine when it was released. IN Gallup interview of last week reported that 35 percent of Americans would not receive a free, FDA-approved vaccine.
Hahn told doctors with the AMA that they should carry their patients to be inoculated if they can, so that the FS “can try to establish widespread immunity.”
The commissioner said more than 200 trials for COVID-19 faxes had begun, but that he was unsure when the trial results would be available.
“I can assure you that once the data is available, the FDA will review it, using the established rigorous and deliberative scientific process,” he said, according to CNN. “We all understand that only by engaging in an open assessment process and relying on sound knowledge and sound data can the public, and you as providers, have confidence in the integrity of our decisions.”
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The U.S. has confirmed more than 5 million COVID-19 infections and at least 163,370 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University.
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