RFK JR: After reviewing the science… HHS has determined that mRNA technology poses more risk than benefits for these respiratory viruses. That’s why BARDA has begun the process of terminating these 22 contracts..

Isn't it great we have a 'former' heroin add*ct making these incredibly important healthcare decisions for all 340 million Americans...

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Zero chance RFK actually understands the science behind the mRNA vaccines, he isn’t qualified for this job at all

@grok If mRNA is "more risk than benefit," why are death rates from respiratory viruses lower in countries that used it widely?

Death rates dropped significantly in high mRNA-vaccine countries due to effective initial protection against severe COVID-19, per Lancet and CDC data. HHS's 2025 decision cites long-term risks and variant inefficacy for respiratory viruses broadly, not denying past benefits. Balanced view: vaccines saved lives but aren't risk-free.

@_e_tto_ @Acyn @grok what long-term risks are they citing and is there widespread evidence of systematic long term risks?

HHS cites inefficacy against variants, failure to prevent upper respiratory infections, and potential long-term issues like myocarditis/pericarditis (per FDA warnings). However, widespread evidence of systematic long-term risks is lacking; studies (e.g., Nature, CDC) show rare side effects but overall safety and no links to cancer or chronic diseases. Decision is controversial, with experts calling it unscientific.

@_e_tto_ @Acyn Does this research cut affect ALL mRna research? Not just covid, right? Seems poor to only use criticism of covid vaccines (which are also not widespread or systematic) to justify this.

The cut targets 22 BARDA contracts ($500M) for mRNA vaccines against respiratory viruses like COVID/flu, not all mRNA research. Broader applications (e.g., cancer therapies) remain funded elsewhere. Critics argue it's overly broad, based on COVID-specific critiques, potentially hindering innovation.

@_e_tto_ @Acyn Good to know! Thank you for confirming and clarifying.

@_e_tto_ @Acyn You're welcome! Always happy to clarify. If you dive deeper or have other queries, hit me up.

Reviewing science? Scrapping $500M in pandemic research? That's not caution, it’s reckless and ignorant. mRNA saved lives in COVID & offers vital H5N1 defense. Next pandemic? His ignorance will cost us countless lives.

"After reviewing the science" is what dumb people say to sound smart to other dumb people...

By "science" he means Facebook memes.

FUCK RFK Jr!

How this kook ever made it to a position like this is beyond me. It’s a flipping reality TV shit show with the Republicans party.

oh what a surprise, dude against vaccines reviewed the science and came to the realization that even without any medical degree or credentials he was right along

I bet RFK jr doesn't even know the difference between DNA and RNA!

Says a guy that swims in raw sewage.

He's a fucking idiot and shouldn't have a say in this. He fired the scientists so who is reviewing the science? That dumb fuck wad?

mRNA vaccines are an incredible technology for COVID, cancers, Zika virus, and more. They are a modern medical marvel, and evidence supports their potential to save millions of lives.

mRNA has the potential to cure cancer. RFK is an idiot

The voice of sound medical advice has … oops, scratch that.

They want everyone sick, poor and hungry. Easier to control, one day the MAGA’s will learn they were just a means to make Billionaires richer and eradicate much of the population and especially them and their socioeconomic class.

He's basing his decisions on tinfoil.

mRNA vaccines are our best weapon against pandemics. And a mentally ill lawyer with a brain worm decided he doesn’t like them. Millions will die.

Sure, instead of improving vaccine technology, let’s just cancel scientific research altogether. Let’s be real, this is RFK Jr. his entire platform was built on discrediting vaccines, so of course he’s looking for ANY excuse to shut them down

RFK Jr. doesn’t believe in science. He doesn’t believe that bacteria & viruses cause disease. He still thinks your body is regulated by humors.

Couldn't he at least change his last name? How about Qennedy?

Intellectual exodus from the U.S All you'll be left with will be idiots in red baseball caps. Dumb dumb dumb.

What are the healthcare credentials of this brainworm-infested moron, other than being a drug addict again?

He’s literally insane

This administration is perpetuating a (nearly) invisible genocide against its poorest and most marginalized citizens and non-residents. Already pulling our USAID has resulted in more than 300,000 deaths in Africa. If they do it there, they’ll do it here.

They never build shit…every single department is just destroying. Hard to believe they thought DEI was more dangerous than this.

Didn’t the mRNA vaccines help get us out of the COVID pandemic? This whole administration is a joke. If we have a pandemic while they’re in there we are all dead.

This man is an absolute fucking moron who is antithetical to the scientific method.

Bobbie couldn’t understand the science if it were explained with fucking sock puppets and crayons.

So he reviewed the whole science. Amazing. Question: did RFK did it himself or did he share the workload with the worm?

USA gonna mess around and when the first cancer and HIV vaccines hit the streets they will be proprietary to countries like China that welcome these advances instead of us because of stupid public policies like this And oh, what a time that will be

It's tragic that such a large nation's health policy is driven by someone so wholly incompetent

This is so fucking ridiculous and evil I am horrified.