I'm seeing a lot of big accounts missing the mark on this story. HHS through BARDA is cancelling contracts for mRNA vaccine research related to viral respiratory illnesses. This does not affect mRNA cancer research by NIH and Moderna.

It's still bad news but let's try to keep our facts straight.

Screen grab of a section of the HHS press release which is black text on white background. 

The wind-down affects a range of programs including:Termination of contracts with Emory University and Tiba Biotech.De-scoping of mRNA-related work in existing contracts with Luminary Labs, ModeX, and Seqirus.Rejection or cancellation of multiple pre-award solicitations, including proposals from Pfizer, Sanofi Pasteur, CSL Seqirus, Gritstone, and others, as part of BARDA’s Rapid Response Partnership Vehicle (RRPV) and VITAL Hub.Restructuring of collaborations with DoD-JPEO, affecting nucleic acid-based vaccine projects with AAHI, AstraZeneca, HDT Bio, and Moderna/UTMB.

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  1. r1of5.bsky.social profile picture

    @r1of5.bsky.social

    All mRNA vaccines will be on Kennedy's kill list.

    Sad to believe any of them are safe.

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  2. So only people with viral respiratory illness will die. No problem, we aren’t still in a pandemic where lots of people have developed respiratory illness.

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  3. Thanks for this. Looking at who RFK is, I do think it is only a matter of time before all mRNA research is put on hold.

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  4. It’s hard to keep our facts straight when we are all paralyzed with fear. That’s not to say facts aren’t important!

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  5. Just fyi that the latest theories include that cancer can be triggered by viral infections of any kind so

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  6. Gotta pay for that golden ballroom somehow.

    You don't expect the rich people in the administration to pay for it, do you?

    The poor need to pay for it. Some of us will die but that's a price they're willing to pay.

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  7. Sure. Do you think federal funding agencies will be more or less willing to grant funding for any study that contains the words mRNA and vaccine. The cancer vaccine grants are going to need to adjust their language.

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  8. Maybe you're right for now but doing this is a sickness we can't comprehend and Worm Brain and Impulsive Moron probably won't stop with respiratory illnesses.

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  9. The guy doesn't understand the difference between extra-nucleic mRNA, nucleic mRNA, RNA and DNA.

    He thinks that mRNA vaccines permanently change your DNA.   He is that stupid.

    mRNA vaccines are extra-nucleic mRNA they don't get anywhere near your DNA.

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  10. The problem with your assessment is that you are a single voice. With the near elimination of NIH, CDC and FDA communications, all of us are without consensus expertise.

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  11. Are these things able to be completely siloed though? Haven’t the potential uses for things like cancer essentially been borne out of urgent vaccine research?

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  12. Can any experts here weigh in on the utility of mRNA vaccines in responding quickly to a fast-emerging strain of flu virus the predictions may have downplayed? Because the egg method is pretty archaic/hit-or-miss, is it not?

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