Elections will always have consequences. It is always best if politics is boring. Sadly it is not at the moment.
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When the anti-science wins out, we all lose. Itâs not like âto each their ownâ - because if it is my deliberate choice to get the vaccine, now that choice has been taken away from me. When science is stopped and demotivated, those of us who want the choice to benefit from science no longer have that option. Dark ages are bad for all including those who wish for enlightenment.
We knew this would happen and here we are, three more years of this madness, but the damage is already epic after just 12 months. If leadership in science passes on to China, we did it to ourselves. Empires rise and fall. Guess where the USA is on that timeline - by our own free choice in a democracy. We have no one to blame, but ourselves. Nobody imposed this upon us, it was our own choice.
âAmerica will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselvesâ. Whether Lincoln said this or not, it remains a terrible truth.
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The HHS did cease a $500 million investment in mRNA research last year. Doesnât feel promising for scientific breakthroughs.
While some final-stage contracts (e.g., Arcturus and Amplitude) will be allowed to run their course to preserve prior taxpayer investment, no new mRNA-based projects will be initiated. HHS has also instructed its partner, Global Health Investment Corporation (GHIC), which manages BARDA Ventures, to cease all mRNA-based equity investments. In total, this affects 22 projects worth nearly $500 million. Other uses of mRNA technology within the department are not impacted by this announcement.
https://www.hhs.gov/press-room/hhs-winds-down-mrna-development-under-barda.html
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Right now, Qdenga is available in EU but itâs not approved in the US.
When it comes to mrna vaccines though, I doubt any company would risk setting shop in the US. And given all the storage issues with mrna vaccines, I doubt that importing it (if legal) will be as straightforward as ordering medications from India.
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Itâs even funnier knowing that Trump himself is actually pro-vaccine but so many of his henchmen and supporters are staunchly anti-science that he basically had no choice but to publicly change his stance.
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From our âfriendâ AI:
Donald Trump has expressed both pro-vaccine and vaccine-skeptical views over time. While he championed the rapid development of COVID-19 vaccines through Operation Warp Speed during his presidency, he has also made statements questioning vaccine safety and has recently aligned with prominent vaccine skeptics like Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Trumpâs Vaccine Record: A Mixed Timeline
Pro-Vaccine Actions
⢠Operation Warp Speed (2020): Trump launched and funded this initiative to accelerate COVID-19 vaccine development, leading to the rapid rollout of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines. Public health experts credit it with saving millions of lives A.
⢠Publicly vaccinated: Trump received the COVID-19 vaccine and booster, and encouraged others to do so in early 2021.
Vaccine-Skeptical Statements
⢠Autism claims: Trump has repeatedly suggested a link between vaccines and autism â a claim that has been thoroughly debunked by scientific research B C.
⢠Vaccine schedule criticism: In 2025, he recommended altering childhood vaccine schedules, such as separating MMR doses and delaying hepatitis B vaccination â positions that contradict CDC guidelines D.
⢠RFK Jr. appointment: Trump appointed Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a well-known vaccine skeptic, as Secretary of Health and Human Services in 2025, raising concerns among public health experts E A.
Summary: Is Trump Pro-Vaccine?
Category Position Evidence
COVID-19 vaccine development Pro Launched Operation Warp Speed
Personal vaccination Pro Received vaccine and booster
Public health messaging Mixed Promoted vaccine skepticism in interviews and social media
Policy appointments Skeptical Appointed RFK Jr., who opposes vaccine mandates
Sources
⢠Newsweek: Trumpâs vaccine statements and RFK Jr. appointment E
⢠TIME: Trump links vaccines to autism B
⢠PolitiFact: Fact-checking Trumpâs vaccine claims C
⢠USA Today: Trumpâs vaccine schedule recommendations D
⢠KFF Health News: Trumpâs evolving vaccine stance A
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Not sure why politicians want children to experience horrible diseases and death. It boggles the mind.
I think itâs pretty clear. There are voters out there who are anti-vax. If thatâs your voter base, you as a politician cater to them in order to get elected, regardless of your own private opinions. Look at Trump - he was all for vaccinations, but when his voter base became strongly against it, he turned hostile too. Sure, there are true believers out there, but most politicians care about one thing: getting (re)elected. If kids have to suffer, if the constitution needs to be trashed, if we turn into a dictatorship, well, thatâs secondary. First and foremost, get (re)elected, and nothing else matters.