White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said he 'challenged' the FDA to make sure its guidance was 'based on science and real numbers.'
and public health experts have expressed concerns that Trump is pressuring officials to speed up the vaccine development process for political purposes.
“What we actually have is new guidance that’s coming out,” Meadows continued. “My question is: Why would that new guidance come out after we’ve already spent $30 billion doing that? And my challenge to the FDA is just make sure it’s based on science and real numbers and so as we look at that ―”Meadows didn’t directly respond. Instead, he questioned why the FDA would release new guidance “after we’ve developed vaccines and drugs for decades.
“We’re looking at that and that has to be approved by the White House,” Trump said. “We may or may not approve it.”
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