<story><title>FDA Issuing Emergency Use Authorization for First Covid-19 Vaccine</title><url>https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-takes-key-action-fight-against-covid-19-issuing-emergency-use-authorization-first-covid-19</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ipnon</author><text>What was the point in waiting? What was under the consideration for so long that the FDA needed to wait weeks or months after all of the data has been released?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>ummonk</author><text>They only released the data 3 days ago. Or are you talking about the marketing release of data, which needed to be properly analyzed?</text></comment>
<story><title>FDA Issuing Emergency Use Authorization for First Covid-19 Vaccine</title><url>https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-takes-key-action-fight-against-covid-19-issuing-emergency-use-authorization-first-covid-19</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ipnon</author><text>What was the point in waiting? What was under the consideration for so long that the FDA needed to wait weeks or months after all of the data has been released?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>ardit33</author><text>I was wondering as well...  the data was submitted about 3 weeks ago...&lt;p&gt;I understand that it is extensive data (for about 44,000 patients), but taking 3 weeks to compile&amp;#x2F;analyze seems excessive.  They should have put in an army of analyzers into it...&lt;p&gt;There are about 3,000 people dying every day....  it is like 9&amp;#x2F;11 every day, or 9 jumbo jets falling....&lt;p&gt;The FDA should be treating this as a war effort, and not drag their feet into pointless bureaucratic &amp;#x27;safety&amp;#x27; theater.</text></comment>