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The Best of the Coronavirus Blog This Week
There’s really never a dull moment in a pandemic, and this week was filled with Covid-19 news. Here are three stories from Medium’s Coronavirus Blog to get you caught up as you head into the weekend.
Drama between the White House and the FDA. The biggest vaccine news this week was the in-fighting between the White House and the Food and Drug Administration over vaccine safety guidelines. The White House initially blocked strict new guidelines proposed by the FDA that would have made it difficult for any vaccine candidate to gain approval before Election Day. On Tuesday, however, the FDA guidelines were approved. But some scientists argue that the new rules aren’t stringent enough and that the follow-up for trial participants should be longer than currently suggested. Here are more vaccine updates.
