FDA is actually under federal law to do precisely that. As part of the EUAs, the drug manufacturers are also required by law to maintain an accurate and up-to-date database of drug side effects. They've tried to skirt it by 1) keeping it proprietary and never publishing the data, 2) making the reporting process so arcane and lengthy that no one in their right mind completes it. You have to be on a mission to demand accountability to jump through all the hoops.
This is data manipulation in real time so they can claim it's safer than it actually is because that's what their broken, incomplete data set shows. This gives them a window of plausible deniability to claim they're complying with federal law, while actually doing nothing of the sort. It's like that 55 years FDA wanted to release Pfizer's study data they evaluated in a little over a month and deemed sufficient for a high-profile EUA.
FDA is actually under federal law to do precisely that. As part of the EUAs, the drug manufacturers are also required by law to maintain an accurate and up-to-date database of drug side effects. They've tried to skirt it by 1) keeping it proprietary and never publishing the data, 2) making the reporting process so arcane and lengthy that no one in their right mind completes it. You have to be on a mission to demand accountability to jump through all the hoops.
This is data manipulation in real time so they can claim it's safer than it actually is because that's what their broken, incomplete data set shows. This gives them a window of plausible deniability to claim they're complying with federal law, while actually doing nothing of the sort. It's like that 55 years FDA wanted to release Pfizer's study data they evaluated in a little over a month and deemed sufficient for a high-profile EUA.