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Report: Top FDA vaccine regulators quit over COVID booster shot approval
Arutz Sheva ^ | 1/9/21

Posted on 09/01/2021 12:36:39 PM PDT by Eleutheria5

Two top vaccine regulators at the US Food and Drug Administration announced their resignations from the agency, an FDA spokesperson said Tuesday night.

According to a letter shared by the FDA with CNBC, Marion Gruber, the director of the FDA’s Office of Vaccines Research & Review, has resigned from the agency, effective next month.

Deputy director Phil Krause has also quit the agency, effective in November.

According to a report by the biotechnology publication Endpoints News, Gruber and Krause resigned in protest of pressure they faced from the White House and the Centers for Disease Control in connection to approval for use of COVID vaccines.

In particular, the two were frustrated over pressure to clear the use of COVID booster shots, Endpoints News reported, citing a former senior FDA official.

“FDA is losing two giants who helped bring us many safe and effective vaccines over decades of public service,” former FDA acting chief scientist Luciana Borio tweeted.

“These two are the leaders for Biologic (vaccine) review in the US. They have a great team, but these two are the true leaders of CBER. A huge global loss if they both leave,” Former BARDA director Rick Bright wrote, weighing in on the news. “Dr. Gruber is much more than the Director. She is a global leader. Visionary mastermind behind global clinical regulatory science for flu, Ebola, Mers, Zika, Sars-cov-2, many others.”

The departures come after the Biden administration announced that booster shots could be available as early as the week of September 20th, despite the FDA not having yet completed its review ...

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KEYWORDS: boosters; covid; didyousearch; fda; postedseveraltimes; resignations
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We've come full circle. Why were the two sh!theads skeptical of vaccines developed under Trump's administration again?
1 posted on 09/01/2021 12:36:39 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
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To: Eleutheria5

Since they had no objection to the Covid ‘vaccines’, I have to think this is good news. The FDA is thoroughly corrupt so we seem to be losing two ‘giants’ of corruption.


2 posted on 09/01/2021 12:42:37 PM PDT by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
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To: Eleutheria5

I’m sure that these resignations are just about minor issues, nothing important. I mean, why would bureaucrats throw away their careers for a serious point of legal and moral conflict?

After all the lies we have been told, this is so dishonest and sh*t laden, that I have no confidence in this corrupt FDA, regardless of why this happened. To hell with them all!


3 posted on 09/01/2021 12:43:35 PM PDT by Richard Axtell (As if.)
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To: Eleutheria5

Now that they are not concerned about losing their jobs, maybe they’ll out the truth to some real interviewers Hey, Tucker, you wanna get on this?


4 posted on 09/01/2021 12:45:34 PM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: Richard Axtell

Looks like a turf war with the CDC.

And the media are downplaying this, which would have been a five-alarm fire last year.


5 posted on 09/01/2021 12:49:44 PM PDT by absalom01 (You should do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, and you should never wish to do less.)
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To: absalom01

So tell me again how the vaccines are safe and there is no ulterior motives.


6 posted on 09/01/2021 1:19:57 PM PDT by RBW in PA
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To: Eleutheria5

Wait, wut? A GatorTroll told me yesterday they didn’t quit for political reasons.


7 posted on 09/01/2021 1:27:11 PM PDT by TigersEye (I won't get vaxxed because it endangers Mitt Romney's life. )
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To: Eleutheria5

The wheels are slowly coming off.


8 posted on 09/01/2021 1:30:18 PM PDT by Tommy Revolts
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To: absalom01

Rochelle believes in Hope not data , this wingnut must GO


9 posted on 09/01/2021 1:31:20 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: RBW in PA

If we had a functioning media, there would be reporters crawling all over this, trying to interview these two.

Were they forced out? If so, who did that? What specifically made them decide to leave, and why now?

The only big media types who might even try to touch this will be the Fox opinion talking heads.

It’ll be gone in a single news cycle if not sooner.


10 posted on 09/01/2021 1:38:48 PM PDT by absalom01 (You should do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, and you should never wish to do less.)
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To: butlerweave

All of our institutions have failed.


11 posted on 09/01/2021 1:51:46 PM PDT by absalom01 (You should do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, and you should never wish to do less.)
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To: Tommy Revolts

Slowly?

We are on greased skids...


12 posted on 09/01/2021 1:53:25 PM PDT by Adder ("Can you be more stupid?" is a question, not a challenge.)
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To: Eleutheria5

Bet that’s not why they quit.


13 posted on 09/01/2021 1:54:02 PM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: Richard Axtell

You could read the article and remove the mystery.


14 posted on 09/01/2021 1:54:22 PM PDT by G Larry (Those destroying the Constitution must demonize those who would defend it.)
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To: Richard Axtell

You could read the article and remove the mystery.


15 posted on 09/01/2021 1:54:22 PM PDT by G Larry (Those destroying the Constitution must demonize those who would defend it.)
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To: ransomnote
At the end of August, my medical center notified me through e-mail that fully vacinated employees must now get a booster "vaccine" shot in the October 2021 timeframe. The e-mail said details of the roll-out will follow.

All employess had been given a deadline to show proof of Covid vaccination by the end of October 2021.

Now forced boosters!!

16 posted on 09/01/2021 2:06:39 PM PDT by proud2beconservativeinNJ ("In God We Trust")
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To: proud2beconservativeinNJ

Ugh, I’m sorry you are dealing with this.

My son’s company was going to mandate vaccines but he stood his ground and refused. He and a handful of others were the only ones out of hundreds that stood up to them.

His reasoning is that he is young (mod 20s), has been working in the hospital setting, including covid wards, since the beginning, mostly unmasked, plus has been in confined spaces around covid positive coworkers. But he never got sick! He is convinced that his immune system is working.

First they gave him a hefty raise. He said thank you, but he did not back down.

Now they have reversed their position. I think this latest news about boosters was a big reason. Or maybe more employees said no. It’s not like they can just replace people, they do not have enough as it is. And my son has some niche skills and certifications that aren’t easy to find.


17 posted on 09/01/2021 2:15:00 PM PDT by LilFarmer
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To: Eleutheria5

Wonder why they would run and jump overboard?

Not really.


18 posted on 09/01/2021 2:18:31 PM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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To: absalom01

It says : “ In particular, the two were frustrated over pressure to clear the use of COVID booster shots, Endpoints News reported, citing a former senior FDA official.”


19 posted on 09/01/2021 2:26:58 PM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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To: NWFree

They should be grilled over the details. Who pressured them, specifically. How? To do what, exactly.

This is all rumor and innuendo at this point, easy to sweep under the rug.


20 posted on 09/01/2021 2:39:52 PM PDT by absalom01 (You should do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, and you should never wish to do less.)
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