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The White House is known to have turned over Stephen Han, director of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the body charged with approving the COVID-19 vaccine. This is a strong reflection of pressure from President Donald Trump to approve the vaccine.
The US Daily Washington Post (WP) reported on the 11th (local time), citing glowing figures, “The head of the White House, Secretary Mark Meadows asked Han to resign if he did not give an emergency approval by this day.” .
For the COVID-19 vaccine to achieve actual vaccination, the Vaccines and Biopharmaceuticals Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) recommended approval to the FDA, then the FDA announced urgent approval, followed by the advisory committee of the Center for Control and Prevention. of Diseases (CDC) recommending vaccination. CDC should accept this. VRBPAC currently recommends approval of the Pfizer-Bioentech vaccine.
FDA approval is actually a matter of time. Director Han made an extraordinary statement that day, saying, “As the opinion of the Pfizer-Bioentech Vaccine Advisory Committee yesterday was positive, the FDA will work quickly to finalize the emergency use approval.” He added, “We have also notified the CDC” and said, “We made it possible to implement the plan to distribute the vaccine in a timely manner.”
It reads that pressure from the White House tries to get the FDA to move faster for a day. It means passing it on this day, not this weekend. WP said: “The White House warning withdrew FDA approval from the morning of the 12th until the afternoon of this day. President Trump was upset when he gave the world’s first vaccine after the urgent approval of the Pfizer vaccine- Bioentech in the UK “. He said. To date, four countries have approved the vaccine: the United Kingdom, Bahrain, Canada, and Saudi Arabia.
In fact, President Trump said on his Twitter that day: “Let’s get the vaccine out right now” and said, “Director Han should abandon the irresponsible attitude and save lives.” He blamed the FDA for “still a big, old, slow turtle.”
Meanwhile, Health and Welfare Secretary Alix Aza appeared on ABC and said, “We will work with Pfizer to distribute the vaccine” and “we will see people get the vaccine next Monday or Tuesday.”
