The old drug approval process cost lives. Don’t go back to it

Published May 5, 2021 4:00am ET



The first COVID-19 vaccine was administered in the United States in mid-December. By mid-April, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that a record number of vaccinations, 4.6 million, had been administered on a single Saturday.

Talk about a productive weekend. How did we accomplish what many said was impossible?

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