Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Stephen Hahn conceded on Monday night that he had exaggerated the effectiveness of convalescent plasma therapy as treatment for COVID-19 the day before.
I dunno. Isn’t this a bit like shutting the barn door after the cows got out?
In the old, fact-based days, this was the kind of thing thing led to resignations. Now it’s “Oops, my bad, let’s move on to the next lie.”
Politics? Heaven forbid? I just had a slip of the tongue - that went on for several minutes,
My favorite thing about this article may be the photo caption.
Which coincidently will be a “safe & effective” vaccine that comes out in mid-October !
But Dr. Jenius von Stable says it’s a miracle cure for re-election?
Yes
This kind of inapproiate & distorting decision influencing & manipulation would have generated an avalanche of lawsuits and resignations.
But that was back when there was a modicum of integrity.
“We at FDA do not permit politics to enter into our scientific decisions,” oh yeah…POLITICS had nothing to do with overhyping it…but yet you fed right into Donnie and his August ‘surprise’…
I’m not filled with Dejoy that he hasn’t resigned
Go fuck yourself, Hahn.
Because you’re definitely a pussy.
“We dream in drug development of something like a 35 percent mortality reduction,” the FDA official said. “This is a major advance in the treatment of patients. This is a major advance.”
The bad news for Hahn is that no matter what drug they develop, everything Trump touches will still die. That includes his reputation.
He admitted something? In this administration? Hope he enjoys spending time with his family!
Yep. Trump got exactly what he wanted out of him. This ‘clarification’ is way too little and way too late. The mountain of bullshit trump will spew will bury anything he tries to say now.
It has always bothered me that FDA commissioner is a politically appointed position.
And this is why the credibility of the science portion of this government is in shreds.
Stop saying this stuff if it’s not even remotely true. Tell the truth upfront, so one doesn’t have to pull it back later.
What the hell is going on with these people? If you don’t know something to be true, then say the science is still out on it already. Not hard.
Welcome to the Union of Soviet Jesus Republics where Chairman Trump has all scientific evidence evaluated by Comrade Lysenko.
“He looks…” Embarrassed? Out-of-luck? Yeah, that caption is missing one or two words.
Hahn’s behavior was beyond the pale. He makes Dr. Birx look almost reasonable.
He is reinforcing the behavior of a sociopathic imbecile and contributing to the body count.
Again, what the fuck is wrong with these people?
The Big Lie always runs page one above the fold. The Walk Back is buried on page 13 in section B a couple of days later.
You get to claim you didn’t lie while the lie becomes the talked about truth.
That’s how this administration (and all modern Republicans) operate: