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Streamlining the fda approval process. you mentioned the ten kits. the fewer companies that you have competing, the more expensive the tests. the goal here is to streamline the process and to also pick those manufacturers, geoff, who have the greatest potential to bring high quality testimonials and manufacture a lot of them quickly to give them an expedited pathway for approval. this couldn't come at a more important time because you and i all know we're waiting for the president's osha rule, the rule that's going to mandate testing or vaccines. there's a lot of companies that will mandate th...

Spread of covid 19. >> decades. professor of medicine at stanford. first of all, i'm not too far from stanford so i hope you feel the 5. did they not push this fda approval too fast especially when you compare it to the normal approval process? they did. normally would take years to get a vaccine tested, approved for the fda approval process, they moved extraordinarily quickly. the full approval of this drug in some sense doesn't change the fundamental issues with the vaccine. we know from experience, we have eight month of safety data and experience with use of the vaccine so it is a safe vac...

Now, dr. jay bhattacharya, professor of medicine at stanford. dr. bhattacharya, i'm not too far from stamford right now, so i hope you feel the vibe if you are there. professor, did they not push this fda approval to fast? especially when you compare it to the normal approval process. >> they did, normally it would take years to get a vaccine tested and approved through the fda approval process, they moved extraordinarily quickly. the full approval of this drug in some sense it does not change the fundamental issues with the vaccine, we know from experience, we have eight months of safety data...

Mean, in the military, military members get vaccines given to them. why -- why isn't this mandatory, among the military? is it a question of waiting till the fda, actually, has approval as opposed to -- to emergency-use authorization? >> well, this is actually a question the department of defense is, actively, considering. and -- and it's important, because you're absolutely right. the military does require, you know, active-duty officers to get vaccinated in -- in many other cases. and i believe it would make sense here, too. so, dod is considering everything. everything from, you know, what ...

The military, military members get vaccines given to them. why is it not, why isn't this mandatory among the military? is it a question of waiting until the fda has approval as opposed to emergency use authorization? >> well, this is actually a question that the department of defense is actively considering and it's important because you are absolutely right. the military does require, you know, active duty officers to get vaccinated in many other cases and i believe it would make sense hear, too. so they are considering everything from what we know about the vaccine experience, we have with i...