““Normally, what you do is lay out the data first, and then say how the data supports the decision,” said Jesse Goodman, who served as the Food and Drug Administration’s chief scientist for four years during the Obama administration. When the White House made its announcement on booster shots, he argued, it did essentially the opposite. “This was a serious mistake in how it was handled,” Goodman said.”

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