Lawmaker Demands FDA Stop Postponing Their COVID Findings

Written By BlabberBuzz | Saturday, 04 December 2021 03:45 PM
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Lawmaker Demands FDA Stop Postponing Their COVID Findings

On Thursday, South Carolina Republican Rep. Ralph Norman proposed a bill that would demand the Food and Drug Administration to issue all reports relating to the coronavirus vaccine within the next 100 days.

The legislation is a direct response to a call made last month by the federal agency to extend releasing data on COVID vaccines for up to 55 years.

"How does a vaccine that receives approval in 108 days now require 55 years just to release information?" Norman said to Fox News. "It sounds like the beginning of a very bad joke."

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In September, a group of 30 scientists and medical professionals from the Public Health and Medical Professionals for Transparency (PHMPT) – which is comprised of officials from UCLA, Brown University, Yale University, and international institutions – sued the FDA after the agency refused to hasten a request for vaccine data filed under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).

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The FOIA request was first submitted to the federal agency after the FDA passed the Pfizer vaccine for children age 16 and up in August.

The group of scientists claimed that releasing data relating to the vaccine would help provide satisfaction for vaccine skeptics about its safety and prompt further vaccinations.

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"Reviewing this information will settle the ongoing public debate regarding the adequacy of the FDA’s review process," the group said in court filings. "Releasing this data should also confirm the FDA’s conclusion that the Pfizer vaccine is safe and effective and, thus, increase confidence in the Pfizer vaccine."

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But Justice Department lawyers representing the FDA claimed the plaintiff’s offer includes more than 329,000 pages of documents — all of which need to be scrubbed to guarantee "trade secret[s]" are not publicly released.

"The FDA does not have the personnel or resources in its FOIA office to process plaintiff’s FOIA request at a rate of more than 80,000 pages per month," the defense contended.

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In court papers filed last month, the DOJ said the branch accountable for reviewing and publishing the pages to the PHMPT has just 10 employees who are currently juggling 400 pending FOIA requests.

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The FDA has proposed that just 500 pages a month be issued alternatively, which means if the federal judge agrees to the agency's terms, the PHMPT can expect to receive the entirety of the information it seeks by 2076.

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"The FDA’s only priority should be the health and safety of consumers," Norman said Thursday. "If the Biden Administration is hell-bent on forcing these vaccine mandates on us then the public has every right to know how and why this vaccine got approved in such a short amount of time."

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