Yesterday, the FDA announced full approval of the Pfizer vaccine. And like clockwork, "Fox News" did a story about how "critics" are wondering if this approval, done in "record time" was rushed. Now, never mind that they didn't say who any of these "critics" actually are who ware supposedly saying this. And never mind that there's a good likelihood that the "critics" are "Fox News" itself. But the approval process is generally about 6-10 months (it can be longer), and this took eight months. So, that's smack in the middle of normal. Further, the FDA made clear that there were no shortcuts taken in the study and that they only thing that sped the process faster is that the research was moved to the head of the line and done first, because other approvals that were waiting. So if it was at all faster, that's the reason. It just got bumped up to be looked at before everything else because...well, there was a worldwide pandemic and it was an actual emergency. But of course, what makes this "Fox News" story about "critics" and whether eight months of study by the FDA was enough all the more eye-rolling pathetic is that this is the same "Fox News" that has been pushing the drug ivermectin as a COVID-19 treatment. You might have heard about this -- ivermectin is actually a drug that's meant for de-worming horses and cows! So, yeah, the FDA "rushed" its approval of eight months, but take that horse de-wormer drug we're telling you about. And by the way, for all the people who actually took it and got very sick, it transcends pathetic that they wouldn't take a vaccine that 300 million people had gotten shots with, that the CDC emergency-approved and that the FDA had emergency-approved, as well , but they'd happily take a horse de-wormer that no has approved. And how repugnant that “Fox News” pushes it and not the actual vaccination. How bad did it get? The FDA itself put out a tweet about not taking ivermectin. And it should go down in history. I heard a host on MSNBC reference the tweet, and I assumed they were paraphrasing it like a joke to emphasize the point, since what he said was so weird and funny. But no, that was what really was the FDA actually tweeted!! Yes, that was the real tweet that the FD-freaking-A felt compelled to put out. "You are not a horse. You are not a cow." And "Seriously, y'all. Stop it" is the topper. Yes, they did give the medical explanation underneath, but the headline was the point -- no medical debate necessary. And they even included in a photo of a veterinarian treating a horse. And then contrasted it with a medical physician -- wearing a mask -- treating a human being. Wearing a mask. You are not a horse. You are not a cow. Seriously, y'all. Stop it. That pretty much describes today's Republican Party. Am I being hyperbolic? Well, okay, ye... well, no, change that, no, I'm not. Between thinking Trump won, the pandemic is a hoax, Democrats eat babies, the Chinese put wood chips in our election ballots, Italian satellites changed our election ballots, Jewish lasers started the wild fires, and believing conspiracies headed by a totally anonymous source and oh-so much more -- and yes, you know that ALL of these are real beliefs held by a sold segment of today's Republican Party -- I think it actually is a reasonable description of today's GOP that the FDA has to put out a tweet that says: "You are not a horse. You are not a cow. Seriously, y'all. Stop it."
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