Clearly an oversight on their part. No doubt somebody got fired for accidentally posting truthful information.
"So they did Phase 1 and Phase 2 concurrently instead of sequentially..."
That's somewhat misleading. What they got approval to do was to start the Phase 2 clinical trials before full data was available from the Phase 1 trials. The purpose of the Phase 1 clinical trials is entirely safety: "does this thing you want to put into people cause severe problems?" You test this by giving to a very small group (e.g. 100 volunteers) and making sure it isn't killing anyone or causing major problems with any of them. Typically you would wait until all the data has been compiled and submitted to the FDA, let it sit in some bureaucrat's inbox for a few months (or longer) while he finishes up naptime, then you get approval to begin Phase 2. What many of the manufacturers were allowed to do in this case was to begin Phase 2 without waiting on approval. In practice, you give the drug to 100 people, observe them for a period of time in which any serious side effects should present themselves (e.g. if your drug breaks down in hours or a few days, a week or two is likely plenty of time to see if any of the components will cause major problems), then you just move right in to Phase 2.
Admittedly, this is less common. But it's not unheard of when something is in the fast track process. That process is designed to clear a lot of the inefficiencies that exist in the longer, extended process where non-urgent things go.
"an Emergency Use authorization is DEFINITELY different than normal clinical trial timeline...this was shorter."
My point was that there are multiple tracks/processes for drug approvals. There is nothing unusual or special about the process used for testing these vaccines. It's the same process for anything on the FDA fast track program. This process is the same for anything which is authorized for the fast track process. From the FDA site describing the program:
"Once a drug receives Fast Track designation, early and frequent communication between the FDA and a drug company is encouraged throughout the entire drug development and review process. The frequency of communication assures that questions and issues are resolved quickly, often leading to earlier drug approval and access by patients."
This is a normal thing. It happens for plenty of other drugs in development where there's an urgent need. If you're testing a new diabetes drug and there's 75 other options already available, you don't need to move quickly. If you're testing something that's going to prevent many fatalities, you (we, the American people) can't afford to wait for several years while overpaid, underworked FDA bureaucrats hit the snooze button at their desk.
Look from what I read from your posts, you are gung-ho on the vaccine—and tho I don’t know your motivations, it is very clear that you are very passionate and want everyone to be on same page. You seem to think the vaccines are absolutely safe, consider it your patriotic duty to go get one in order to support the President, and trust the medical establishment. (Good luck with “Pretty Little Liar” Fauci.)
No one is stopping you from getting jabbed except perhaps government priorities. And I believe Pfizer will be collecting data from all who get the vaccine now in order to contribute data...likely to help with determination of just how long immunity lasts, impact of vaccine on the new strain, ETC. Again, you can share your experiences and impressions...All good.
But please...
1. don’t put words in my mouth.
2. don’t try to imply or accuse me of not supporting the President because I am asking questions or am skeptical.
3. do allow me to disagree—I have my concerns and sources, and my interpretation of the facts just as do you. We don’t all need to be on the same page—and over the years, often we Freepers aren’t.