>Nothing was omitted from my statement. They have been authorized under an Emergency Use Authorization, not the full approval process because, if we waited for full approval, we would have no vaccines at all because full approval can take well over a year.
The authorization's value was in allowing voluntary vaccination by those who are willing to undergo vaccination before FDA approval. There's a big difference between being _allowed_ to be injected with a substance, versus being _forced_ to be injected with a substance under pain of losing the job that provides for housing, health insurance, and other legal mandates that you could be thrown in jail for (like child support) if you are terminated "for cause" and unable to pay.
>In any case, the Pfizer vaccine is expected to be fully approved within days.
Excellent! We should hold vaccinations to at least this standard before we force people to take them, if people must be forced.
The authorization's value was in allowing voluntary vaccination by those who are willing to undergo vaccination before FDA approval. There's a big difference between being _allowed_ to be injected with a substance, versus being _forced_ to be injected with a substance under pain of losing the job that provides for housing, health insurance, and other legal mandates that you could be thrown in jail for (like child support) if you are terminated "for cause" and unable to pay.
>In any case, the Pfizer vaccine is expected to be fully approved within days.
Excellent! We should hold vaccinations to at least this standard before we force people to take them, if people must be forced.