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Opinion Jay Bhattacharya: Why the NIH is pivoting away from mRNA vaccines As a vaccine for broad public use, mRNA technology has failed to earn the public’s trust. 63738661fbfb748b.png Uncertainty looms over nearly every experiment and conversation. Slogans, not scientific sketches, are scrawled on the frosted glass wall of one office:
“We want scientific data, not alternative facts!”
“Girls just wanna have (NIH) funding”
“Science Not Silence!”
More than a dozen NIH grants, out of several hundred, have been terminated, though they are tangled up in lawsuits challenging the Trump administration’s actions. fe8a74af642f29cd.png Audience for a Long COVID conference all wearing masks f9282b56b372207a.png Figure 1:  Percent who agree and disagree with 14 conspiracy or science statements, ordered from lowest to highest agreement. 97722872e642fd94.webp 8dc99131429cf9b4.mp4 Nature: US senators poised to reject Trump’s proposed massive science cuts

Committee gives first hint that policymakers might preserve, rather than slash, funding for US National Science Foundation and other agencies. dea6e5ccf19b623b.png