HHS has determined that mRNA technology poses more risk than benefits for these respiratory viruses

Hi, it's Robert F Kennedy here your age H as a secretary at HH as we have a division called the biomedical advanced research and development, authority or bar bar drive some of our most advanced scientific research if funds developments of vaccines, drugs, diagnostics, and other tools to fight, emergent diseases and national health rat over the past few weeks expired at review 22 mRNA vaccine development investments and began cancelling them. Let me explain why mostly shots are for flu or Covid but as the pandemic showed us mRNA vaccines don't perform well. Against viruses that infect the upper respiratory track here's the problem MRN that you only code for a small part of the viral proteins usually a single mutation, and the vaccine becomes an effective. This dynamic drives of phenomenon called antigenic shift, meaning that the vaccine paradoxically. Encourages new mutations and can actually prolong pandemics as a virus constantly mutate to escape the protective effects of the vaccine. Millions of people maybe even you or someone you know got the omicron variant despite being vaccinated that's because a single mutation can make mRNA vaccines in effective the same risk applies to flu after reviewing the science and consulting top experts and NIH and FDA. HHS has determined that mRNA technology poses more risk than benefits for these respiratory viruses. That's why I have extensive review Barta has begun the process of terminating these 22 contracts totalling just under $500 million to replace the trouble them are in a programs or prioritizing development of the safer broader vaccine strategies. Like whole virus, vaccines and novel platforms that don't collapse one viruses mutate let me be absolutely clear HHS support safe effective vaccines for every American who wants them that's why we're moving beyond the limitations of the mRNA for respiratory viruses and investing in better solutions. Thank you. Produced by the US Department of health and human services