Responding to Ms. Bousquet and Ms. Rider (Our Readers’ Views, June 6): The word “experimental” or any derivative thereof appears nowhere in the description of emergency use authorization. All vaccines, COVID-19’s included, must pass a rigorous evaluation and testing process to even be considered for emergency use.
You can find all of this easily on the FDA’s website at emergency use authorization for vaccines explained. U.S. deaths number 611,611, with infections numbering 34.2 million. That is 1.8 percent deaths. Following the logic of these University of Facebook graduates, given the population of the U.S. is around 330 million and a 1.8 percent death rate, they are willing to accept nearly 6 million deaths just to avoid taking the vaccine.
The “IND” information that Ms. Rider is so proud of is the process by which a manufacturer applies to start clinical trials on an experimental drug. Once that drug gets past phase 3 trials it has ceased the “experimental” designation and is proven safe and effective. COVID-19 vaccines are well beyond phase 3.
Following their logic and the “leadership” of politicians like Eileen Quiring O’Brien will undoubtedly lead to more infections and more deaths.
