No. They didn’t. They said it.
You were the Phase3 trial. You can probably debate the ethicality, the decisions made, but do not pretend they had 5 year data before deploying to the entire world.
Facts matter.
Dec 11 2020- publication of phase 2/3 trial results, meaning not only was the study fully completed, but it made it through peer review too: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2034577
Dec 11 - 2020: first authorization https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/11/health/pfizer-vaccine-aut...
You know damn well that wasn’t even remotely the normal process.
It’s ok, you don’t need to pretend anything about Covid was “by the book”.
Find ONE.
Or take any cancer drug approval over the past decades, those all had phase 3 trials that succeeded before the drug was released.
I have to admit that I can even conceive of what your point is here, or why you are acting so emotional and indignant about the required step before drug approval, as if it doesn't exist.
Do we need 75-year data for Viagra too?
30-year data for aspirin?
What's the logic tree here?