Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced the termination of nearly $500 million in federal funding and contracts supporting the development of mRNA-based vaccines, reports The Associated Press:
The projects — 22 of them — are being led by some of the nation’s leading pharmaceutical companies like Pfizer and Moderna to prevent flu, COVID-19 and H5N1 infections. The mRNA vaccines are credited with slowing the 2020 coronavirus pandemic.
Kennedy said in the Tuesday statement that he wants the health department to move away from mRNA vaccines, calling on the department to start “investing in better solutions.” He provided no details on what those technologies might be.
RFK Jr’s reckless decision was slammed by scientists on Blue Sky:
(Sources: The Associated Press, Blue Sky)