> If you have a rational basis for thinking they're not doing a good job, then lobby for change; or at very least present evidence so that someone else might choose to do so.
> Two senior officials have resigned from their positions within the US Food and Drug Administration over frustrations with the Biden administration’s plans to move forward with recommending COVID-19 booster shots without their prior approval, according to a report.
I also remember more where the FDA went against their panel's advice about authorization for children, but am having trouble finding it now.
Right, COVID-19 has caused political pressure related to COVID-19 because lockdowns are politically unpopular. The fact that two senior officials resigned sort of implies that the FDA is still very robust, and takes its mandate very seriously; meaning in the absence of political pressure -- for instance, when talking about the flu -- their recommendations are probably pretty reliable.
For one: https://nypost.com/2021/09/01/two-senior-fda-officials-resig...
> Two senior officials have resigned from their positions within the US Food and Drug Administration over frustrations with the Biden administration’s plans to move forward with recommending COVID-19 booster shots without their prior approval, according to a report.
I also remember more where the FDA went against their panel's advice about authorization for children, but am having trouble finding it now.