Another Casualty of Trumpism: The Credibility of the FDA.

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There have been some actions of the FDA with which I have disagreed, but overall, the FDA is a critical, absolutely critical regulatory agency, driven by high scientific integrity, for the maintenance of safe medications.

The FDA saves lives, and all around the world, until now, regulatory agencies all around the world have aspired to meeting its example of integrity, standards, and guidance.

Well, the orange racist unintelligent corrupt thug as greatly damaged the reputation of this important American infrastructure:

From Fierce Pharma:

Critics are slamming the FDA and Commissioner Stephen Hahn for authorizing COVID-19 plasma treatment prematurely, but the issue is much broader than one emergency use authorization. The agency's reputation is on the line. And if it falls, the pharma industry will pay a hefty price.

Since Hahn stood beside President Trump Sunday to announce the plasma authorization, critics of all kinds have lit up social media—commenting that they can’t trust the FDA, or won’t take drugs it approves or, perhaps most notably, won’t get a COVID-19 vaccine even if stamped with the agency's approval.

And there's some basis for the concerns that FDA decisionmaking has been politicized. Recently, the White House strategized about pushing AstraZeneca's vaccine to market before the election, ahead of full data from its 30,000-patient late-stage trial, according to reports. President Trump himself has repeatedly promised to have a vaccine by October. Indeed, in a controversial tweet that helped spark the plasma controversy, the president accused the agency of being part of a "deep state" effort to slow-walk vaccines until the election.

While AstraZeneca refuted reports of a fast track for its shot, telling FiercePharma it has not discussed any emergency authorization with the U.S. government, the constant swirl of rumors around vaccine approval, along with the FDA's most recent actions, have experts worried about the effects on the agency's independence and public confidence in its decisions, particularly during the pandemic.

“FDA's credibility has never been more important and more threatened simultaneously,” said Mark Senak, a public relations professional and Eye on FDA blogger, especially as phase 3 data on COVID-19 drugs and vaccines begin to come in and the need for public trust increases.

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Senak has written about the problem of a politicized FDA since December, saying Monday that “if there were concerns then, it is only compounded now in the midst of a pandemic.”

Some press releases from the FDA, for instance, have made the FDA sound like cheerleaders for the Trump administration, Senak said, including the plasma release which is absolutely “cheerleader language.” The title? “FDA Issues Emergency Use Authorization for Convalescent Plasma as Potential Promising COVID–19 Treatment, Another Achievement in Administration’s Fight Against Pandemic.”

Data from The Harris Poll, which has tracked public sentiment around the coronavirus since March, shows that among trusted resources for COVID-19 information, 78% of American say scientists are trustworthy, while only 49% say the same of the White House and president.

FDA faces a reputation crisis amid Trump pressure for fast COVID action—and that's bad news for pharma

This stupid evil man doesn't care what or who he kills to satisfy his childish ego.

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when frightened and gullible people start to take lots of oleandrin and die from it, maybe their families will answer the clue phone. It didn't work with quinine drugs, they were real medications. This is pure, poisonous medicine show snake oil.