[learc83]

The FDA set a meeting date for December 10th, that was at least somewhat arbitrary. They reportedly had no one working for 4 days during Thanksgiving break, so It's likely they could have just worked through Thanksgiving and had that meeting last week if they'd wanted to.

[lbeltrame]

AFAICR, they're required to put a minimum two week period between the emergency use authorization request and the meeting.

[dmurray]

Yeah, the real reason the agencies haven't approved it is closer to "the wheels of bureaucracies that big turn very slowly", but the official reason is still that the data they've seen so far is inconclusive.

[learc83]

"the data they've seen so far is inconclusive" has connotations that I don't think the FDA has implied officially or unofficially.