Nearly a year ago, political pressure on the Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to swiftly authorize and recommend COVID-19 vaccines was so immense that it threatened the trust in and integrity of the rollout before it even began. Fortunately, those agencies and their respective independent advisory boards—America’s last line of defense for a safe vaccine—were ultimately able to fulfill their responsibilities properly and independently, leading to the authorization and distribution of safe and effective vaccines.
As the Biden administration readies a plan for COVID-19 booster shots, we must heed past lessons and ensure the authorization process can run its proper course.
The above is an excerpt of a piece originally published in The Hill.
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