6, according to Reuters, which was meant to speed the process up, but was still not as quick as the U.K.’s own review.
“I consider this decision to be problematic and recommend that EU Member States do not repeat the process in the same way,” Peter Liese, an EU lawmaker from German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party, said, according to Reuters.“Let me be clear – our scientists have to make the decision and they will take the time that’s needed to make the right call on this important decision,” he said in a statement provided to Fox News.“We want to move quickly because this is a national emergency, but we will make sure that our scientists take the time they need to make an appropriate decision.
It is our job to get this right and make the correct decision regarding vaccine safety and efficacy.”.
“What we need to do, in a very clear, understandable way, is explain and I try to do this as often as I possibly can – that the speed [of vaccine development] itself is a reflection of scientific advances,” Fauci said during a recent virtual discussion with the Hastings Center