U.S. Sen. Johnson: To federal health agencies – expediting approval process appears to serve the political purpose of imposing and enforcing vaccine mandates
OSHKOSH — On Sunday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) sent a letter to Dr. Francis Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Dr. Rochelle P. Walensky, Director of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and Dr. Janet Woodcock, Acting Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on the FDA’s decision not to hold a formal advisory committee meeting to discuss Pfizer’s application for full approval of its Covid-19 vaccine. “I see no need to rush the FDA approval process for any of the three Covid-19 vaccines,” the senator wrote. “Expediting the process appears to only serve the