If every "reasonable" requests from taxpayer have to be answered exactly the way they are asked, the government will not function, or the taxpayer can expect to pay way more. This sounds like a DDoS attack.
Don't you think taxpayers are entitled to see the reasoning behind FDA's decisions? Especially such a high profile one where everything from the technology used to the timelines involved was novel? This sort of disclosure should be part of the FDA's job, if it isn't already. It is not a DDOS attack, it is just the job they were paid to do, on taxpayers' expense.
According to this guardian report aaron siri is connected to a the Texas anti-vaxxer group Ican (Informed Consent Action Network). They probably understands this is what they get from a government agency like FDA when asking for the data and it gives them ammunition.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/22/anti-vax-gro...
What I wanted to say is of course the government is not expected to be a model of information sharing, especially when there are 300k pages. Anti-vaccine campaign knows this and takes advantage. They say anything about this anyway. They say 2076 when FDA gives them 500 pages per month. That’s a free win as they don’t even need to read the data. Give more they just read the data with bias and there are going to be more stories. You can not change people’s mind when they come with an agenda.
>What I wanted to say is of course the government is not expected to be a model of information sharing
The FDA has made a public commitment to transparency regarding Covid-19 vaccines.[1] Given that, I would absolutely expect them to be a model of information sharing.
