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“The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ decision to wind down its mRNA vaccine development activities marks a necessary pivot in how we steward public health innovations in vaccines. The right path requires us to consider the inherent strengths and weaknesses of a technology as well as any alternatives, along with public attitudes and experience with the technology.
“The mRNA platform is promising technology. I do not dispute its potential. In the future, it may yet deliver breakthroughs in treating diseases such as cancer, and HHS is continuing to invest in ongoing research on applications in oncology and other complex diseases.
“But as a vaccine intended for broad public use, especially during a public health emergency, the platform has failed a crucial test: earning public trust. No matter how elegant the science, a platform that lacks credibility among the people it seeks to protect cannot fulfill its public health mission.” – NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, writing for the Washington Post.
In the interview below with Steve Bannon, Bhattachrya says “bullies” like Stephen Colbert “have done tremendous damage to the public trust.”
RFK Jr. says millions in mRNA research were cut because vaccines “fail to protect effectively.” The NIH director however now blames public mistrust.
One thing we can agree on: it’s the same technology that won a Nobel Prize. pic.twitter.com/SGMbvMMeB4
— Dr. Catharine Young (@DrCatharineY) August 12, 2025
NIH director Jay Bhattacharya asserts that the reason RFK Jr sweepingly canceled mRNA vaccine research is because people don’t trust the technology and won’t therefore accept such a vaccine. This after RFK was central in sowing that very distrust.
pic.twitter.com/rR62JS1hbr— Benjamin Ryan (@benryanwriter) August 10, 2025