Back when that was the debate, Trump was pushing FDA to "accelerate" approval i.e. do it before the studies analysis was done. Now we know how those studies went, but at that point nobody did yet (and they might have revealed e.g. a lack of efficiency), so yes, if FDA did issue an approval back then then they should have been treated as corrupt for breaching their own process in a way that can impact the safety; and that is why the concern was (IMHO reasonably) raised by various Democrat leaders. Heck, Trump was on record asking officials to alter election results, of course he could also try to overrule FDA if he chose to and wasn't loudly opposed.
>Back when that was the debate, Trump was pushing FDA to "accelerate" approval i.e. do it before the studies analysis was done
There are accelerated approvals as part of the FDA process if there is a need. That is how Pfizer is approved now. Pfizer did not complete all the tests and analysis they typically would have had to go through.
>Now we know how those studies went, but at that point nobody did yet (and they might have revealed e.g. a lack of efficiency
Except like I said above we actually don't know since they have not completed all the studies yet.
>so yes, if FDA did issue an approval back then then they should have been treated as corrupt for breaching their own process in a way that can impact the safety
Interesting.
>that is why the concern was (IMHO reasonably) raised by various Democrat leaders.
I didn't see any Democratic leaders complaining when Pfizer was approved with the expedited process. So faster than normal is fine sometimes.
>Heck, Trump was on record asking officials to alter election results,
Trump says stupid stuff that has nothing to do with this. Biden says stupid stuff. Who cares?
>of course he could also try to overrule FDA if he chose to and wasn't loudly opposed.
He didn't though. Biden could do the same with a sugar pill if some company decided it was a cure for covid. Who cares what somebody could do if they don't actually do it.
