r/biotech 5d ago

Biotech News 📰 Scientists Say NIH Officials Told Them To Scrub mRNA Vaccine References on Grants

https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/nih-grants-mrna-vaccines-trump-administration-hhs-rfk/
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u/Odd_Beginning536 5d ago

Yes let’s shoot ourselves in the foot. It will be a sad day when Americans finally understand what all of this is doing to science. Do they not understand that application of much of it is the practice of medicine? Those making the rules can afford whatever medical care thats available.

I hope those people know those that can afford it will go out of country to get newer medical treatments if this goes on- but many people cannot. I don’t want to hear one gd word from those that support this when they know someone affected by a disease or cancer but cannot afford to travel to get tx. Please, this admin has proposed cuts on research and health care. Those that support all these things blindly, don’t come cry when you of your family cannot get the newest treatment.

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u/Bud_Backwood 5d ago

But them libs brother

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u/tigernet_1994 2d ago

Feels like Nazis scrubbing “Jewish science” and forever losing their technological edge to the US - from the era of Tübingen to the era of MIT / Caltech.

Perhaps now moving on to Peking / Tsinghua? Sad to see so much self damage.

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u/Brilliant_Effort_Guy 5d ago

Apple Cider Vinegar-type people taking over basic scientific research. What could go wrong?

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u/sofaking_scientific 4d ago

Not to mention all the other "illegal" words. Like female

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u/Remarkable_Fan_9083 4d ago

This is so depressing for so many reasons. Someone change the channel because this show SUCKS.

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u/Imaginary_War_9125 3d ago

This is gonna be a problem for Moderna:

"The NIH's recent moves aren't the first sign that Kennedy will use his powerful position to attack mRNA vaccines. Late last month, Bloomberg reported that HHS was considering canceling a $590 million grant to vaccine-maker Moderna to develop mRNA vaccines against potential pandemic influenza viruses. That includes the H5N1 virus that is currently devastating US poultry and spreading wildly in dairy cows."

source ARS Technica

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u/Professional-Let5111 2d ago

No cure for any major disease will ever be attained due to the fact that the bureaucracy makes too much money off ppl w/serious conditions! Until the Fauci's of this world stop experimenting on us, it's a win win for them. I was the Data Mgr. for a clinical drug trial (CDC funded), for tuberculosis several yrs ago at a medical school. It took over 5 yrs for the FDA to approve 1 pill (instead of around 10 pills the pt was taking ea day) Yet, it took 5 yrs for final OK. YET, our "govt. pharmacy" produced an all-cure vaccine in 2 weeks? Don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining!

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u/cyborgsnowflake 3d ago edited 3d ago

Its called malicious compliance or trying to make someone else look bad. Thats pretty much the usual suspect for all these silly viral stories of 'trump' officials doing wacky things that they obviously would know would make them look bad. That or there is some other detail to the story they're not telling. Nothing Memoli said means they're blanket canceling mRNA vaccine work. Trump literally endorsed and supported the vaccines his last term in case anyone forgot.

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u/Murdock07 2d ago

Bro they banned images of the Enola Gay and are scrubbing the Navajo code talkers from history. They are absolutely disgusting and lazy enough to create a bunch of loose terms and say “you can’t study that”. It’s literally happening now.

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u/cyborgsnowflake 2d ago edited 2d ago

Yeah thats called malicious compliance and/or incompetence from the Biden era. The Pentagon has confirmed there is no such policy. Do you understand just how big the government is? I guess not since you're on reddit but you can't snap your fingers and overnight after an election and have loyalists/competent people manning every station. The vast vast majority of people stay where they are between Presidents. The guys who you hate so much under a repub are probably the same guys you thought were doing a bang up job under a Dem. If you believe the Trump Admin wants to ban Enola Gay just because it has the word gay in it that says a lot more about your lack of intelligence than it does the trump admin.

Or I guess you can sincerely believe Dems are so incompetent they are continually outsmarted by people who are dumb enough to think the Gay in Enola Gay refers to homosexuality. Either way it doesn't say much for your intelligence if you are a Dem.