
New Hahn-era texts show the extent of the Trump White House's involvement in vaccine EUA process
In the lead-up to the FDA’s issuance of its first Covid-19 vaccine EUA to Pfizer in Dec. 2020, there was a lot of political grumbling and legitimate concern that the White House might try to speed up the authorization process to help former President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign.
On the flip side, however, there was concern of the opposite, that the vaccine’s EUA might be unnecessarily delayed, leading to more deaths so as to avoid any misconception that the decision was politically motivated.
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