Thursday, September 10, 2020

Officials: Science will guide COVID-19 vaccine approval

 

Officials: Science will guide COVID-19 vaccine approval

US Surgeon General Jerome Adams and NIH Director Francis Collins assured lawmakers in a Senate hearing Wednesday that the approval of a COVID-19 vaccine will be based on science alone, and politics will not play a role in the approval process. "I can't say strongly enough that the decisions about how this vaccine is going to be evaluated and assessed are going to be based on science," Collins said, while Adams said the vaccine will be safe and effective "or it won't get moved along."

Full Story: United Press International (9/9),  The Hill (9/9) 

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