I developed mRNA vaccines. RFK Jr is endangering US public health
Professor Katalin Karikó said Robert F Kennedy Jr, the US health secretary, was driving American scientists to China by terminating 22 contracts with university researchers and companies developing vaccines for infections such as Covid-19 and the flu.
Justifying his decision, Kennedy said that mRNA vaccine technology 'poses more risk than benefits' — a claim that is not supported by data and which has been widely criticised by the scientific community. He intends to prioritise developing vaccine platforms that are more than 50 years old.
'They have dropped a bomb on themselves,' said Karikó, who helped develop the mRNA technology that formed the backbone of Pfizer and Moderna's Covid-19 vaccines. 'They are so uninformed. It is a lack of knowledge.'
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