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    2 days ago

    That isn’t the smoking gun you think.

    What are we to infer from the fact that after 50 years not one mRNA drug had been approved by the FDA? Human clinical trials on mRNA drugs started in 2001. Human trials on mRNA vaccines started in 2013. By 2021 no mRNA drug had FDA approval after years of development and testing.

    But the COVID vaccines were all set after 7 months? No longer term data might have been beneficial in decision making?

    For comparison AdderalXR was in clinical trials for 2 years, and this was after Adderal was already approved by the FDA and it was part of a well known class of drugs.

    The COVID vaccines were among humanity’s greatest accomplishments. I’m not suggesting the FDA cut any corners. I personally believe taking them was the right thing to do.

    BUT they absolutely were a calculated risk, with no long term data, and there was a concerted effort to mislead the public about that.