The health secretary, who is a known vaccine skeptic, claimed that mRNA vaccines “fail to protect effectively against upper respiratory infections like COVID and flu.”
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In a statement issued on Tuesday night, the Department of Health and Human Services described the move as a “coordinated wind-down of its mRNA vaccine development activities under the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA).”
The agency claimed the decision was made after carrying out a “comprehensive review” of mRNA-related investments made during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Kennedy said BARDA will scrap 22 mRNA vaccine development investments, claiming that data showed “these vaccines fail to protect effectively against upper respiratory infections like COVID and flu.
