@Builder,
I searched for the things you said were quotes in Google and nothing came up, assume I'm a decent enough librarian.
I followed your Speers Hunt interview transcript link and I cannot find these phrases:
"biggest global"
"history of science" or even the word "history"
"emergency approval"
"pandemic laws" or even the word "pandemic"
So you seem to be misquoting (unintentionally or not) or you've provided the wrong link.
In the opening question from Speers he says:
David Speers to Greg Hunt wrote:Australia did take longer than the US, Europe, Canada, to sign deals with Pfizer. It took longer to approve the drug, and you’ve gone through the reasons why the approval took as long as it did.
But it’s also taken longer since the approval to get to the point of delivery. Australia’s not exactly leading the pack here, are we?
This seems to contradict entirely your claim that the approval process was bypassed by 'pandemic laws'.
The
TGA's Provisional Approval Process predates the pandemic (introduced 2018) and is not limited to vaccines (covid or otherwise). In fact the first drug given it was a treatment for
bowel cancer back in 2019.
Yep - I'm Pfizer two jabs as of 18 June - courtesy of vaccine hesitancy and a call out from Cairns Base Hospital for anyone willing to get jabbed before their shipment expired. Hope you survive without it if that's what you're committed to. Also hope you avoid long COVID.