Posted on 11/20/2021 8:48:25 AM PST by rickmichaels
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is requesting more than a half-century to review and release information to the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to the public.
The agency is being sued by Public Health and Medical Professionals for Transparency, a group made up of more than 30 professors and scientists, hoping to access information they believe can help cure vaccine skepticism in some people.
A Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request was filed by the group in September and they were hoping the courts could expedite the process of getting them the requested information.
The FDA is asking the court to give them 55 years, or up to 2076, to gather and release the data to the general population.
The 1967 FOIA law requires federal agencies to respond to information requests within 20 business days.
However, the time it takes to actually get the documents 'will vary depending on the complexity of the request and any backlog of requests already pending at the agency,' according to the government's central FOIA website.
The agency can not just deliver the documents to those that are requesting them, though.
They must first be reviewed by officials, and any information that could reveal personal information about participants in clinical trials, or sensitive information about Pfizer or BioNTech that could hurt their business dealings, would need to be redacted.
Justice Department lawyers representing the agency say that the request requires about 329,000 pages of information.
They argue that with that many pages to sift through, and the agency already dealing with around 400 FOIA requests, they need a long time to get the files requested ready.
The lawyers also report that the agency only has ten employees assigned with processing these types of requests.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Well, sure. the powers that be figured all the liberal “players” in this will need at least 55 years to be off the hook, before they’re gone and can’t be held accountable.
The Biden administration has weaponized almost all parts of government including the FDA, CDC and HHS
The weaponized ion of government agencies was ALMOST completed with Obama, NOW he has been able to complete the job with dementia Joe!!!
It’s as secret as the Kennedy assassination.
" The 1967 FOIA law requires federal agencies to respond to information requests within 20 business days." (Emphasis Mine)
butlerweave :" Sounds like the FDA is completely useless or just Evil "
It sounds to me that they are both, or,
should be referred to the World Court at the Hague for violation of the "Nuremberg Code".
The relationship of the FDA/CDC with the Big Pharma sounds too coosey and possibly unethical.
RICCO criminal conspiracy as far as I’m concerned, and for sure should have a Nuremberg II.
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